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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

According to SpiceWorks latest State of SMB IT report, there was a 9% increase in second half 2011 budget forecasts, the highest planned budget uptick over the past two years. Hiring demands are increasing at the same time, from a low of only 20% planning staff additions in the latter half of 2010, to 31% currently planning staff additions.

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Supporting Small Business Saturday with 2020-Conscious Marketing

Moz

American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 in response to the Great Recession. Use social media to ask which services, resources, places, and causes matter most to your customers, and help locals connect the dots between where they spend and how their purchases fund whatever is valued most at a local level.

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What Amazon’s Marketing Strategy Can Teach SMB Owners

Single Grain

Let's take a look at what SMB owners or entrepreneurs can learn about the tactics employed by the Internet giant in order to improve their own marketing strategy. They send 9 different kinds of emails to every customer based on their purchase history, location, age, on-site browsing, etc. How long does the customer takes to purchase?

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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. The Death of a Salesman?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink.

The ROI Guy

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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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

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. Really clear.