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Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

The first type uses a self-serve model and is typically completed in the very first sales interaction, be it in person or online. Much of the time spent in those traditional face to face sales calls is about getting to know the other person and deciding whether or not you like him or her enough to do business with them.

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

The ROI Guy

The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. To prevent complete disintermediation of sales from the prospect’s decision making process, sales professionals must be made relevant and important again to buyers.