LinkedIn is often not the most obvious choice when deciding between social media marketing platforms, but for B2B opportunities, LinkedIn is a goldmine. According to the Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn, 82% of marketers in the B2B sphere use LinkedIn for their content marketing. Because LinkedIn is often frequented by c-suite executives, top-level decision-makers and […]
Recent statistics show that LinkedIn has over 260 million monthly users. 44% of users on this social media platform take home more than US$75 000 a year. Given this increased financial muscle, it makes sense for companies to use LinkedIn as a lead-generation tool to stimulate their organisation’s sales.
LinkedIn is an especially valuable tool for you to use to generate leads (or prospect for sales) if you’re in the business-to-business (B2B) space because a total of 61 million people on this platform are senior-level influencers. 40 million people can make buying-related decisions for their company.
Here are five effective ways of using LinkedIn as part of the lead generation strategy for your business.
LinkedIn is one of the most powerful social spots for sales prospecting but not many people know how to go about it. There’s a stigma about LinkedIn that makes it seem less “friendly” than other platforms.
We show you that it “works if you work it”.
Effective and efficient.
That should be the foundation of your LinkedIn outreach efforts.
To use this social networking tool effectively, you need to prepare all the fundamental elements before you do any work that builds on that.
You need to establish a solid LinkedIn presence in order to succeed. The key lies in standing out. You’re competing with thousands of other business people just like you. Blending in is NOT an option.
