The ROI Guy

MAY 18, 2017

According to Gartner, the average enterprise technology buying team now includes more than 13 people ! Now, Gartner research indicates that a meager 1 in 5 of the decisions are led by IT people. According to Gartner, enterprise buying efforts often take 12 months or more.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

To prevent complete disintermediation of sales from the prospect’s decision making process, sales professionals must be made relevant and important again to buyers. As a common example, an Internet empowered prospect will often self-diagnose their issues, but may not do so completely or accurately.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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6sense

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

To learn more about these challenges — and how to smartly mitigate them through brand safety best practices — we spoke with Eric Wittlake , 6sense’s Senior Director of Category and Product Marketing, . Eric is a former Gartner and TOPO analyst who has long specialized in demand generation, digital, content, and media.

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xiQ

AUGUST 8, 2015

But Gartner research (see here and here ) indicates a very different contemporary buying reality. If anything, access to information online has increased awareness that relevant alternatives and best practices about product applications and service requirements often reside outside one’s firm.

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xiQ

AUGUST 8, 2015

But Gartner research (see here and here ) indicates a very different contemporary buying reality. If anything, access to information online has increased awareness that relevant alternatives and best practices about product applications and service requirements often reside outside one’s firm.

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

I’m kind of a hybrid Product Manager, Product Marketing geek. Gainsight, we’re helping businesses in the subscription and cloud based models, optimized net dollar retention by doing everything from managing and scaling CSM teams to making your products easier to adopt, to driving higher renewals and cross sell upsell.

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