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Who is teaching the CMO how to sell?

ViewPoint

Buyers can now glean a majority of information on potential solutions from the web or through social media. This disintermediation with sales has effectively given control of the sales cycle to the buyer. But all is not lost.

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Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? by Achinta Mitra on September 27, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Industrial Websites , Sales Strategies , Social Media Marketing Remember the very first music video ever played on MTV?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. We call this the “Internet fueled buying cycle.&# Can sales be made relevant and valuable again in these key stages of the buying cycle?

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

The ROI Guy

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. The Death of a Salesman? Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Best Social PR Guides and Tips of 2010 (So Far) - Webbiquity , September 1, 2010 Social media has fundamentally altered the practice of public relations. Will Traditional, Social Media Blend? Something happened — a wake-up call about this notion of social media “community&# and “conversation.&# How Is PR Changing?