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About Social Pros Podcast:
Social Pros is one of the longest-running marketing podcasts in existence (10 YEARS and counting), and was recently recognized as the #1 Audio/Podcast Series by the Content Marketing Awards.
Our purpose? Making sure that we speak to real people doing real work in social media.
Listeners get inside stories and behind-the-scenes secrets about how teams at companies like Google, Reddit, Glossier, Zillow, Lyft, Marvel, and dozens more, staff, operate, and measure their social media programs. With 500+ episodes, the Social Pros Podcast brings the humanity of social media to the forefront, while providing incredibly useful marketing strategies that listeners can immediately implement.
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Selling is the primary motivator for a lot of people on social media. Some people do it really well, others are a little less polished. But it’s safe to say that a lot of people aren’t pros at social selling.
Timothy Hughes, on the other hand, is a social selling master who joins Social Pros to share his wisdom, advice, and thoughts on selling on social media today.
Social Selling is not a Future State
Timothy Hughes, CEO and Co-Founder of DLA ignite, plus the author of Social Selling: Techniques to Influence Buyers and Changemakers, joins Social Pros to talk about the art of social selling.
For Timothy, social selling is not a new or “future state.” If you’re not already doing it, you’re already behind. This is something Timothy addressed in his book – which he recently updated with tons more information about how social selling has moved on since.
In this episode, Timothy explains how the world has changed, why conversations are still king on social, how to avoid being outdated, and the best ways to talk to strangers online. We also hear his three top recommendations for those wanting to sell on social. If you’re looking to improve your social selling skills, this is one you’ll want to tune in for.
In This Episode:
- 5:09 – Why Timothy decided to revisit his book
- 7:16 – How starting DLA ignite contributed to the second edition
- 9:58 – How being ingrained in interruption marketing gives a false view of social selling
- 10:44 – Social media is for people to be social
- 12:00 – How to “sell” the idea of social selling to leadership
- 13:56 – Why cold calling falls behind social selling
- 16:32 – How the digital world has changed
- 18:07 – Why some people don’t “get” social selling
- 21:09 – Timothy’s definition of social selling
- 24:13 – How to actually connect with people over social media
- 25:44 – How you can start expanding your network online
- 31:28 – The three things Timothy recommends social pros do
- 33:12 – Why content is always king
- 37:07 – Timothy’s advice for social pros
Quotes From This Episode:
People think that social selling is this constant stream of spam that we get on social media. And it isn't that. There is actually a better way of connecting to people. The point is it's social media, which is media to be social. Click To Tweet“We think [selling] is about ourselves and our products and our company – but nobody cares about your products in your company until we’re further down the track. People buy people. And what we’re looking for is conversation.” @Timothy_Hughes
“Anybody now who’s cold calling is so far behind. Well, we actually work this out. If you’ve got an average of $100,000 in terms of sales and you’ve got ten salespeople, then you’re actually falling behind by $1.2 million a month.” @Timothy_Hughes
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