social selling roadshow, dublin part 1 of 2 - how to unlock competitive advantage

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Welcome to the

D U B L I N A P R I L 7

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Frank Hattann

Head of Enterprise Sales EMEA

LinkedIn Sales Solutions

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+124M NAMER

+132M EMEA

+57M LATAM

+85M APAC

LinkedIn has 414 Million members across the world


1M Ireland

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IRELAND

1M+

159.6K Decision makers on LinkedIn

34.5K Company Pages on LinkedIn

17% Enterprise

18% Mid-Market

65% SMB

Influence every relationship driven sale for our customers

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Relationships are foundational for sales success

Frank

Company

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Company

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Company

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The buyer’s process has changed

5.4 75 of B2B buyers now use social media to be more informed on vendors

% 90 of decision makers say they never respond to cold outreach

% people are now involved in the average B2B buying decision

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Agenda

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9:30am Welcome and Overview 9:40am Social Selling: How to Unlock Competitive Advantage 10:10am Hallmarks of a Social Seller 10:40am Customer Panel 11:30am Networking

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Kevin Scott

Head of Sales Solutions, EMEA, LinkedIn

SOCIAL SELLING How to unlock competitive advantage

Thomas Bell

President, Linnean Society of London

“The year which as passed has not

been marked by any of those striking

discoveries...”

“Everyone’s always asking me when

Apple will come out with a cell phone.

My answer is ‘Probably never.’”

David Pogue

Tech Columnist, New York Times

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“Zuckerberg is an idiot! I can’t

believe he turned down Yahoo

for 1 billion dollars.”

Mike Derezin ???

“Zuckerberg is an idiot! I can’t

believe he turned down Yahoo

for 1 billion dollars.”

Michael Porter

Competitive Strategy

and Competitive Advantage

Advantage CompetitiveS U S T A I N A B L E

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Rita Gunther McGrath

The End of Competitive Advantage

"To win in volatile and uncertain environments, executives need to learn how to exploit short-lived opportunities

with speed and decisiveness.”

Advantage Competitive

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by Geoffrey Moore

Crossing the Chasm

The Chasm

Early Majority Late Majority Laggards Innovators and Early Adopters

The Chasm


HIGH RISK

NO RISK

The Chasm

HIGH RISK

NO RISK

HIGH REWARD

NO REWARD


The Chasm


The World Wide Web

‘94 -’95 ‘96 -’98 ’99 -’00 ’00+

The Chasm


‘94 -’95 ‘96 -’98 ’99 -’00 ’00+

$182 BILLION

$437 BILLION

The World Wide Web

The Chasm


Social Recruiting

‘07-’10 ‘11 -’13 ’14 -’16 ’17+

Social Recruiting Hero

Head of Global Talent Acquisition, SABMiller

"I saw the opportunity in direct sourcing

through LinkedIn. I knew it was the future,

but had to move quickly to lock-in as many

gains as possible before the rest of the

world caught on."

Head of Global Talent Acquisition, SABMiller

"I've helped save SABMiller

about $7-10M annually by shifting

to direct sourcing and LinkedIn

Recruiter." Social Recruiting

Hero

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Social Selling

‘12-’14 ’18 -’19 ’20+ ‘15 ’16 -’17

Social Selling Index (SSI)

Create a professional brand

Find the right people

Engage with insights

Build strong relationships

SSI leaders create 45% more opportunities per

quarter than SSI laggards.

more opportunities

SSI leaders are 51% more likely to hit

quota than SSI laggards.

more likely to hit quota

Based on a global study LinkedIn ran in Q4 2013 of Q3 performance for reps focused on new business and reps focused on existing business. Respondents reported performance; they were matched to their LinkedIn profiles to understand their SSI.SSI leaders have an SSI > 70; SSI laggards have an SSI < 30

Why is Social Selling important?

Laggards

100 0 20 40 60 80


Leaders

100 0 20 40 60 80


28.5 2016

12.2 2012

100 0 20 40 60 80


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‘12-’14 ’18 -’19 ’20+ ‘15 ’16 -’17

28.5 2016

12.2 2012

29.9 NAMER

21.0 LATAM

24.9

APAC

28.3 EMEA

We can look at SSI by region

32.4 IRELAND

The average Ireland SSI has increased 18% over the last year

Source: LinkedIn Internal Data The charts above represents a regional view of SSI. Because the LinkedIn "Sales Definition" (who constitutes as a sales person) changes, we only display a time series view of SSI for members who were deemed as Sales Professionals back in January 2015. By doing this we are comparing apples to apples and are able to truly measure growth in SSI.

+18%

27.4 28.1 28.0

28.7

29.6 29.9 29.9 30.5

31.2 31.5

32.0

30.1

32.4

Source: LinkedIn Internal Data – January & December 2016

Some sectors are taking the lead in Social Selling

Growth in SSI January ’15 – Dec’15

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Growth in SSI January ’15 – January’16

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How can you seize the opportunity?

Measurement Education Executive Alignment

How can you seize the opportunity?

Measurement Education Executive Alignment

Social Selling Heroes

Executive Alignment Measurement Education


VP Global Sales Enablement and Programs, PTC

"IOT is new to the world and new to

us. Speed is king. We needed to

deploy social selling now. We

couldn't afford to wait six months."


"Our corporate strategy is enabling smart

connected products for competitive

differentiation. Our team personalized it to

get executive alignment - social selling is

smart connected reps for competitive

differentiation."

Executive Alignment


"We've seen greater than a 50x ROI

with Sales Navigator - measured in

either revenue attained or pipeline." Executive Alignment

Executive Alignment Education


"We've seen greater than a 50x ROI

with Sales Navigator - measured in

either revenue attained or pipeline."

Senior Director, GCO Sales Tools and Technology, SAP

"Social selling is the biggest single

change to the SAP sales strategy

in the last 10 years by an order of

magnitude."

Education


"I was going to be either the hero or

villain. Someone has to take a risk to

make things happen."

Education


"You have to customize the training,

embed it in your overall training,

and make sure to focus on middle

managers."

Education


"We have seen massive ROI. I just

learned of a half million dollar deal

in Asia Pacific where a prospect

reached out to our SAP rep through

LinkedIn."

Education


"We have seen massive ROI. I just

learned of a half million dollar deal

in Asia Pacific where a prospect

reached out to our SAP rep through

LinkedIn."

Measurement

Senior Social Media Manager – EMEA, Symantec

“Measuring our social selling is

critical to justifying our ROI. SSI

is at the core of what we do.”


"We always combine SSI with actionable

intelligence. If you only provide data it is

just another number, it won’t change the

mindset. You have to tell teams what

specific actions to take."

Measurement

Measurement


"We always combine SSI with actionable

intelligence. If you only provide data it is

just another number, it won’t change the

mindset. You have to tell teams what

specific actions to take." Executive Alignment Education

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Executive Alignment Measurement Education

“The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behaviour crosses a

threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”

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