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Examples of Social Content That’s Generating Demand and Creating Sales Conversations on:

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Thought Leadership Content is Not the Backbone of Their Program

No Thought on How B2B Buyers Make Their Purchasing Decisions Using LinkedIn and How They Can Support the Buyer’s Journey

They’re Just Pushing Out Content Instead of Pulling People In

Why Sales and Marketing is Not Generating Leads and Demand Using Their Content on LinkedIn

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Why Sales and Marketing is Not Generating Leads and Demand Using Their Content on LinkedIn

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Why Sales and Marketing is Not Generating Leads and Demand Using Their Content on LinkedIn… Because They’re Listening to Studies Like…

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They look at the most successful posts that received on average of

138,841 views, 42,505 likes and 567 comments so they're looking at

people who already have a large following. We're finding that

because too many CEOs and sales and marketing leaders are simply

putting up "reminders" inside their how-to etc. posts, that these posts

are getting ignored and not showing any performance for those that

do not have a really well-established network.

These studies focused on reach only - not engagement. Sorry, likes

and comments are not true engagement metrics. They are not tied to

revenue objectives. Reach without engagement is nothing.

Some Things You Need to Know About These Social Content Studies

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Why It’s Important That Sales and Marketing Really Pays Attention to the Content They’re Sharing on LinkedIn…

Buyers are self-educating! They are post-poning engaging with sales until the last moment. As a result, many B2B organizations are at risk of being left out of the business decision.

Sales and marketing needs to start demonstrating their thought leadership and turning the “buyer and seller” relationship on LinkedIn into “Subject matter expert and interested party” relationship so sales can enter the conversation.

Notice how up to ¾ of the B2B buying process is completed before sales now gets involved.

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For Social Product Marketing

The Importance of Having the Right Social Content Strategy for Your LinkedIn Marketing & Social Selling Program…. AT&T gains $47M through a blog-centered social sales strategy

18MonthsLater

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For Social Product Marketing

Results Our Clients Are Achieving Using the Right Social Content….

Leading Technology Firm Builds a Community of 900+ Key Decision Makers From Companies Like:

This led to more RFPs and opportunities in the private sector!

More Leads to Revenue Opportunities for Leading Communications Tech Company

In fact, we generated more leads and sales ready revenue opportunities that all of their other marketing initiatives combined.

Because of the on-LinkedIn and off-LinkedIn nurturing strategies we put into place the leads and oppsbecame closed deals.

17 Different Companies Have Reached Out to One of Our Clients in the Last Year:

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Takes a challenger sales and marketing approach

Puts a stake in the ground

Is forward thinking

Inside LI discussions groups provide standalone value –instead of acting as a newsfeed for your blog posts

It’s your own content – The 80% other people’s content, 20% your content rule should not apply to LinkedIn.

Provides more than “reminders” and shares solutions or new approaches others have not thought about

Social Content That Drives Leads and Demand on LinkedIn…

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Example 1: Sales Coaching Firm Uses Study Based Thought Leadership Content to Gain Interest, More Group Members and Sales Callshttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/82-sales-professionals-out-sync-b2b-buyers-focused-pitching-parsley?trk=prof-post

This post on the LinkedIn’s content platform received

more than 1400 views, 100+ likes and 20 comments in

just days.

Even more importantly than the additional reach (as reach is nothing without engagement) Tanja gained 40+ group members in two days. These new group members included the VP of Sales and Marketing at Connex International, the Sales Director at HCL Technologies and the Group VP of Business Development at Oracle.

Several sales conversations scheduled (including one with the VP of Sales & Marketing at ChannelAssist) as a result of the article and the additional nurturing. Tanja may not have received 100,000+ views but, this article is leading to revenue.

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Example 2: Technology Company Gains Real Interest and Engagement By Discussing Changes in the Industry.

This post generated over 3,000 views, 185 likes and 12 comments in just a couple of days. Because of this

content Fortune 1000 marketing leaders are joining the group – and engaging in sales conversations.

