My friend Tom Skotidas and I recorded a video conversation defining social selling. He is the founder of Skotidas, Asia Pacific’s leader in B2B Social Media Lead Generation.
Social selling, or #socialselling, is a term that is used by lots of people to mean lots of different things. It is more than my definition of sales people using the tools and approach of social media. Watch the video to hear Tom’s definition.
Some highlights of the conversation:
- Social selling is really a social marketing program for sales enablement.
- It is a hybrid approach between marketing and sales.
- Conversations about social selling should always start with marketing. Not only because they bring the strategy, the skills and the process to move the market, but they also bring the budget.
- A well-executed program lets sales people connect more effectively, get more meetings and build more pipeline.
How do you define social selling?
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