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The Need for a Demand Center

eTrigue

The concept of a “demand center” has emerged at the core of successful marketing organizations as a hub for shared marketing services, infrastructure and process to enable organizations to bring programs to market that leverage key corporate assets and best practices. What’s Driving this Change? Schedule a meeting with Kristin Carey.

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Five Ways B-to-B Marketers Need to Change Their Game

Biznology

So a sales person was in a nifty position to educate—and influence—the buyer from the earliest stages of the process. Business buying processes are getting longer, and—most important—involving more parties than ever before. Business buying processes are getting longer, and—most important—involving more parties than ever before.

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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 5]

ViewPoint

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. There are technologies that help us score not just "leads" but accounts, to prioritize focus and follow up in a way that really reflects complex b-to-b buying. Complete ABM is not a black box at all.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Death of a Salesman?

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

The ROI Guy

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. Many vendors will also need to consider adding “buy it now&# options for solutions they would never have thought to have this for in years past.

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BtoB Leading Edge: 10 Sharp Tips taken from the Cutting Edge Demand Generation Virtual Conference

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

The Kern Organization did an impressive presentation about B-to-B offer strategies that keep your pipeline filled with the best leads.      Offers need to be relevant AND appropriate for the prospect's place in the buying cycle. .      Direct mail may not be dead.

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Best B2B Marketing and Sales Strategy Guides and Insights of 2011

Webbiquity

Social media, content aggregation and curation , user-generated content and other developments have dramatically changed the B2B buying cycle over the past few years. Prospects often don’t surface until much later in the buying process than they did just a few years ago. Addressing Changes in the B2B Buying Cycle.