The ROI Guy

AUGUST 15, 2010

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. April 2009).

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As defined by Forrester, "Sales enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customer's problem-solving life cycle to optimize the ROI of the selling system.”

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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. Valuable research and interactive tools are required.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions. Prospect driven buying cycles mean that buyers research solutions on their own, and do their own due diligence, engaging sales much later in the sales cycle. For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3

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