In this episode, Tom Martin, Founder of Converse Digital and Author of The Invisible Sale joins the show to discuss how social media can be a strategic weapon for your sales team. He also discusses how companies can be successful in social selling by changing the habits of the sales force...in a steady and incremental way. "Selling is a skill - marketing is a skill - that is learned over time. It is probably two of the last great apprentice industries in the world. You don't come out of college as a great sales person or a great marketer. You come out knowing just enough to be dangerous." Tom offers these tips to help your sales force increase their social selling: Show don't tell. Start small and teach your sales team the 101s of social media. When they have that figured out, go to 201, 301, etc. Give them plenty of time to master the basics before giving them more information than they can handle. Change your habits. When sales are down, rather than falling back on email or phone calls, sales teams need to learn to habitually default to social media. Cold calls and bulk emails can be time consuming and unproductive. Social selling allows you to interact with people who already have an invested interest in your company. Look for people through search, especially through Twitter or LinkedIn. Go out and find people asking questions and answer them. Don't try to sell your product or service, but become an expert. Cleanly, clearly and helpfully for the next 3 months consistently answer questions.