The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

CFO Control Drives Frugalnomics Further This centralization of power to financial chiefs has important implications for the way the buying cycle is managed, and how B2B sales and marketing groups must navigate these more complex waters. Executives like CFOs do most of their research on-line on their own or via analysts / peers.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Effectiveness 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

Hubspot

MAY 28, 2012

In fact, you need to be constantly expanding the top of your funnel because, as our presentation " Death by Marketing Automation " showed, your email list expires at approximately 25% a year. As a best practice, use marketing automation to nurture leads and send them information only when it is most relevant to their buying cycle.

Work Management 28

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management Lead Scoring 28

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. When you create your content strategically, you have the ability to more accurately gauge how far along prospects are in their buying process based on which content they view. By creating valuable content mapped to the needs they have throughout their buying process, you both win.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 100

The ROI Guy

JUNE 22, 2010

Sales enablement will need to arm the sales professional with tools to enable effective discovery of business opportunities and communication of value to each diverse buying decision maker. The meeting too early and without value add will derail the process, not accelerate the buying cycle. Level Executives.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Work Management Lead Ranking Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

JUNE 29, 2011

This has led to a desire to have content that is more targeted, personalized and relevant – giving a rise in popularity to newer content formats such as videos, webcasts and interactive tools (such as diagnostic assessments, ROI calculators and TCO comparison tools).

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Webcast Buying Cycle B2B 40