And it’s a way to start conversations when you can’t find other approaches. So show people who you are by showing them your volunteer work. Want to receive feedback on your prospecting process? Subscribe to our “Profitable Prospecting” Newsletter to be notified about our next workshop! Human-to-Human Strategy for Social Selling On LinkedIn Now that you’ve got your profile in shape you need to plan your outreach strategy. I learned pretty quickly that selling on LinkedIn required a special strategy and that the “best practices” promoted by the LinkedIn
automation vendors simply do not work. If you want to be successful Afghanistan WhatsApp Number using LinkedIn for sales you have to adopt a human-to-human approach. To help you understand what I mean let’s consider a live networking example. Let’s say that you want to connect with Reid Hoffman. And for the sake of this example let’s pretend that you don’t know who he is. Now let’s say you heard that he’s going to be at a networking event you’re attending and you want to get acquainted with him. Would you just walk up to him in person and start pitching? Probably not. A more
effective way would be to look up his LinkedIn profile find an interesting nugget of information about him and use it to strike up a conversation. For example if you read Reid’s “about” section he says this: “My primary focus is world-class entrepreneurs with bold new ideas with the possibility of massive scale.” So you might walk up introduce yourself this way:“Hi Reid I’m Candyce. I read on your profile that you like to help massive scale. I’m curious what are the first things you look for when you see one of those bold ideas?”