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Social Media Training for Sales – Social Selling University Launches

Koka Sexton

Why does social media matter to sales people? Social media marketing grew 50% in 2010 to $1.2 billion, and analysts predict that 2011 is the “ year of social integration ” for businesses. Social CRM has crested as the new and understood platform for sales and customer service.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Social CRM is still confusing. Only 16% of companies say they currently have a social CRM system in place. 21% plan to implement such a system in the coming year, but another 17% “don’t know what a social CRM system is and why businesses need it.” iMedia Connection ). eMarketer ).

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Social Media Is Growing Up: You Can Stop Copying the Cool Kids Now

Bare Feet Studios

I mostly use it for two reasons: to support the small biz where I am checking in (I think this type of crowd-sourced marketing can be very useful to small businesses) and to market myself in subtle ways. Everything we do is training our customers. Which is why I got on the Groupon thing above…I knew this was coming!).

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6 Required Competencies for Social Organizations | Conferences and.

Convince & Convert

Power, Risk & Accountability Today, I gave a presentation to LEAD San Diego, a group of Southern California business leaders. If a consumer emails a company, we’ve trained them to expect a response in a day or so. You of course want to be responsive to your customers in social media, but disproportionately so?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I can't think of many examples of that type of guts on the player side. Sorry – watching Anderson Cooper go nuts on BP as I type this reply). Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Is anyone advising them?

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4 Steps to Drive Sales with a Social FAQ | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

But, you need a hub and spoke because as more and more consumers search via social, you have to have solid content show up on those results too. “Overcoming purchase objections with social content&# would probably have been better. To really do so. To connect his observations to actual steps that retailers can take to PROFIT.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

How can we find a social media guru to add to our team? Better question: How can we distribute social media knowledge across the entire firm, including ongoing training and knowledge sharing? How can we create a killer social media campaign that will get noticed? What do you think? paul_pruneau Excellent summary!

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