The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? Now, in B2B, we have seen a similar dramatic shift towards prospects taking charge of the buying cycle, using on-line content marketing, resources and tools to drive research, comparisons and purchase decisions. The Death of a Salesman?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I imagine social media will go through the same process of moving from one executed campaign to a thoughtful, consistently measured line item investment. I imagine social media will go through the same process of moving from one executed campaign to a thoughtful, consistently measured line item investment.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims. Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010. In 2010 you’ll start to hear about marketing methods. Manticore Technology wishes you a full-funnel in 2010. Marketers over 2010 will get much savvier about doing this, however.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

In order to realize the up-sell / cross-sell benefit, the call center staff needs to use the solution as expected, this changes the relationship with the customer, and the customer reacts by purchasing more – a complex set of cause and effect in order for quantifiable benefit to be achieved. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. Twitter for B2B Marketing - MI6 Marketing Agency , November 18, 2010 Author: Chris Herbert. There better be. Why not use it?

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Outgrow

AUGUST 18, 2022

And we went through an entire process. And it took a while because it was a year-long process that we went through. And so the buying process itself has changed and everybody, I don’t think I’m saying anything insightful here, it is just that there are more buyers involved in the process itself.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010 ShoreTel And Alinean Launch Online TCO Tool for Unified Communications Business Case Easy-to-use online calculator analyzes the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of competing unified communications systems to determine true costs and business value SUNNYVALE, Calif., White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

If you log in to Amazon (and have connected your account to FB), you’ll see friends’ birthdays, be shown purchase recommendations based on what your friends have liked, etc. I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. Build a website. Keep it updated.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

If you log in to Amazon (and have connected your account to FB), you’ll see friends’ birthdays, be shown purchase recommendations based on what your friends have liked, etc. I still think we live (as you would agree) in a Google-centric universe – at least in 2010. Build a website. Keep it updated.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 9, 2009

While B2C companies can reasonably expect to generate a purchase from a single site visit, the sales cycle for B2B companies is much longer. Understanding the B2B searcher and their position within the sales cycle (Evaluation, Consideration, Purchase) is essential for creating appropriate optimized content to meet their needs.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 16, 2014

At this time, many marketers were relying on purchased email lists. Phase 1 (2007-2009): Starting With a Simple Lead Gen Playbook. Phase 2 (2009-2010): Segmentation, Nurturing, and New Formats. In 2009, we started segmenting our database for the first time. Phase 3 (2010-2011): Email Automation and Testing.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. They do if they are Interactive! So, how do you make whitepapers more effective, more relevant, more ONE-TO-ONE?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Better competitive advantage was gained by helping the customer set the strategy and agenda, versus involvement later in decision process, such as responding to RFPs. White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Even though sales may be good today, if a customer decides to not purchase in the future because of something that damages the relationship with the customer, a market brand issue or a competitive trump, the formula takes this into account by lowering the return on customer. White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona.

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