On Social

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On Social
Actionable Insights,
Analytics & Attribution
Leading the Social Sales Force Workshop
Ben Cathers
Senior Solutions Consultant
@bencathers
Today’s Speaker
Ben Cathers
Senior Solutions Consultant
@bencathers | [email protected]
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Benefits of Social Adoption
20%
20%
More
Revenue
More Revenue
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60%
Higher Profit
Growth
“78% of salespeople using social media outsell
their peers”
“Over half of the respondents (54%) who used
social media tracked their social media usage
back to at least one closed deal.”
Social is the new front door:
It’s where your prospects learn, seek, discover & decide
Brick and
Mortar
Website
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Social
“Before LinkedIn and other social networks, in the
sales world, ABC stood for Always Be Closing.
Now, ABC means Always Be Connecting,
because your connections lead to your next lead
and your next close”
Jill Rowley,
Social Selling Evangelist
From Social Marketing
to Social Business
Social Advocates
Social Teams
Social Organization
Evolution selling
of social misperceptions
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Social selling can be initiated in a few simple steps
Social selling should be led only by sales
Social selling is a one-size-fits-all tactic
Social selling is the panacea for meeting challenging sales
objectives
Source: Forrester Research, Inc. “Break Through The Hype Of Social Selling How To Successfully
Enable Your Sales Teams To Utilize Their Social Networks.” 2015. https://www.forrester.
com/Break+Through+The+Hype+Of+Social+Selling/fulltext/-/E-res120747
Evolution
social
Take
itofslow
Crawl
Walk
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Run
How do I find actionable insights?
Tips for finding sales insights
• Monitor LinkedIn groups and
contact updates on social
Crawl
• Follow your industry #hashtag
• Leverage a social selling tool
like Sales Navigator
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Tips for finding sales insights
Walk
• Create Twitter lists of influencers,
prospects and competitors: listen
for buying signals and
opportunities to engage
• Set up search streams to monitor
industry hashtags, competitors &
product mentions
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Tips for finding sales insights
Run
• Leverage a listening and
analytics tool to measure leads
driven and opportunities
created with social attribution
• Find most impactful, best
converting content to share
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A closer look at the insights
What KPIs should be measured?
Aligning social to business goals
Goals
Brand Awareness
Thought Leadership
Word of Mouth
Leads
Sales
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Aligning social to business goals
Goals
On Social
Brand Awareness
Reach
Thought Leadership
Consumption
Word of Mouth
Likes & Shares
Leads
Actions
Sales
Conversion
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Aligning social to business goals
Goals
Crawl
On Social
Brand Awareness
Reach
Thought Leadership
Consumption
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Aligning social to business goals
Walk
Goals
On Social
Word of Mouth
Likes & Shares
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Aligning social to business goals
Goals
Run
On Social
Leads
Actions
Sales
Conversion
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How do I measure
social selling
success?
How Hootsuite did it
How Hootsuite did it
• Health test to see if reps are
posting, sharing and engaging
more
Crawl
• Social Media Management
Analytics (posting activity &
follower growth)
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Questions to ask yourself
● Are sales reps comfortable using social media technology?
● Are sales reps getting into the routine of posting/sharing on social?
● Are posts/shares & follower growth trending upwards?
Crawl
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Data Source: Hootsuite Enterprise
How Hootsuite did it
Crawl
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How Hootsuite did it
• Ensure sales reps are engaging
with the right people and sharing
the best performing content
Walk
• Use team based UTM parameters
& Ow.ly links to track leads back
to specific social activities
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Questions to ask yourself
● Are sales reps sharing the right content to the right people?
● Is team participation increasing overall or is it just a handful of
social advocates?
● Is team performance increasingly driving more leads and
conversion?
Crawl
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How Hootsuite did it
Data Source: Google Analytics [Sample Data, Not Actual]
Crawl
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How Hootsuite did it
Run
• Track your individual sales reps
performance and how social
media activities impacted
specific deals
• Assign individual based CRM
campaign IDs & UTM
parameters to each rep
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Questions to ask yourself
● How is each rep performing and who are the top performers?
● How much pipeline can be attributed to social media activities?
● What social activities impacted deals and which sales reps can be
attributed?
Crawl
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How Hootsuite did it
Crawl
Data Source: Salesforce [Sample Data, Not Actual]
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Questions?
Ben Cathers
Senior Solutions Consultant
@bencathers | [email protected]
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Thank You!
More info:
enterprise.hootsuite.com
Ben Cathers
Senior Solutions Consultant
@bencathers