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Fast summary
- 70% of consumers who are emotionally connected to a brand tend to spend at least twice as much on that brand
- Content, both internal and external forms, ensures buyers are armed with the information they need to make sound decisions, which lead to a purchase
- Sales Enablement and Social Selling work together; they’re not mutually exclusive
Social Selling and Sales Enablement. What do they actually mean? And why are they important for your business?
Let’s digest what it all means and how Social Selling and Sales Enablement work together to amplify your business.
What is Social Selling?
Social Selling leverages social networks to identify, establish and nurture relationships with potential customers. Through platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok, social sellers interact with their audience, creating positive micro brand moments that over time, help them to generate more business opportunities, whether it be increasing funnel size, deal size or enabling faster conversions. In most cases, social sellers will use their own personal professional social accounts to do this instead of a company’s account or page.
Indeed, LinkedIn research shows that people who use Social Selling as a part of their sales arsenal generate 45% more opportunities than those who don’t use it, are 51% more likely to hit their quota and 78% more likely to outsell their peers.
How Social Selling differs from traditional sales tactics
Social Selling concentrates on strategic relationship building rather than hard selling. By demonstrating value and expertise through content and interaction, social sellers earn trust and longer-term influence. This means Social Selling plays a more supportive role in the sales cycle; it focuses on building relationships and engaging prospects, positioning you as a trusted resource.
With 83% of the B2B sales journey now happening online prior to any sales conversation (Gartner 2024) and 80%+ of buyers turning to social media as a core research tool (Oracle 2022), the case for using Social Selling to augment your overarching sales process is solid. Experience shows that social media assists in building rapport between companies and customers and this too has a strong ROI with research from Forrester finding that 70% of consumers who are emotionally connected to a brand tend to spend at least twice as much on that brand. This is why Social Selling works today; it’s rooted in brand authenticity as well as convenience, which modern shoppers prize.
Why you need Social Selling:
- Builds better quality leads – by engaging with prospects who show interest, sales representatives can qualify leads more effectively.
- Improves success rates – research from Lucidchart reveals success rates can increase up to 120%, with deal sizes growing up to 130% with Social Selling.
- Enhances professional brands – executives can establish themselves as credible subject matter experts by sharing valuable insights and perspectives on social media.
What is Sales Enablement?
Sales Enablement encompasses a broader strategy of equipping sales teams with tools, content and training to improve their interactions with clients and prospectives.
Content underpins any great Sales Enablement effort. Not just internal-only content, such as sales training materials but also external-facing content that sales representatives send to buyers as they engage them. This ensures buyers are armed with the information they need to make sound decisions, which lead to a purchase.
There are typically three stages of Sales Enablement:
- Awareness – people seek general market information. Content focuses on industry subject-matter expertise, including whitepapers, eBooks, blogs/articles, newsletters, and social media posts.
- Consideration – people compare possible solutions and desire more detailed information about products and their capabilities. In this stage, content centres on solution-focussed materials such as case studies, datasheets, and brochures.
- Purchase – people aim to make a final decision with purchasing. Here, content concentrates on more direct, sales-oriented materials which support the closing of deals, including business cases and requests for proposals.
All actions involved in Sales Enablement help accelerate seller productivity and effectiveness, improve sales-to-marketing alignment and enable businesses to satisfy customer expectations.
Why you need Sales Enablement:
- Improves productivity and effectiveness – Sales Enablement equips sales representatives with the right content, technology and training to enhance their performance throughout the sales cycle.
- Aligns sales and marketing – with better coordination between sales and marketing teams, more impactful campaigns can be delivered.
- Enhances customer experience – access to relevant content enables sales representatives to engage with prospects more effectively, leading to higher customer satisfaction.
Why it’s not either/or
Sales Enablement and Social Selling are two sides of the same coin. One provides the strategy and resources; the other brings those resources to life in real conversations and online interactions.
Think of it this way: your Sales Enablement team might develop a library of case studies, playbooks, and industry insights. On their own, these sit in a folder, waiting to be used. When your executives and sales reps share highlights of those materials on LinkedIn, respond to comments, or expand on them in their own words, that’s Social Selling at work. The content isn’t just sitting idle, rather it’s sparking discussions, building credibility, and generating leads.
When aligned, the two create a loop: Sales Enablement equips sellers with the right content and tools, while Social Selling uses those assets to engage prospects authentically.
The feedback gathered through social conversations then flows back into Sales Enablement, shaping better content and training for the future.
The result? A sales engine that’s more productive, more human, and more trusted by buyers.
How MySocial.ai helps both
At MySocial.ai, we bring Social Selling and Sales Enablement together. Our platform makes it simple to create, manage, and scale content across teams and executives, ensuring your sales organisation always has the right material at the right time.
For executives and sellers, this means having a steady stream of authentic, high-quality posts that showcase expertise and build relationships. For Sales Enablement leaders, it means confidence that the right stories, case studies, and insights are reaching buyers in the moments that matter.
Prefer to offload the heavy lifting? Our Done-For-You (D4U) service takes care of everything. From capturing your voice and drafting posts, to scheduling, publishing and reporting.
Whether you call it Enablement or Social Selling, MySocial.ai helps close the gap between businesses and customers by turning strategy into genuine conversations that drive revenue.
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