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

The ROI Guy

When we look at marketing budgets however, we find that marketing spending is not aligned in most cases with this financial decision making criteria. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives. Content is King?

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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. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ▼ December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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Three Big Myths Debunked at SiriusDecisions Sales and Marketing Summit

The ROI Guy

Forrester concurred , reporting that digital experiences are replacing sales reps at a rapid pace, foretelling a 22% decline in the number of B2B sales reps over the next 5 years = a total of 1 million sales reps expected to lose their jobs. In a survey of almost 300 firms, 65% of content spending was wasted.

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B2B Category Creators Episode 6 Transcript

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We do spend and travel management. We help CFOs get control of visibility over all of the spending within their company, whether that be travel, expense or just marketing budget, and things like that. I think our one big compelling point, we’ve been working [Forrester] for years. The internet is about disintermediation.

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