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Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

The first type uses a self-serve model and is typically completed in the very first sales interaction, be it in person or online. Much of the time spent in those traditional face to face sales calls is about getting to know the other person and deciding whether or not you like him or her enough to do business with them.

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

xiQ

To add to that, business buyers must justify a decision to others in the organization, especially as capital expenditures flow less liberally in many industries since the financial crisis of 2008. Specious talk about disintermediation of salespeople obscures the real issues facing firms. Buying is a continuous and dynamic process.

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

xiQ

To add to that, business buyers must justify a decision to others in the organization, especially as capital expenditures flow less liberally in many industries since the financial crisis of 2008. Specious talk about disintermediation of salespeople obscures the real issues facing firms. Buying is a continuous and dynamic process.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 234: Q & A with Jon Miller @jonmiller

Heinz Marketing

So from Epiphany, to Marketo, to being the first person I heard anywhere utter, “This is no longer going to be a lead based effort. It’s not often you can say, any room you’re in, Jon Miller is the smartest person in that room if he walks in. I haven’t talked to you since the acquisition.

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Toward a New Knowledge Society

Buzz Marketing for Technology

t Go Back Again - personal knowledge - tacit knowledge Polanyi Depends on Context Ineffable You canâ??t analogy: personal information [link] Slide 36: Metadata Slide 37: What Will We See? © 2008 SlideShare Inc. Knowledge management? the ideaâ?¦ tacit knowledge â?¦ t put it into words You canâ??t metadata models â??

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Tech 2020: How Technology Has Revolutionized Campaigning

Walker Sands

Back in 2008, the Obama campaign kicked off the technology revolution for presidential campaigning by finding their audience with targeted outreach. Demonstrating both the power of democracy and disintermediation, Trump used social media to rally supporters and inflame opponents alike. Targeted Campaigns. The New Normal for Campaigns.