In todayโs world of social connectivity, top salespeople are using social media on the job to listen to prospects, gather intelligence, build and grow relationships and more, and itโs giving them an edge over the competition.
To keep things in perspective, sales and social business quotes can be inspirational. Social media quotes are a great source of content, and collectively they provide invaluable insight. Hereโs a collection of the 50 most inspiring business quotes from the top social power influencers.
4. This is the end
of business as usual.โ
Brian Solis, Analyst of The Altimeter Group
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5. This is not an information
age. Itโs an age of
networked
intelligence.โ
Don Tapscott, Author of Wikinomics
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6. The elites โ or
managers in
companies โ no
longer control the
conversation.
This is how
insurrections
start.โ
Marc Benio๏ฌ, CEO at Salesforce.com
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7. Help the people in your network. And
let them help you.โ
Reid Ho๏ฌman, Founder of LinkedIn
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ย A brand is no longer what we tell the
Scott Cook, Founder of Intuit
9. Koka Sexton, Social Media Manager
at LinkedIn
Technology
is a double
edge sword.
Just as sales
people are moving
into the future, the
buyers are already
ahead of us.โ
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11. โBy 2015, the 20% of enterprises
employing social media beyond
marketing will lead their
industries into revenue growth.โ
Gartner, Social Is Here โ Whereโs The ROI?
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12. By the year 2020,
85 percent
of the buyer-seller
interaction will
happen online
through social
media and video.โ
Josiane Feigon, Author and President at
TeleSmart Communications
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14. Jay Baer, Best-Selling Author of โYoutilityโ
Social media creates
kinship between
companies and customers,
and kinship equals
purchase
intent.โ
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15. Social selling
expands on the
age-old basics of
getting to
know your
customers and
meeting their
needs.โ
Jon Ferrara, CEO of Nimble
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16. Itโs no longer about
Interrupting, pitching
and closing. Itโs about
listening,
diagnosing and
prescribing.โ
Mark Roberge, SVP Sales and
Services at Hubspot
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17. Selling to people who
actually want to hear from
you is more effective
than interrupting strangers
that donโt.โ
Seth Godin, Founder of Squidoo.com
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18. It is the cold
that is dead
โ not the
calling.โ
Trish Bertuzzi, Founder of
The Bridge Group
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19. You canโt fake
community,
you canโt force
it, either.โ
Chris Brogan, Author of
โThe Impact Equationโ
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20. Listening is the new prospecting.โ
John Jantsch, Author of โDuct Tape Sellingโ
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21. There is no
sale without
the story; no
knockout without
the setup.โ
Gary Vaynerchuk, Author of
โJab, Jab, Jab, Right Hookโ
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23. Sales is all about
creating a meaningful
relationship that can be
the foundation of a
lasting business
relationship.โ
Ralf VonSosen, Head of Marketing, LinkedIn
Sales Solutions
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24. Value the
relationship
more than
making quota.โ
Je๏ฌrey Gitomer, Author of โ21.5
Unbreakable Laws of Sellingโ
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25. Social is not a
place for a
hard sell, itโs a
place to build trust
and credibility.โ
Julio Viskovich, Author of โSocial
Selling: How to Find Buying Signals
on Social Mediaโ
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26. You donโt close a
sale, you open a
relationship if
you want to build a
long-term, successful
enterprise.โ
Patricia Fripp, Professional Speaker
and Speech Coach
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27. If you build a great experience, customers
tell each other about that. Word of
mouth is very powerful.โ
Je๏ฌ Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com
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28. For every sale you miss
because youโre too
enthusiastic, you will
miss a hundred
because youโre not
enthusiastic enough.โ
Zig Ziglar, Author of โZiglar on Sellingโ
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29. Enchantment
is the purest
form of sales.โ
Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist
at Canva
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30. When you have a
multi-tiered sales
effort, the ๏ฌrst
thing you want
to do is
understand
the market. โ
Brian Frank, VP of Global Sales
Operations at LinkedIn
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31. The impact on a
customer of a bad
buying decision is
usually greater than
the impact of a
salesperson of a lost
deal.โ
Donal Daly, CEO and Founder of
The TAS Group
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32. The best
salespeople know
that their
expertise
can become their
energy in selling.โ
Mike Bosworth, Author of โSolution
Sellingโ
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33. When we change the way we communicate,
we change society.โ
Clay Shirky, Author
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34. โToo often, companies implement social
software without clear business
objectives or a strategy for making an
impact on organizational performance.
These efforts typically fail.โ
Deloitte, Professional Services Firm
36. Most of us have
experienced wow
moments. We
just havenโt had
taken the time to
think deeply about
them.โ
Michael Hyatt, Author of โPlatform:
Get Noticed in a Noisy Worldโ
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37. Jill Konrath, Author of
โSNAP Sellingโ
The best
sales
questions
have your
expertise
wrapped into
them.โ
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39. Call your
tribe to
action, then
youโll understand
how much
in๏ฌuence you
really have.โ
Neal Scha๏ฌer, Author of โMaximize Your
Socialโ
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40. Socially surround
your buyers and
their โsphere
of in๏ฌuenceโ:
experts, peers
and colleagues.โ
Jill Rowley, Founder of
Jillrowley.com
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41. You earn in๏ฌuence by giving value and
attention to other people. BE USEFUL!โ
Laura Fitton, Inbound Marketing Evangelist at Hubspot
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42. Do your best to always
move from less
assertive
methodologies to
more assertive
and more
effective. โ
Ken Krogue, President and Founder of
InsideSales.com
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43. Filter everything youโre
doing, saying and pitching
and youโll improve
just about every
metric you care about
today.โ
Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing
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44. โ80% of social business efforts will
not achieve the intended bene๏ฌts due
to inadequate leadership and an
overemphasis on technology.โ
Gartner, Social and Collaboration Go Deeper and Wider
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45. For any CEO that is skeptical at all: you have
to create a social enterprise today.โ
Angela Ahrendts, CEO at Burberry
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46. โThe key to digital transformation is
re-envisioning and driving change in how
the company operates. Thatโs a
mangement and people challenge, not just
a technology one.โ
Capgemini Consulting, Digital Transformation Report
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LinkedIn is not
just a place to ๏ฌnd
your dream job,
but a way to be
better at the
job you already
have.โ
Je๏ฌ Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn
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48. 1 out of every 3
professionals on
the planet is on LinkedIn.โ
Jason Miller, Content Marketing Manager at
LinkedIn
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49. Join LinkedIn
Groups. You are
70 percent
more likely
to get an
appointment on an
unexpected sale.โ
Steve Richard, Co-Founder of Vorsight
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50. Make each
sales rep
responsible
for monitoring a
certain number of
competitors on
LinkedIn.โ
Jamie Shanks, Partner at Sales for Life
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