Sales inspiration with LinkedIn
A survey on inspiration among salespeople and sales organizations is shown in the infographic below.
The concept of sales inspiration with LinkedIn has several layers:
- Internal motivation – what drives you regardless of external circumstances.
- External motivation – what affects you, such as the work environment, how things are going, etc
Sales inspiration is a natural motivation
Read (a little further down) about the four areas that inspire sellers (and others) the most around the world. There are several sources of motivation and inspiration.
The sales inspiration with Linkedin comes from four behaviors that salespeople who work in networks engage in every day.
Why measure sales inspiration?
We believe that feeling inspired at work is one of the most important factors in a successful career.
By measuring inspiration and what inspires, we can help you enjoy and succeed at work.
LinkedIn has developed an inspiration index for salespeople

You can ask yourself – are you inspired today?
Inspiration on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = never to 10 = all the time
What is it that inspires you?
- Inspired by the company (which are the most inspiring companies to work for)?
- Inspired by the people (gender and age)
- Inspired by the region where the company has operations/customers
- Inspired by the sales function
- Inspired by the size of the company
- Inspired by the industry
If you are not inspired by LinkedIn today, you can get sales inspiration with LinkedIn
There are three factors that contribute to making the job more developing and thus inspiring:
- Focus on the person – vs focus on the product and the company
- Focus on the network, helping each other and being social – vs contacting many leads
- Focus on inspiring and being inspired – vs convincing and arguing
Here’s how you can use LinkedIn to feel more inspired in your sales work:
Social selling is the further development of traditional selling. Social selling consists of four abilities and everyday behaviors.
- Build your professional brand
- Build strong relationships
- Engage with insight
- Find the right people
Do you recognize yourself in the most inspired sellers?
Read more about sales inspiration with Linkedin
- Inspiration är färskvara
- 30 min om dagen ger bättre försäljning
- Utbildning för utveckling och inspiration
Learn more about network selling and social selling
- Försäljning i nätverk
- Hur man bygger förtroenden och relationer i nätverket
- Social selling kurs
- Selling-socially e-kurs
- Upptäck möjligheterna i nätverket
About Sales inspiration with LinkedIn survey ”The most inspired sales people in the world”
– Question asked: How often are you inspired at work?
– 14,000 sellers around the world have contributed to the inspiration index.