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Which companies in the Middle East use social selling?
Social Selling is not a hidden secret only used by early adopters and most innovative companies. It is everywhere. An analysis by LinkedIn about 14 common industries, including computer software, healthcare, management consulting and more, indicated more than half of their revenue was influenced by Sales Navigator
Of course, B2B companies with large size deals are consistently doing everything possible to implement the latest tools and methodologies like social selling to win deals over their competition.
But in the last 5 years, social selling has been widely adopted, from large enterprises to Small and Medium businesses and across all industries around the world.
In the Middle-East, here are companies known for having adopted Social Selling (featured in PR, Linkedin’s website, online channels or events)
Siemens (Engineering & Manufacturing)
SAP (Computer Software)
Detailed case study on Linkedin Sales Solutions website
“We’ve customized the training content to be relevant for each individual role… We outline steps for daily tasks, which lead to making more money and being more successful.” Vice President of Sales Technology at SAP
Infiniti (Automotive)
Credence International (Financial services)
Emirates NBD
Khaleej times – Emirates NBD partners with LinkedIn to leverage social selling article – 2016
Gulf Business Machines
Tahawul tech – GBM adopts social selling – 2017
Noor Bank
ArabianIndustry.com – Noor bank selects microsoft dynamics 365 and Linkedin Sales Navigator -2018
List of all social selling companies in the Middle East
(featured in PR, Linkedin’s website, online channels or events)
Technology – Internet
- Oracle
- SAP
- Microsoft (& Linkedin of course)
- HCL
- GBM
- VMWare
- Sprinkler
- Symantec
- Fujitsu
Banking – Financial Services
- Emirates NBD
- Credence
- Noor Bank
Automotive
- Renault
- Infiniti
Engineering
- Siemens
- Schneider Electric
Telecommunications
- Verizon
Consulting
- EY
- Infosys
Business Services
- Dubai Airport Freezone Authority
- Thomson Reuters
- Informa Middle East
- FCM Travel Solutions
Real estate
- JLL
Hospitality
- Hilton
Transport
- Santa Fe relocation
If you would like to join the list or know any other company in the gulf having implemented social selling successfully and would like to share, contact us and let us know.