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Why This Article is Gaining Attention and Driving DemandIn this post, he talks about the fall of 3rd party cookies (what most digital advertisers are using), the rise of first party cookie technologies, new best practices and approaches, higher demands and standards for digital campaigns and the future of digital advertising.

Since the article discusses a major shift that will start to happen in the industry in the near future – and since organizations spend a great deal of money on digital advertising (with 71% of organizations reporting that they will spend more in the next 12 months than in previous years) – the article quickly gained momentum. Digital advertisers wanted to learn about the changes and how they can maximize their digital spend.

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Example 3: Professional Service Firms Use Challenger Content to Change Their Prospects Thoughts and Actions…

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Challengers outperform all the other seller profiles - 40% of top performers are Challengers.

Challenger closes deals through an ability to lead, teach, and push the buyer. They challenge common practices, thoughts and approaches. They take control of the sales conversation, rather than reacting to the buyer’s agenda.

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Showed prospects that a lack of sales hunters is not

their problem even though that it’s a very common

complaint that she hears from mid-market B2B

organization.

Un-teaches her audience the sales approach that

they’re used to and explains why it’s not generating

sales. She’s challenging organizations on why they

are not changing their selling approach when buying

has changed.

Getting organizations to rethink their budget

allocation between sales and marketing. The

content is providing a mental disruption that is

reliably resetting the customer’s choice of purchase

criteria decisively in her favor.

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Example 4: B2B Technology Messaging and Positioning Firm Opens Tech Marketers’ Eyes with State of the Industry Reports

Provided an in your face assessment of the big players in the industry and how most of them were

struggling with their positioning.

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Results of Lawson’s Post…

Nearly 600 views of the post and 18 likes

More than 3 dozen high quality technology marketing leaders opt-in for the ebook. Including the CEO, CMO and other marketing decision makers at one of the companies he assessed.

Real conversations were initiated including some that led to further sales conversations and to the proposal stage as shown by the email screen shot to the right,

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Example #5: Video Production Firm Attracts Immediate $38K Opportunity and Gains the Attention of 17 Enterprise Prospects By Creating Content and Discussions That Turn Vision Into a Clear PathTo Value…

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Now take a look at the content you’re posting on the LinkedIn publishing

platform?

What type of content are you creating? What results are you achieving? When you think about your results,

think beyond views, likes and comments. That’s only the start of engagement. Really take a look at your

content and how it’s tied to your revenue goals (and if it’s helping you accomplish those goals). If not, then

maybe it’s time you change the content you’re posting.

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More Resources to Help You Create More Effective Social Content to

Drive Demand, Leads and Sales Opportunities on LinkedIn:

• Our Free LinkedIn Marketing Training including an interview with LinkedIn's Senior Content Marketing

Manager – http://www.freelinkedinmarketingtraining.com

• LinkedIn Post: 88% of the Time You Can Blame Your Content For Why You're Not Generating Leads on

LinkedIn – http://tinyurl.com/linkedincontentpost

• Free Social Content Strategy - We’ll review the content you're using on LinkedIn and how you're using it and

work with you on the type of content you should be using on the platform, for discussions and for lead

nurturing. Schedule your strategy call at http://meetme.so/getlinkedinhelp

• Get Help with Linked Strategies Community - Inside the group, we're challenging the approaches and social

content that sales and marketing leaders are using - and exchanging new ideas for driving demand and developing

customer relationships. Join the discussions at: http://jointhelinkedinmarketingdiscussion.com

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About GetLinkedInHelp.com & Kristina Jaramillo

We are passionate marketers focused on harnessing the power of the LinkedIn network to generate leads, develop prospects and establish thought leadership positions for our clients. We’ve been doing it since 2009 – using our proven process to produce amazing results.

Kristina Jaramillo (Founder of Get LinkedIn Help) is…

• New York Times Recognized Social Media Expert• Featured in LinkedIn’s Guide for Sophisticated Marketers• Published in publications like:


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