The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sources: 1) SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyer's Survey 2010 2) New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden, SandHill.com Blog, Jun.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

According to IDC research, 62% of B2B vendors now need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

40% of Marketers plan to increase their budgets in 2010. Social media use soars among b-to-b marketers. Forrester Predicts Huge Growth for Social Media Marketing. Study: More than 19% of leads are rejected as faulty. Few b-to-b firms are signing up for Super Bowl XLIII advertising.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Frugalnomics Changes Everything According to Forrester analyst Scott Santucci, "Go-to-market models always change during periods of disruption, and this economic downturn has been deep, long, and might not even be over. 08, 2010 4) IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? From our research and best practices work with leading B2B sales and marketing groups, Alinean provides its top 5 predictions for 2011: 1. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. 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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