Digital Selling : How to Use Social Media and the Web to Generate Leads and Sell More

Adapt your sales strategy to embrace the opportunities that digital channels can bring, with this ultimate guide to selling in the digital environment from engaging customers and generating leads to building an online network, with advice from leading sales and marketing expert Grant Leboff.

Sales and marketing functions are increasingly converging, with lead generation frequently arising from digital promotional campaigns and opportunities for traditional sales techniques diminishing due to scarce customer attention and availability, not to mention the plethora of readily accessible product information online.

Salespeople now need to understand and interact with customers via multiple channels, participating in social media, in collaboration with marketing, to influence purchasing decisions and convert contacts to sales.

Digital Selling makes sense of the new paradigms in which a salesperson now operates, outlining the new strategies required to take advantage of the opportunities that exist, and provides the practical advice salespeople need to generate leads and sell more.

Packed with great advice for engaging with customers online and via social media, this book explains:
-Why embracing the social web is vital
-How the sales role changes in a digital environment
-The lead generation model in a digital world
-How to build your online network

This straightforward and practical book from one of today's thought leaders on digital sales and marketing, is essential reading for any sales professional.

Grant Leboff is one of the UK's leading sales and marketing experts. Continually challenging received wisdom, Grant built a successful direct marketing company in 2002 and sold it six years later. He now serves as a non-executive director and also runs a strategic consultancy, Sticky Marketing Club, a consultancy which advises clients on sales and marketing strategies, building their brand and positioning it as market leader in their particular sector.

A regular speaker at conferences around the world, Grant Leboff is also a contributor to many business magazines and newspapers including, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, and The Financial Times. Grant is also the author of Sticky Marketing and Stickier Marketing, both published by Kogan Page.