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Personal branding and linked in prospecting v2
1. Creating Your Personal Brand
&
LinkedIn Prospecting
By: Joel Katz
Sales Engineering Manager
Joel.Katz@Centurylink.com
407-628-6624
2. Agenda
• Creating Your Personal Brand
– What Is branding
– What Is My Personal Brand
– How To Beef Up Your Personal Brand
• Prospecting In Social Media World
– Searches
– Groups
– Contact Based Prospecting
– Be Information Provider
• Additional Info.
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84 Million Users in USA (259 Million Worldwide)
184 Million Unique Visits to Linked In Monthly
40% of Linked In Users Check Everyday
38% of Linked In Visits Are Via Mobil Device
Average Time Users Spend on Linked In 17
Min./Month
3 Million Business Pages & 1.2 Mil. Featured
Products and Services.
2.1 Million Groups on Linked In
Average Number of Groups Members Join 7
Most Used or Over Used Adjectives: Responsible,
Creative
* Stats According to Digital Marketing Rambling
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5. 78% of those who use social media in
sales outperform those who don‘t.
— The Impact of Social Media on Sales Quota and
Corporate Revenue, A Sales Guy Consulting
20. ―A brand is the sum of all feelings, thoughts and
recognitions – positive and negative – that
people in the target audience
associate with a company, a product or
service.‖
- Steve McNamara,
AdCracker.Com
21. ―A brand for a company is like a reputation for a
person.
You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.‖
–Jeff
Bezos
22. More solid brands mean strong identities
both for the products and for
the people using them.
–Jeff
Bezos
23. ―We choose one over the other
on the basis of our
‗perception‘ of its
reputation‖
–Shivam
Dhawan
30. Develop A Personal Brand for Yourself
WHAT do I
DO?
WHO do I do it
FOR?
HOW am I
UNIQUE?
(WHERE do I
do it?)
= YOU: The
Brand
31. For Most of Us Linked In is our Online Brand
(Remember the four components of branding)
• Awareness – Who we are: Name, Title, Photo,
Summary
• Trust – Our Credentials, Our Experience
• Reputation – Skills, Achievements,
Recommendations
• Perception – Interests, Personal Details, overall
feeling from profile (Hopefully a Verb)
• YOUR PROSPECTS ARE CHECKING YOUR PROFILE
OUT TRY TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF!!!
32. Awareness: Good Use Of – Photo, Name, Title, Summary
• Use a professionally done head shot photo if
possible (Smile)
• Change your default work title, Try To Say:
– What you do
– Who you do it for
• Change Linked In URL to your name.
• Make The Summary Engaging:
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Say how you do what you do
Make It measurable if at all possible
Write It from your prospects point of view
Have a call to action if at all possible
Include Samples of your work
33. Trust and Reputation
• Highlight Work Experience
– Especially if you can show how you helped
prospects achieve measurable results
• Highlight Special Skills
– Trainings
– Certifications
• Ask and Use Recommendations:
– Others vouching for you is great, especially if it is
customers
– Best way to get recommendations is to give them
46. Searches and Advanced Searches
• You can search contacts
• You can search companies (you can follow
them as well)
• You can save searches and it will notify you of
changes in your search profile
• Searches will show you 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level
connections to that person.
• Prospecting Class on BMI Social Warrior Site
– http://bmi.corp.intranet/bmgq/socialwarrior/prospecting
47. Groups!!!
• Choose Groups Where Your Contacts Are
– Industry Based
– Education / Charity Based (Alumni Associations, ETC.)
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Max Group Membership 50 Different Groups
Observe First
Ask Questions On Discussion Threads
Start Relevant Discussion Threads
Post Relevant Articles To Group
NOT SALES INFO OR ADVERTISING
Groups Allow You to Send In Mail To Other Group
Members Even if They Are Not Your Contacts
48. Develop Contact Based Prospecting !!!
• Often Takes Between 10-12 Emails and Phone Calls Before
You Have Relevant Contact With Prospect
• You Are More Likely to Get Sales Call Returned if You Have
Personal Connection
– Check Profile to see if you have people in common
– Check if you have University or Company in Common
– When you reach out to them make sure you mention
commonality. This increases your odds 3x
– When Mutual Connection calls on your behalf for introduction ,
this increases your odds 4x
– When you contact direct connection odds increase 12x
• Cultivate contacts similar to your ideal prospect.
– Go Where they are off line and online
– Initiate Conversations
– Keep in touch with them
• Newsle.com
49. Keeping In Touch With Prospects
• Become a Content Provider
– Sift through info. to find articles valuable to prospects. (Doing
this Daily or Weekly is best.)
– This elevates your credibility in prospects eyes
– Be Constantly on look out for relevant info.
• Industry News Letters
• Business Press
• Videos and Magazines Prospects likely to read
– Send your Prospects short note with article link attached. Can
send same note to multiple prospects.
• Share Articles online via Linked In, Face book, Twitter.
– Simply click on share icon for relevant service
– Post to your profile, or actually send to your contacts or group.
– If you post to profile, when contacts sign on they will see your
post.
