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

The ROI Guy

In the early days of IT, product selling was prevalent, pitching products to innovators who were shown a product’s features and functions and then figured out on their own how to apply it to a pain / opportunity. Learn more about these recommendations at: [link] Posted by Tom Pisello at 8:30 AM Email This BlogThis!

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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.

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PKM and the Organization - Pollard

Buzz Marketing for Technology

And, while some executives may be impatient and disenchanted with the return on their KM investment to date, they still appreciate Druckers argument that improving front-line worker productivity is "the greatest challenge of the 21st century" -- that the answer isnt to do as much with less investment, but to do much more with more.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

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This is an admirable goal, as prospects are looking for experts, not just products or solutions. In the past high tech buyers relied on sales reps to provide them with updates on industry trends and product information. Disintermediation (3). However, becoming a thought leader takes a bit more effort than you may think.