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Forrester: The Accelerating Death of the B2B Sales Rep

The ROI Guy

Now, two years on, the forecast from Forrester is even gloomier, with faster than anticipated disintermediation. In particular, you should be spending more on interactive, prescriptive content such as diagnostic assessments, benchmarking tools, product advisors and ROI / TCO calculators.

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Gartner: Are Your Ready for More Buyers and the IT to Business Shift?

The ROI Guy

When we look at today’s sales and marketing, most content and conversations remain too focused on technology and IT decision makers, missing the mark on what matters most to executives and the business. This can include customer experience and performance improvements, process optimization, time savings and risk / error reductions.

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

The ROI Guy

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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

The ROI Guy

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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Three Big Myths Debunked at SiriusDecisions Sales and Marketing Summit

The ROI Guy

Last week we had the pleasure of attending our 10 th SiriusDecisions Summit in Nashville, a gathering of over 2,300 sales and marketing professionals. There was plenty of content, conversations and cowboy hats. 2 - Content is King? In a survey of almost 300 firms, 65% of content spending was wasted. After the call.