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B2B Consultant Sellers are Changing Sales Forever

Vidyard

And thankfully, the world of sales is changing because of that second group. Attention and engagement are the new currency of B2B sales, so smart sales people are acting more like consultants than quota-carriers, and the extra effort is paying off. Changing the Attitude and Activity of Sales.

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Where is ROI Best Applied in the Sales Process?

The ROI Guy

This was presented at the latest Forrester Sales Enablement Forum, and is a marked increase from the 65/35% split of just two years ago. This is putting the cart before the horse, and part of the reason why sales is invited later into decision cycles – because they sell before they deliver consultative insights and advice.

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Frugalnomics – Why the IT spending growth forecasts from Gartner are wrong again!

The ROI Guy

Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. According to Gartner, the annual release of their New Year’s spending forecast predicts global IT spending growth of 3.1% for the year.

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Why the Increased IT Spending Growth Forecasts from Gartner are Wrong Again!

The ROI Guy

Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. According to Gartner, worldwide IT spending is on pace to reach $3.8 trillion in 2014, a 3.2% increase from 2013 spending levels (and a 0.1% uplift from the last forecast published in Q1).

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Gartner Raises IT Spending Forecasts – Time to Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

2) Although new technologies like Mobile, Big Data, Security, Social collaboration, the Internet of Things and the Cloud are hot topics, and they promise to fuel the next big IT investment wave, they are still in the hype cycle, and are not significant enough to affect the annual growth figures - yet.

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Will Gartner's Latest IT Forecast Put a Chill in your Growth Plans?

The ROI Guy

2) Hype-Cycle - Although new technologies like Mobile, Big Data, , Social, the Internet of Things and the Cloud are hot topics, and they promise to fuel the next big IT investment wave, they are still in the hype cycle, and are not significant enough to affect the annual growth figures - yet. YoY decline from 2014.

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Gartner says 2013 will be a Better Year for IT Spending Growth?

The ROI Guy

As a result, IT Sales and Marketing will again be tasked to deliver incremental revenue regardless of challenging market conditions and despite the historically low spending growth. According to Gartner’s latest estimates, the reigns on worldwide IT spending are loosening, with annual technology spending growth increasing to 4.2%

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