Mike Derezin Sales
Best Practices of Modern Sales and Marketing for Talent Acquisition
Brendan BrowneRecruiting
Francois Dufour Marketing
Leela
Catherine
Tejal
MarkMatthew
Recruiters are Sales &
Marketing Professionals
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Transformation
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The quality & accessibility of quality content is exploding
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70%
* Source: Sirius Decisions
The buyer’s journey is 70% complete by the time a sales person is contacted *
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What does that mean
for Talent Acquisition?
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When they go through their discovery
journey, will top candidates prefer you
or your competitors?
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Best Practices of Marketing & Sales3
Best Practice #1
Segmentation
Best Practice #2
Content Marketing
Best Practice #3
Warm’em up
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Segmentation
Be ultra-relevant to your core-target audience Spend your time on the right prospects
Best Practice #1
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Segment your Market
1Segment
2Segment
3Segment
4Segment
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Segment your Market
Your target
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1Segment
2Segment
3Segment
4Segment
Persona: character representing a group’s needs & behaviors
Put a human face on your target
Get your team on the same page
Inform content & comms plans
Product Marketing Manager
Java Engineer
Sales Manager
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Profile your best customer / candidate
your sweet spot
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1Segment
2Segment
3Segment
4Segment
Stacey Sales Manager
“I share industry best practices to drive real
impact for my customers.”
Stacey Uchida Vice President, Sales
Current
North WidgetsEducation
Michigan State University
Case studies, Analyst briefings In-person demo
In person conferences Blog posts & Videos
How she researches a new role:
Content type:
Content format: Former managers Peers Industry Analysts
Influencers of her career decisions:
LinkedIn (Influencers & groups) Facebook Social Selling Conferences Sales Insider
Where she hangs out:
Build her skillset. Help customers succeed
Become youngest ever VP of Sales at LinkedIn
Miss quarterly quota Not meet her customers’ expectations
Drivers
Goal:
Motivators:
Fears:
We focus at account level and consider “how big?” & “how likely?”
Size of PrizeHow Big?
Temperature How Likely?
Low
High
High
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We focus at account level and consider “how big?” & “how likely?”
Size of PrizeHow Big?
Temperature How Likely?
Low
High
High
Tele-Sales
“Red Carpet” Nurture
Build Awareness
Marketing Sales
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We also leverage the social graph on LinkedIn to assign the socially connected rep to every single account
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Recap: 3 steps for Persona-based Marketing
Interview your very “best customers” to
develop their ID card
Allocate your resources by potential & Interest
Segment your target & aim
precisely
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Content MarketingInform or Entertain rather than advertise
Best Practice #2
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Audiences can filter out the
authentic from the inauthentic.
– Jeff Weiner, CEO, LinkedIn.
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Content Marketing is Everywhere
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Relevant TimelyAuthentic
3 golden rules of Content Marketing
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Create content nurturing your full candidate journey
What does this company dothat is unique?
Videos Blog Exec interviews
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Create content nurturing your full candidate journey
Why should I be interested? What
opportunity for me?
Job description Product demos
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Create content nurturing your full candidate journey
Why is it right for my career?
Employee reviews Manager’s profile Customer testimonials
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Most of this content already exists
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Sales Reps are turning into mini-marketers
Content Marketing is critical for Sales Reps too Drivers of sales reps out performance
Uses Social Media as Critical Channel1
2 Leads with Insight
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Resume to Reputation
Leading with Insights
Recap: 3 steps for Content Marketing
12
3Produce or get missing content
Post it where it matters. Fill your
“content matrix”
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Warm’em upNurture prospects “down the funnel”
Always go in warm
Best Practice #3
12
3Use content that
resonates with her
Industrialize your
nurturing
Profile your target “persona”
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Instrument your funnel for effective nurturing
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10 days 15 days 5 days@frfrdufour
Instrument to measure and execute
Align various teams Prioritize & classify your prospects
Understand your performance & forecast better
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What signals to use to tailor your content?
Discovery PreferenceConsideration
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Started following your company
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What signals to use to tailor your content?
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Replied to
InMail
Discovery PreferenceConsideration
Applied for a job
What signals to use to tailor your content?
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Right content, right channel, right timing
Discovery PreferenceConsideration
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Following your company
Answered InMail Applied for a job
Con
tent
Thought leadership Job description Recent coverage
Cha
nnel
Status Updates InMail Direct mail
Sig
nal
Holy Grail of Marketing
Send the right content at the right time, to the right prospects, at scale
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No one likes it cold
Social Selling Evolution Doesn’t happen overnight
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Social Selling Evolution Doesn’t happen overnight
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Social Selling takes you from Serendipity to Science
Serendipity Science
vs.
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Warm introductions work
Series1
X%
Win rate when reps go
in cold
Win rate when reps go in warm
X% + 63%X
What it means for the TA organization
Embrace and Change
or Be Obsolete
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Segmentation#1
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Understand the “Addressable Market” Mindset
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In Sales and Marketing
Low
High
High
Tele-Sales
“Red Carpet”Nurture
Build Awareness
Size of PrizeHow Big?
Temperature How Likely?
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In Recruiting
QualityWho has expertise in skills we need?
Temperature Which prospects are most likely engage?
Low
High
High
Tele-Sales
“Red Carpet”Nurture
Build Awareness
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In Recruiting
QualityWho has expertise in skills we need?
Temperature Which prospects are most likely engage?
Low
High
High
Tele-Sales
“Red Carpet”Nurture
Build Awareness
1:Many 1:1
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In Recruiting
QualityWho has expertise in skills we need?
Temperature Which prospects are most likely engage?
Low
High
High
Tele-Sales
“Red Carpet”Nurture
Build Awareness
1:1 Approach Direct outreach via a
recruiter or hiring manager Contact via a connected LI
employee [Inside opinion]
1:Many Approach Persona-based targeting Content strategy Sponsored & follower updates
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We are marketers#2
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Marketing throughout full candidates journey
Research Warm UpTargeting Outreach
Targeting OutreachYESTERDAY
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TODAY
P.O.P. Profile Optimization Project
Before
After
P.O.P. Profile Optimization Project
New professional photo
Summary section with rich media
New headline
Increased reach
Built out work history with rich media
Added Volunteers & Causes Section
Added additional skills
Rich media in Education section
Social Recruiting#3
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“Connectedness” Matters…
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Who You Need on Your Team
Peter R Data and Insights Ninja
Skills
SQL, Hadoop, R, Excel, TableauEmily BOnline Marketing and Demand Gen
Skills
Marketing Automation, Email Marketing
Scott AContent and Social Strategist
Skills
SEO Copywriting, Blogging, Content Planning
Liz WProgram Manager
Skills
Analysis, Online Marketing, SEM
Today is YOUR lucky day!
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