“59% of senior executives prefer video over text." [Source: Brainshark] We continue with our theme of “Creating Content” as a sales professional. Today we focus on how to create videos to send to senior executives within the sales process. Video equals higher viewer attention. We all know senior executives don’t like longwinded emails or conversations. They tend to be brief in their communications because of how much demand is on them and their daily schedule. Given that, Brainshark also found that the information contained in one minute of online video is equal to about 1.8 million written words. You can take advantage of this research as a sales professional by creating compelling videos that make you more memorable and drive home points your made during your meetings with senior executives. We provide three tips on how to create and share videos with senior executives, both in follow up emails as well as to summarize longer presentations you made during previous meetings. If you want to set yourself apart from the competition and become more memorable with senior executives during the sales cycle to win more business, then you will want to listen to this episode.

"90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000X faster in the brain than text." [Sources: 3M Corporation and Zabisco] We continue with our theme of “Creating Content” as a sales professional. Today we focus on how to create an InfoGraphic. Visual content drives engagement. In fact, according to research conducted by Simply Measured, just one month after the introduction of Facebook timeline for brands, visual content — photos and videos — saw a 65% increase in engagement. You can take advantage of this same approach as a sales professional by creating your very own InfoGraphic to illustrate your knowledge and expertise while helping simplify complex topics for your target audience. We provide three tips on how to create and share an InfoGraphic to elevate your status as a thought leader and go-to-specialist in your field. If you want to take advantage of the power of visual content to improve your sales prospecting game, then you will want to listen to this episode.

"The top salespeople use LinkedIn at least 6 hours per week." [Source: The Sales Management Association] We continue with our new theme of “Creating Content” as a sales professional. Today we focus on how to create and share content on LinkedIn. We have discussed previously how buyers feel more positive about a brand after consuming content from it. Well the same thing is true for sales professionals - the more timely, relevant content you share that adds value to the buyer’s evaluation journey then the more likely they will reach out to you at the right time in the buying cycle to engage with you. We provide three tips on how to share and create content on LinkedIn that will help you build a steady following of target market prospects with consistent action on your part. If you want to leverage LinkedIn as a social selling tool that helps you steadily build a sales pipeline of qualified opportunities, then you will want to listen to this episode.

“70% of people make purchasing decisions to solve problems. 30% make decisions to gain something.” [Source: Impact Communications]  We continue with our new theme of “Creating Content” as a sales professional. Today we focus on the Pain & Pleasure Principle and how you can put it to work for you to improve the way you influence and persuade. We discuss how to leverage the Pain & Pleasure Principle as you create content knowing you will want to map that content directly to the more pressing concept of the two (pain and pleasure). We provide three steps and tips on how to create compelling content that makes use of this principle. If you want to improve the effectiveness of your sales messaging and create more impactful content, then you will want to listen to this episode.

“95% of buyers chose a solution provider that provided them with ample content to help navigate through each stage of the buying process.” [Source: DemandGen Report]  We shift our attention to a new theme we will focus on moving forward on the Sales Integrity Podcast, which is “Creating Content”. Given that all of the research points to buyers needing to consume multiple pieces of content from a vendor before buying from them, we will focus on creating one piece per episode moving forward. This renewed focus will build upon our previous “Prospecting by the Numbers” discussion and provide our listeners with plenty of ideas on how to create valuable content they can use within their prospecting and selling efforts. Today we focus on the process associated towards creating a Case Study. We provide three steps and tips on how to quickly create a simple one-page Case Study that will be compelling to your target audience. If you have always known you should be telling success stories and sharing case studies with your prospects at the right time in their buying journey, then you will want to listen to this episode.

“73% of executives prefer to work with sales professionals referred by someone they know.” [Source: Sales Benchmark Index] On today’s “Sales Prospecting by the Numbers” discussion we focus on “Referral Selling Uncovered” as our primary topic. We unpack this statistic a bit and provide 3 specific tips on how to improve your overall approach as it relates to success with referral selling. In a previous episode we discussed how only 11% of salespeople are actually asking for referrals. Today we focus on some positive statistics that highlight the benefits of using referral selling as a primary prospecting strategy. We also provide specific tactics to help you elevate your referral selling game. If you are struggling with how to generate more referral-based leads, then you will want to listen to this episode.

“82% of buyers viewed at least 5 pieces of content from the winning vendor.” [Source: Forrester] On today’s “Sales Prospecting by the Numbers” discussion we focus on “Nurturing Your Prospects” as our primary topic. We unpack this statistic a bit and provide 3 specific tips on how to become systematic in the way your prospect. Additionally, we discuss the various methods of how people learn and how you should structure the unique content that you create to include in your nurture marketing process. If you are seeking a better way to become more systematic in the way you prospect, especially as it relates to creating and including unique value-based content into your approach, then you will want to listen to this episode.