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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Let the Good Times Roll? IT Spending on.

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Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

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

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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. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Diametrically Opposed Forces: Selling.

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Heres our three key takeaway opportunities: 1) Buyer Facilitation versus Selling, 2) Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control, 3) Most Prominent Inhibitors to Sales Achieving Quota is “Inability to Communicate Value Messages&#. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, if at all.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

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Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. Diagnose It is essential to engage executives and key decision makers as early as possible in the buying lifecycle, when strategies and budgets are set.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

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Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Death of a Salesman?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: How TCO is a common sense sales and.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V.

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.