Ready For a Shock? Only 15% of Salespeople Are Doing This [Research]

Research has shown sales people that use social media achieve sixty six percent higher sales quota attainment. Knowing that’s sales people have the ultimate goal of reaching or exceeding their sales goals, some may assume the flock to social media is a given. Shockingly the percent of sales reps that utilize the online leg up is quite low. Only fifteen percent of them use the platform to complete sales quotas.

Key Takeaways:

  • Studies show that only about 15% of salespeople use social media in their sales effort.
  • According to research social media falls behind email, phone and face to face as a preferred method of sales marketing.
  • Although time-consuming, salespeople need to take a relationship-building approach which brings about referrals and repeat business.

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http://blog.hubspot.com/sales/only-15-of-salespeople-are-doing-this#sm.000009zm84kr3re13qkytr68ysx7y

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