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

The ROI Guy

From our research and best practices work with leading B2B sales and marketing groups, Alinean provides its top 5 predictions for 2011: 1. To prevent complete disintermediation of sales from the prospect’s decision making process, sales professionals must be made relevant and important again to buyers.

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

The ROI Guy

With the Great Recession more pressure than ever is on IT to do-more-with-less, and the economic buyer is firmly in control, demanding even more financial due diligence. Sales is being invited later into the decision making process and even worse, potentially disintermediated from the cycle altogether.

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What Is Web 3.0? The Future of the Internet

Single Grain

The iPhone’s introduction in 2007 spread mobile connectivity to the Internet, allowing users to be online at all times. Users will also benefit from its ability to conduct client demand forecasting and personalized customer service, necessary for flourishing businesses. 4) Demand for Reputation Management Will Increase.