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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

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. Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey.

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

To meet prospect driven purchases, as a marketer, are you providing more of the right content at the right time, presented to fuel buyers when they are researching and progressing through the buying lifecycle? 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

The ROI Guy

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.

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Top 60 B2B Marketing Posts and Hottest Topics November 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

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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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Do White Papers Still Engage? They do if.

The ROI Guy

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! Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program.

The ROI Guy

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Connect with multiple stakeholders - large purchase decisions involve more stakeholders than ever, and with varied agendas and pain points. Connecting with diverse purchasing committees is difficult for even the best sales professional.