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B2B vs. B2C Influencer Marketing: Platforms, Practices, and Packaging

Webbiquity

YouTube famously used “Broadcast Yourself” as its tagline: taking television, putting it on the internet, disintermediating the barriers so that anyone could create their own programming, build an audience, and monetize it. public broadcast models. What do you think of that? James: You’re not wrong. And the B2B space is so broad.

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Forrester: The Accelerating Death of the B2B Sales Rep

The ROI Guy

I n this session, Forrester boldly predicted that 1 million B2B salespeople would be displaced by 2020, as B2B buyers by-pass reps who just take orders or pitch products, instead favoring digital self-service and more value-added interactions with a select group of more capable, consultative sales reps.

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Death of the B2B Sales Rep? An Interview with the Sales Enablement Lab

The ROI Guy

These findings directly contradict the findings of CEB and Forrester that b-to-b sales reps’ role and importance are declining due to a disintermediation by B2B marketing and digital resources. In a recent blog article, you point to several B2C examples that could perhaps point the way to what lies ahead for B2B sales reps?

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4 ways to address B2B disconnects and drive customer relationships and revenue

Martech

Acknowledge and address the disintermediation of B2B sellers in today’s buyer’s journey. This unified effort empowers all parties to have more proactive and consultative conversations with their customers. How we can better partner and co-create with our customers and partner ecosystem to generate more value for all parties?

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

The ROI Guy

However, the importance of content and lack of priority towards direct engagements points to a troubling trend in that today’s Internet fueled, buyer controlled purchase process is disintermediating sales from the purchase process.

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What Is Web 3.0? The Future of the Internet

Single Grain

Book My Free Web3 Marketing Consultation . Book My Free Web3 Marketing Consultation . Book My Free Web3 Marketing Consultation . Reduced dependency on intermediaries : It will help disintermediate businesses, remove rent-seeking intermediaries, and give this value directly to the customers and providers in a network.

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PKM and the Organization - Pollard

Buzz Marketing for Technology

One of the initial goals of KM was disintermediation -- getting rid of the layers between front-line people and useful information. The audit manager pulled out an independent consultants report that listed in the criteria clients used to select a professional services firm. This is the essence of PKM.