Comments on: Social media for salespeople? Where do we start?

By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:54:23 +0000

Thanks for all the compliments, folks. That’s why we always ask people these questions because tapping into a pool of knowledge has more value than tapping into my own knowledge.

@Tamer, you ask important questions. I am sure there are sales folks who love Twitter and make it work for them. In my humble opinion, social media has no rules. What works for one doesn’t work for another.

@Sharon, thanks for sharing with your team. Let us know if they have any questions or comments.

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By: Sharon Mostyn

Sharon Mostyn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:31:23 +0000

Great post, Meryl – I’m sharing it with my sales team now! Thanks again for including my recommendation to listen first and then engage your customers.

By: Tamer Osman, CEO & Founder, RGlobe

Tamer Osman, CEO & Founder, RGlobe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:17:22 +0000

This topic is near and dear to my heart so with passionate conviction I ask, “Why do we have to bucket sales people with Marketing, PR, and Ashton Kutcher?? ..just because the world is ga ga for Twitter?” We all know Twitter was not made by or for sales people so it shouldn’t be too surprising that it might not work well for them any time soon.. Linkedin? Yes, Twitter..not so much! And that should be fine. Sales people simply don’t have time for new tools that don’t deliver quick value to them. They gravitate to the ones that deliver near term value and make sense—To Them. Maybe Twitter will someday, but that day is not today.

By: Tamer Osman, CEO & Founder, RGlobe

Tamer Osman, CEO & Founder, RGlobe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:31:01 +0000

Thank you for this great write up and the varying bright prospectives. I think this is a very important topic that has been very well addressed. This is near and dear to my heart and passion in life! My question is simple… What is wrong with just agreeing that Twitter was not made for the sales department? Why do we have to try to fit sales into a marketing tool just because there is sooo much buzz around Twitter? Why not just let marketing, pr, and Aston Kutcher do their thing on Twitter (in collaboration or not with the sales group) and let sales people do their thing on Linkedin and with new, cutting edge tools made by and for sales people like RGlobe (https://www.rglobe.com/) RGlobe is built by and for sales, channel and alliance professionals through R&D over the past 5 years and directly correlated founder enterprise biz dev experience. RGlobe wants to serve the needs of sales people in every functionality/feature we build. We focus on building requirements that make sales people comfortable connecting with and leveraging the knowledge of other exclusive members, and that enable them to do what they are chartered to do- close more business for their company and put food on their family’s table.

By: Mike Santoro

Mike Santoro — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:15:12 +0000

You did a nice job grabbing great expertise from across the country. Nice responses from everyone and glad to see there are a number of leaders out there practicing the right strategy.

By: Claire Celsi

Claire Celsi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:45:48 +0000

Thanks for mentioning my site in your post. I like the way you went out to the Web to share best practices from experts in the field. Nice job.

Claire Celsi

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