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

The ROI Guy

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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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. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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

The ROI Guy

In a recent survey by IDC, 24% of buyers indicated that the sales reps are not prepared for presentations at all, 30% indicate that they are somewhat prepared , and only 29% indicate that they are well prepared. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

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But Gartner research (see here and here ) indicates a very different contemporary buying reality. The research also found that, across all buying streams, buyers emphasized that interactions with sellers — technical demonstrations, sales presentations tailored to my company’s need – should be about the buyer’s needs.

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

xiQ

But Gartner research (see here and here ) indicates a very different contemporary buying reality. The research also found that, across all buying streams, buyers emphasized that interactions with sellers — technical demonstrations, sales presentations tailored to my company’s need – should be about the buyer’s needs.