Using Social Media to Accelerate Sales for Chamber Executives.
This presentation was prepared for the Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM and Annual Conference: Best Foot Forward.
2. Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 2 What’s on the plate today? Introductions Background Tactics, Tactics, Tactics What goals/questions do you have? Top Selling Tips
5. ShareNov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 3 Top Selling Tips
6. 2 Key Background Premises Sales is Personal Augment, don’t Replace Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 4 Top Selling Tips
7. Social Media Tools Can… Get people talking about your product And/Or Familiarize people with you,making it easier to sell Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 5 Top Selling Tips
8. Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 6 Navigating the Tools LinkedInTwitterFacebookMeetup.comKik.com
9. Best Practices Common Voice Common Persona Think about the audience Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 7 Integrating the Message
10. Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 8 Knowing the Audience
11. 10 Tactics For You Some will work for you, others may not, feel free to pick and choose! Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 9 Tactics
12. Maintain Personal Accounts Make it Personal Engage in Conversation Your Pages are Your New Business Cards (e.g. “official” accounts, @kwissent, @mbontario, LinkedIn) Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 10 Tactic 1
13. Target Psychological Barriers Remove Fears Establish Favourable Expectations Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 11 Tactic 2
14. Explicitly Ask for Help Use “Please RT” A “Social Ask” is as powerful as hypnosis Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 12 Tactic 3
17. Post articles in the morning (8am = 3 x 2pm)Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 13 Tactic 4
18. Be Re-Tweetable Leave Room (<100 Chars + Shorteners) Include a URL (69% vs 19%) Language (avoid “work” and –ve words) Tweet in the Afternoon (4pm 4 x 9am) News, Instructional, Entertaining (>50%) Use the words “How To” Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 14 Tactic 5
19. We’re ½ Way There! Any questions so far? This is a good point to bring them up Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 15 Interlude
20. Introduce Solutions Direct ReTweets at people Search for Problems ( “benefits”) Help Introduce (“know someone”) Use your best members as products Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 16 Tactic 6
21. Deals & Discounts E.g. Dell’s $6.5 Million Great for selling inventory (events & ads) Incredibly measurable (coupon code) Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 17 Tactic 7
22. Don’t start with “@” “@josephfung here is a link for you” Vs. “hey @josephfung here is a link for you” Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 18 Tactic 8
23. Leverage Hashtags Get people to feel part of something Support other people’s causes Encourage the conversation E.g. #kwawesome Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 19 Tactic 9
24. Use 3rd Party Apps Tweetdeck.com(add a column for recent followers) Hootsuite.com(analytics and delegation) Klout.com & Twitalyzer.com Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 20 Tactic 10
25. Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 21 Meetup.com Bonus Tactic Ad-hoc meetups of like-minded people that anyone can organize Better Networking
26. Bonus Tactic 2 SMS Messaging – Kik.com Very personal mobile chat, SMS thank you messages, last-minute deals Better Customer Service
27. Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 23 Returning to our objectives… Recap & Closing Specific Tactics Answer Questions
28. Nov 4, 2010 Best Foot Forward: Chamber Executives of Ontario AGM & Conference 24 Questions/Comments? Feel free to ask now or email me:jfung@cigionline.org Get the slides & notes at:http://bit.ly/ceoconf
Notas do Editor
A bit of my background10 years sales – most of it using online tools – email, discussion forums, social networking tools
We want to reinforce the personal relationships that you’re already developingWe want to augment what you’re already doing, but do it as efficiently as possible
In most of your organizations, you’ll have more than one person working on your Social Media strategies. As such, it’s important that you:Have a Common Voice: use similar language, use similar abbreviations, first vs. third-personHave a Common Persona: “official” vs. “informal”, do you reply? When do you engage in conversation vs. broadcastThink about the audience: each social network has a different audience. Pick and choose which messages go where
Look at @kwissentvs. @mbotontarioAlthough @mbotontario has more followers than @kwissent (~700 vs ~300), @kwissent has a much further reach. If you search for “@kwissent” and “@mbotontario” you’ll see that many more people are engaged in conversation with @kwissent. If you add up their followers, you’ll see that @kwissent’s twitter reach was over 3500 while @mbtontario was just over 1200.This is possible because the @kwissent account is much more conversational than the @mbotontario account. A mix of personal and professional accounts can help you reach more people more easily. Get them talking about you.
Be non-threatening, be friendly, and become “familiar”Share positive stories, and reward their engagementBy the time they meat you, they’ll be used to positive experiences and you’ll have an easier time of it
Experiements in the late 90’s showed that people are more likely to take an action if it’s a social request than if the suggestion is implanted with hypnosis. Take advantage of this. E.g “We need help finding a speaker for our next young professionals event – have any suggestions? Please RT!”http://danzarrella.com/7-social-media-marketing-lessons-learned-from-hypnosis.html#
Source: http://www.socialmediatoday.com
URL Shorteners: Owl.ly and Bit.lySource: http://www.socialmediatoday.com
http://www.cloudave.com/1448/if-you-start-your-tweet-with-name-few-will-see-it/Note – this changes all the time (Twitter,TweetDeck, hootsuite, all keep changing their policies on this approach – for now, better safe than sorry)