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

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The study highlights that today’s more empowered buyer is engaging digitally versus personally through most of the cycle. 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.

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

The ROI Guy

To prevent complete disintermediation of sales from the prospect’s decision making process, sales professionals must be made relevant and important again to buyers. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales.

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Three Big Myths Debunked at SiriusDecisions Sales and Marketing Summit

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Forrester concurred , reporting that digital experiences are replacing sales reps at a rapid pace, foretelling a 22% decline in the number of B2B sales reps over the next 5 years = a total of 1 million sales reps expected to lose their jobs.