The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Understanding how to facilitate this buying lifecycle, especially how to connect and engage todays economic-focused executive, is a key to sales success, and establishes a roadmap for sales enablement. The Bottom Line Buyers are clearly in control of the buying cycle and are more frugal than ever before.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You need to determine why your company should be social, for whom your efforts are intended and where your audience is in the buying cycle, and how you’ll measure success. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Providing the decision support early in the buying cycle is essential to engagement success- illuminating issues, identifying improvement opportunities and delivering strategic roadmap recommendations. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

MAY 3, 2010

April 2010. Five Big Shifts in Social Media Marketing - Webbiquity , April 19, 2010 Social media reflects a larger trend toward buyer empowerment that has changed not only the practice but the underlying philosophies of marketing over the past several years. Best of B2B Marketing. Great stuff this month in the world of B2B Marketing.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions.

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