​ 26th August 2015
LinkedIn for Business:
Your Sales Strategy for the Digital Age
Agenda for today
The Digital Transformation –
Connecting to Opportunities
by Stewart Lee
Buying and Selling in the Digital Age
by Marco Jorge & Jason Li
Social Selling Index defined
by Nicolas Levitte
​Stewart Lee
​Head of Mid Market Sales S/E Asia
​LinkedIn Sales Solutions
The Digital Transformation
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​Charles Darwin
It’s not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent, but
the one most responsive to change.
* Airbnb
* Uber
* Alibaba
* LinkedIn
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380,000,000
Members
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347,000,000
Members
116M+
EMEA
73M+
APAC
50M+
LATAM
10M+
China
30M+
India
7M+
Austrailia
Regional
membership
15M+
Southeast Asia
Connect the world’s professionals
to make them more productive
and successful
Mission
For members
NETWORK
with your professional world
IDENTITY
your professional
profile of record
KNOWLEDGE
through professional news
and content
Publishing
Global news and thought
leadership from 300M+ members
Knowledge
Slideshare
The world’s largest repository
of professional knowledge
Knowledge
Pulse
Digest of professional news
you need to know
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conversation
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need to succeed
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For customers
@WORKSELLMARKETHIRE
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​Seth Godin – Founder of Squidoo.com
Selling to people who actually want to
hear from you is more effective than
interrupting strangers that don’t.
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​Marco Jorge
​SMB Account Executive APAC
​LinkedIn Sales Solutions
Buying and Selling in the Digital Age
​Jason Li
​Enterprise Sales Manager APAC
​LinkedIn Sales Solutions
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The buying process has changed
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75%
of B2B Buyers use social media to
make purchasing decisions
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5Stakeholders in any B2B Decision
Making Process
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95%
Of decision-makers do not respond to
cold outreach
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5xMore likely to engage with sales
professionals via warm introduction
than cold outreach
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Story
34
Build trust
35
Build trust
36
Build trust
37
Build Trust
38
​Our Vision
Elevate the sales professional
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​Nicolas Levitte
​Head of Enterprise Sales APAC
​LinkedIn Sales Solutions
Social Selling Index defined
Social selling defined
Create a professional brand
Find the right people
Engage with insights
Build strong relationships
Professional brand
Find the right people
Lead with insights
Build strong relationships
Social Selling Index
Laggards
0 100
Leaders
26.0
Find the right people
Build strong relationships
Create a professional brand
Engage with insights
Social Selling Index
Global
10.1
5.2
2.1
8.6
SSI measures your performance across the four pillars
of social selling
Social Selling Index measures
adoption of LinkedIn social selling
practices on a 0-100 scale
Performance on four key
dimensions, each worth 25 points
Source: LinkedIn Data as of 31st July 2015
26.0
Find the right people
Build strong relationships
Create a professional brand
Engage with insights
Social Selling Index
Global
10.1
5.2
2.1
8.6
Hong Kong
8.0
6.5
1.9
7.7
24.2
How are all sales professionals in Hong Kong doing?
Source: LinkedIn Data as of 31st July 2015
26.0
Find the right people
Build strong relationships
Create a professional brand
Engage with insights
Social Selling Index
Global
10.1
5.2
2.1
8.6
How are we doing in the room?
Today’s
Room
14.3
13.7
6.6
16.3
51.0
Hong Kong
8.0
6.5
1.9
7.7
24.2
Source: LinkedIn Data as of 31st July 2015
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Curious about your SSI?
https://www.linkedin.com/sales/ssi
51
Why does that matter?
More likely to
reach quota
51%
Exceed quota
More likely
to go to club
3x
Go to club
Average decrease in
promotion to VP
17 months
Get promoted faster
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