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Michael DamphousseMay 2, 2011 10:30:00 AM1 min read

LinkedIn Lead Gen Tip: When a Face Makes the Difference

Guest Post from Gareth Morfill, Inside Sales Blackbelt at Green Leads.

If you were talking to a prospect face to face, do you think that would make you pitch any differently?  More confidently?  We feel that it absolutely does. The simple act of having a real person to look at while you are having the conversation makes the building of rapport much easier.  

If they have a photo in their LinkedIn profile, look at it.  You may even be able to click on it and enlarge it.

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Science backs this up. Physiological studies show interesting correlations between perceiving and responding to eye contact, a salient social signal of interest and readiness for interaction. And although the response to a picture is less than to a live face, there may be an impact.  Our reps have been practicing it and the general consensus is, Put a Face to a Name:

  • Improves the ability to quickly build rapport
  • Personalizes the conversation
  • Humanizes the typical "cold call"
  • Make dialing all day a bit less mechanical
  • Looking at the photo means you have to look at their LinkedIn profile first -- scan it

Smile!  

...ps: If you're an Inside Sales Blackbelt, we're hiring.

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