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

The ROI Guy

At the same time, as buyers are becoming more empowered, sales professionals are seen by these buyers as less valuable in the decision making process, and as a result are being invited later and later in the buying cycle. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. The Death of a Salesman? Latest Research.

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B2B Category Creators Episode 6 Transcript

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I think, especially if you’re selling into the SMB world, there’s rarely a lightning strike that just ignites everything. It doesn’t exist as much in the SMB. The SMB is much more about, climbing Kilimanjaro and it’s one step at a time. The internet is about disintermediation. Come on, at SaaS?

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