Digital Selling and Sales Training Journal

  Generating Business Leads via Social Networks When it comes to generating business leads via social networks, is never easy even with the openness of social media. Using social media to generate sales leads whether you are just beginning in business or are well established, can be demanding. Add in the fact that the older traditional forms of lead generation such as cold calling, trade shows and emailing are in decline, you may be scratching your head as to how exactly to find new customers. Two words – Social Networks. What is lead generation using Social Networks? Generating business leads or sales leads via social media, is a solution that can help you engage buyers where they gather to source information and avoid you becoming another annoying, disruptive cold caller who still engages in disruptive practices. Before you start trawling the social networks looking for buyers, you need to identify your Ideal Customer Profiles plus define what the term lead means.

Lead Generation: A Beginner’s Guide to Generating Business Leads via Social Networks Lead generation is never easy even with the openness of social media. Whether you are just beginning in business or are well established, the effort and work to nurture potential customers can be demanding. Add in the fact that the older traditional forms of lead generation such as cold calling, trade shows and emailing are in decline, you may be scratching your head as to how exactly to find new customers. Two words – Social Networks. What is lead generation using Social Networks? It is a solution that can help you engage buyers where they gather to source information and avoid you becoming another annoying, disruptive cold caller who still engages in disruptive practices. Before you start trawling the social networks looking for buyers, you need to identify your Ideal Customer Profiles plus define what the term lead means. Next, we will cover what lead generation is, why you need to spend 2