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38 Handy Stats to Prove the Value of Personas

Cintell

Using Personas increases email open rate 2-5 times (Forrester). Without personas, organizations waste $ on irrelevant content: On average, 60-70% of b-to-b content goes unused, representing hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars wasted (SiriusDecisions). DemandGen). Understanding B2B Buyers Benchmark Study, Cintell ).

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Death of the B2B Sales Rep? An Interview with the Sales Enablement Lab

The ROI Guy

Forrester reports that this shift to digital buying is real, and as a result, there will be a 22% decline in the number of B2B sales reps over the next 5 years. Andy Hoar, Principal Analyst at Forrester , reported these findings at their last Sales Enablement conference and Thierry, you and I were both there.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

In the B2C space, the Internet has dramatically impacted how books, apparel, electronics, music, cars and other goods are bought and sold. These B2C buyers now rely on vendor web-sites, independent buyer guides, and social networks to help guide their decisions, and as a result, B2C marketers have had to visibly change to meet these demands.

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

The ROI Guy

Internet Fueled Buying Cycles on the Rise – In the B2C space, the Internet has fundamentally changed how books, apparel, electronics, music, cars and other goods are bought and sold. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales. They do if they are.

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Understanding the New Roles in Marketing

Hubspot

In 2011, Forrester released a report called " The Rise of the Chief Customer Officer." The report detailed a trend existing among B2B and B2C companies alike -- hiring an individual to oversee customer communications and customer happiness. Customer Evangelist / Customer Experience Professionals. Lead Nurturing Specialist.

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Top 60 B2B Marketing Posts and Hottest Topics November 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Though it’s a B2C case study, it clearly illustrates the importance of social media and, thus, is applicable to B2B marketing as well. While still a workhorse for b-to-b companies, e-mail marketing is getting increasingly stiff competition for mind share from social networks such as [.]. Web users spent an average of 4.6