Because we find that sales and marketing leaders focus on lead generation instead of demand generation and full funnel marketing, I have interviewed our resident challenger social selling expert, Ian…
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Kristina Jaramillo
How to get 67% more revenue opportunities using LinkedIn and not just leads that go nowhere
In the Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business, Chet Holmes mentions that only 3% of your target market is ready to buy, 7% of your target market is open to buying…
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Social lead validation—the missing ingredient from most inbound LinkedIn marketing programs
All sales leads are not equal. I know this is something that most sales and marketing leaders understand and it’s why they put lead qualification and validation into most of…
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Why you are just a resource & how you’re failing to drive demand with your content & social media marketing efforts
According to a LinkedIn study reported in their Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to Thought Leadership eBook, 88% of IT buyers said that thought leadership was important or critical in determining their…
Read MoreReal examples of how account-based marketing & selling is driving higher revenues on LinkedIn
Many social media and social selling experts say “volume” is the key to success on social media platforms like LinkedIn. In an article in Content Marketing Institute’s magazine, Jonathan Crossfield…
Read MoreIT buyers are calling for a change in how you market & sell to them on LinkedIn
If you want to reach, connect and engage with more IT buyers, then as a sales and marketing professional, you need to position yourself as an expert who wants to…
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Don’t be a “wuss” anymore on social media with your content and discussions
If you’ve been following my content, you would have seen that I engage in creating challenger sales and marketing content. For example, my article “CMOs Are Failing to Go Beyond…
Read MoreHow even social media & social selling experts are getting LinkedIn wrong – Part 2
In my last post, I started to show how even the most recognized social media and social selling authors, experts, and consultants are getting LinkedIn wrong. I started this provocative…
Read MoreHow even social media & social selling experts are getting LinkedIn wrong – Part 1
In previous posts, I shared how CMOs at Xerox, Lithium, G2Crowd, Wiley, and XOJet are getting LinkedIn wrong as they simply focused on brand awareness, reach, and filling the funnel….
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CMOs fail to go beyond brand awareness on LinkedIn
Recent studies show 87% of B2B sales and marketing leaders are using LinkedIn and other social media platforms, but less than 1 in 5 can clearly prove and demonstrate social…
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