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Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

The ROI Guy

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. April 2009. April 2009.

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

The ROI Guy

The question any marketer needs to ask - Are your marketing efforts adding to the clutter, or driving a valuable dialogue and as a result, connecting meaningfully with prospects to advance the buying cycle? These three issues are having a measurable impact on marketing.

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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. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Successful demand generation programs are uniquely challenged today, and must address a changing landscape where: Economics are driving more decisions; The Internet is fueling a prospect driven buying cycle, and; Prospects are faced with information overload resulting in shorter attention spans than ever.

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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. ” This post details a conversation she had with Craig Rosenberg about B2B website usability, effectiveness and conversion rate optimization.

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Latest B2B Marketing Trends From SiriusDecisions Summit 09

Anything Goes Marketing

sds09 cahidalgo : # sds09 - Tony Jaros - lead nurturing business rules must be established by BOTH marketing and sales in order to be effective. sds09 cahidalgo : # sds09 - Tony Jaros - lead nurturing business rules must be established by BOTH marketing and sales in order to be effective. Do partners really want you to?

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

50 Killer Free Social Media Icon Sets - Hubspot , September 10, 2010 Social media is an incredibly effective tool for sharing content, boosting popularity, improving search engine optimization, and getting found on the internet. as well as a groundbreaking mobile-marketing guide that aired last week from the team at 360i. 3D Icon Set.