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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Diametrically Opposed Forces: Selling.

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Understanding how to facilitate this buying lifecycle, especially how to connect and engage todays economic-focused executive, is a key to sales success, and establishes a roadmap for sales enablement. The Bottom Line Buyers are clearly in control of the buying cycle and are more frugal than ever before.

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

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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. The influence of vendors as a trusted source of information lags dramatically, at only 8.1% The Death of a Salesman?

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

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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? The End of Sales as we Know It?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

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Providing the decision support early in the buying cycle is essential to engagement success- illuminating issues, identifying improvement opportunities and delivering strategic roadmap recommendations. content to back it up and help provide decision support materials through the buying lifecycle / relationship steps.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Measure to Manage - Driving Sales.

The ROI Guy

Transferring knowledge to sales representatives, and then helping these reps more effectively share this knowledge with customers and prospects is the mission of sales enablement, and it has become a vital best practice to overcome Information Overload, fight Frugalnomics and take control of Internet driven Buying Cycles.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Do White Papers Still Engage? They do if.

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The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. Unfortunately, most of todays buyers suffer from Information Overload as a result of current "carpet bombing" marketing strategies.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Leaders indicate Growing Investment in.

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Todays buyers are challenged, suffering from Information Overload and Frugalnomics, and are changing buying cycles through Internet fueled decisions. More information on the study can be found at: [link] Posted by Tom Pisello at 7:34 AM Email This BlogThis! Accelerate Slow Sales Cycles with More Sales Enabl.