Why Social Media is Ruining Your Business
August 25, 2011 at 11:15 am | Posted in Adrian Miller Sales Training, sales | 8 CommentsTags: business development, business prospecting, Facebook, Linkedin, sales conversion, social media
I love social media and have a solid appreciation for all of the marvelous things that it does for our businesses including the following:
- Helps to build awareness of our company and brand
- Creates visibility and can generate and register attendees for events
- Provides a (free!) tool for the gathering of business/marketing intelligence
- Offers access to prospects and reconnection with dormant accounts
And yes more.
But, can social media do it ALL and by all, I mean bring in business. Now lots of you are shaking your heads and thinking that I am a bit nuts for even thinking that there are companies out there that believe that social media can save the day in their acquisition of new clients. But here’s the truth…I am saying this because I hear it and see it each and every day as I go about meeting new prospects, working with clients and speaking with business people at networking events.
Business people are doing their status updates, scrolling through the news feed, engaging in “conversations” with Linkedin contacts and are actually neglecting things like picking up the phone and calling, yes calling, prospects and dormant accounts alike. Rather, they’re using social media and email (hey, it’s fast and convenient, right?) and forgetting the personal touch points that really do matter.
People like to buy, they don’t like to be sold and they like to buy when they have a relationship built on trust and respect. Social media can help lay the foundation but that’s all.
At the end, social media is part of an INTEGRATED marketing plan. It doesn’t stand-alone, it won’t save the day and it won’t close business. That’s sales. You close sales and unless you’re an internet business with no brick and mortar and not a human to be seen on the org chart, then you need to take a look at your marketing and sales programs for the remainder of 2011 and make sure they’re positioned correctly to bring in the business you want.
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