3 ways marketing can support the
digital seller.
Jamie Shanks
CEO
Sales for Life Inc.
FAILURE
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising up every time we fail.”
-RalphWaldoEmerson
Did not build an
ONLINE PRESENCE
Did not build an
SUSTAINABLE PIPELINE
March 2011
Complete
BREAKDOWN!
RISING FROM THEASHES OF FAILURE
“It ain’t how hard you can hit, it’s about how
hard you can get hit and keep moving”
- Rocky Balboa
DIGITAL SELLING MATURITY
‘12-16 ‘17 ‘18-’19 ‘20-’21 ‘22+
Innovators and Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards
DIGITAL SELLING SUCCESS IS EMPIRICAL
B2B Digital Sellers Outperform Their Peers
72%
of B2B social sellers
Outperform their peers
DIGITAL SELLING SUCCESS IS EMPIRICAL
deal conversion
increase
27%
higher quota than their
non-social selling peers
66%
300+ CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENTS
CORRELATE DIGTIAL SELLING TO REVENUE
Completion of Social Selling Mastery®
CFY Won Total Open Pipe $
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%>100% Completion
$1,524,457.56 / $5,338,974.23
>70% Completion
$1,300,383 / $4,678,675.00
>40% Completion
$981,603.89 / $3,846,141.86
$6,000,000.00
$5,000,000.00
$4,000,000.00
$3,000,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$0.00
WHAT IS DIGITAL SELLING?
Trigger Selling
Referral
Selling
Digital Selling
Insights
Selling
How can marketing support the
modern, DIGITAL SELLER?
Trigger-based Selling
Arewemonitoring keyaccountsforriskvs.opportunity?
LISTEN FOR OPPORTUNITY VS. RISK
AVG EMPLOYEE CHANGES JOBS
Every 2.5 Years
Monitor job changes
in customers & key accounts
BUILD TWITTER LISTS OF YOUR IDEAL BUYERS
Insights-based Selling
Howareweshapingourbuyersjourney?
Develop “sales
plays” for the
sellers to
leverage as
TRUSTED
ADVISOR
Craft “deep insights”
for the sellers to
drive buyers through
“THE DEAD ZONE”
Build PointDrive
templates that
sellers use to track
buying intent &
buying committee
Referral-based Selling
Arewedigitallysurrounding ourcustomers?
4.2x
greater chance of opportunity,
based on a personal relationship
Existing
Clients Competitors
Past Employees
Vendors / Partners
Alumni
Past Employees
Internal Champions
Competitors
Introductions
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: YOUR CUSTOMERS
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE MAPPING
1st degree
connection
Companies in his
Sphere
Shared connections in your
Sphere
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: ALUMNI
Jamie Shanks
CEO
Sales for Life Inc.
E: Jamie@salesforlife.com
M: +1 416-409-4999

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