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

The ROI Guy

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. This, to serve a new breed of B2B buyer that completely rejects salesperson involvement and wants to manage the purchase process all on their own.

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

The ROI Guy

As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. When asking over 200 IT buyers what they felt was most important part of the overall purchase process, over 1/3rd of the buyers indicated Vendor Content as key to the purchase decision. Content is King?

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Three Big Myths Debunked at SiriusDecisions Sales and Marketing Summit

The ROI Guy

Popular metrics indicate that buyers are 57% percent of the way through their purchase process before they engage a sales rep (CEB). In fact, the highest level of engagement with sales reps occurred during the education phase of the buyer’s journey, the first decision gate in the purchasing decision process. During the call.

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B2B Category Creators Episode 6 Transcript

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I think our one big compelling point, we’ve been working [Forrester] for years. The internet is about disintermediation. It’s like a progressive process for me. The market is converging to where you thought it’s happening. Maybe Michel, you can start? Michel Feaster: Sure. And it was like, hallelujah.

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