Social Selling is the use of Social Media in your selling activities. It is not about the technology, but using the technology to enable you to create meaningful relationships with clients who are now online savvy and stay online 85% of their time.

In the Philippines, some sales professionals are using social selling but without formal training or orientation. Having said this, the potential for trained and educated sales professionals on the techniques and strategies of Social Selling can be enormous and very advantageous to the organizations.

Most organizations wanting to be on the top of their industry are looking for an edge. Social Selling is the edge that these companies can harness. Consider the three findings:

According to Wikipedia, “ Social Selling isn't just a buzzword -- it's become a crucial way for successful sales teams to communicate with their prospects.

Social selling is when salespeople use social media to interact directly with their prospects. Salespeople will provide value by answering prospect questions and offering thoughtful content until the prospect is ready to buy.

Thus, the use of social media in sales allows salespeople to delight their prospects rather than interrupt their daily lives with cold calls and hard sells, eventually converting them into loyal customers.

Social Selling is the new way of selling that sales and marketing professionals must master. Social Selling is born out of the social media explosion.

Some of the positive results of Social Selling are:

The sales and marketing professionals in the Philippines need not wait further to learn and understand Social Selling. Tom Abbott, international speaker and author, will conduct the first Social Selling Seminar in the Philippines set this coming October 16, 2015 at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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Available slots for attendees are very limited, as of now very few seats remain. If you wanted to have one of the seats you may call at tel. no. 643-3887 or text 0920-9814376.

The event is produced and organized by Exlinkevents – Business Events Organizer in the Philippines.

Being invited to be a resource speaker in a regional MICE event is a privilege. So when the opportunity came I did not let it pass. For one, my last visit in Singapore was four years ago.

MICE Asia 2015 runs from September 10-11,2015 at Suntec Convention Center. As a speaker and attendee here are my top 3 Lessons in being part of this event.

1.    Apps Takeover

The event partnered with a lot of apps suppliers in order to enhance the delegates and visitors experience. For me, the usage of apps, enhanced this event. In addition, I was able to see a bird’s eye view of what other visitors are doing and sharing in the event.

Among the apps that made good impressions to me are Double Dutch and Jublia.

2.    Learning Happens Anywhere and Everywhere

I enjoyed listening to different speakers and different nationalities. Their perspectives on different MICE elements are very interesting and contributed to my better understanding of this industry. I am already 15 years in this industry and I am still amazed on the learnings that you can generate from other people.

All I can say is that the industry is dynamic, like the tech industry, the change is constant, and sometimes disruptive.

What are these disruptions is another discussion separate from what I am sharing here.

3.    Face-to-face Meeting Will Never Get Obsolete

When I was presenting my videos, the delegates are glued to the screen. I can feel their fascination and agreement with the message of the three last videos that I presented.

When I finished my presentation, many delegates approached me and gave me feedback that they appreciated the videos. In particular, the video about technology is destroying our human connection resonates among all of those that approached me.

In fact, two of the delegates approached me again and engaged me in a one-on-one discussion about my presentation – for me moments like this are precious.

So as I contemplate on what transpired, it taught me that technology would make us do great things faster, but in the events industry, even if we are aiming for quick ROIs, human connection will always play a vital role in clinching business deals and creating future partnerships.

The ASEAN Fixed Income Summit is set this September 28, 2015 at Diamond Hotel.   The event is an annual event that rotates around ASEAN countries. The first ASEAN Fixed Income Summit was held in Malaysia.

The ASEAN Fixed Income Summit is an event that aims to grow the fixed income market, the ASEAN Integration that is slowly creeping in our country and will fully take effect next year will play a vital part in making the fixed income market robust.

For this year the following resource speakers and topics are