For your prospects who are leaving the company you're targeting, do you comment on their announcement

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Still new to sales and starting as an SDR who focuses a lot more on linkedin social engagement, so I'd love to hear perspectives on commenting etiquette and general relationship-building tips as they relate to sales.

I have an account/company I'd like to target and a key decision maker has announced they left 3 days ago. I want to wish them the best, but I'm also a stranger. Is it tactful to comment or engage with the post at all?

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I would comment. Never enough touch points. And it’s low effort

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Out of curiosity, is LI engagement your only method of gaining leads?  Is this your preference, or company directive?

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Doesn't hurt to engage - they're probably used to people they don't know commenting on their posts, especially if they have a large following. Do you follow them already? And I'll echo Bunny as well, in a previous role I had, LI was basically our only way to engage with potential prospects and it sucked, marketing couldn't seem to figure out how to bring the target to us instead of vice versa.

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A ‘Like’ and a simple ‘Congratulations!’ Is perfectly appropriate

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You're overthinking this.

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Yeah absolutely. I fucking hate social selling (but that’s only ‘cos I sell to marketers) but the more touch points you have the better

Kelsey

For your prospects who are leaving the company you're targeting, do you comment on their announcement

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Kelsey

For your prospects who are leaving the company you're targeting, do you comment on their announcement

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