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Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

The ROI Guy

According to Forrester, companies are spending worldwide, on average, 19% of their SG&A costs, some $135,262 per quota-carrying salesperson, in sales support-related activities. Sources: 1) SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyer's Survey 2010 2) New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden, SandHill.com Blog, Jun. April 2009.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Analysts such as Forrester and Gartner are highlighting “consumerization” of business as a key trend for the next several years, and B2B marketing is one area that will face the ‘consumerization” change, making content marketing and interactive decision support tools more important than ever before. Published: September 15, 2010, [link].

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

According to Forrester analyst Scott Santucci, “Today, buyers are looking for business partners that will help them drive business results or outcomes – rather than bundle their products and services into solutions.” 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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Online Marketing News in 2009: The Year’s Hottest Events

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

40% of Marketers plan to increase their budgets in 2010. Social media use soars among b-to-b marketers. Forrester Predicts Huge Growth for Social Media Marketing. Few b-to-b firms are signing up for Super Bowl XLIII advertising. FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online. Microsoft now powers Yahoo!

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

The ROI Guy

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? Sources: • SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyers Survey 2010, on an online survey of more than 600 b-to-b marketers • IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales and Marketing Strategies for 2010 Posted by Tom Pisello at 8:55 AM Email This BlogThis!

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Frugalnomics Changes Everything According to Forrester analyst Scott Santucci, "Go-to-market models always change during periods of disruption, and this economic downturn has been deep, long, and might not even be over. 08, 2010 4) IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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Top 60 B2B Marketing Posts and Hottest Topics November 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. Twitter for B2B Marketing - MI6 Marketing Agency , November 18, 2010 Author: Chris Herbert. There better be. Why not use it?