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Fresh Insights in Selling to SMBs

Biznology

These buyers trust their peers more than any other information source, across the spectrum from awareness, to researching product details, to the buying decision. They still rely on trade shows and events for product information–second only to peers and colleagues. SMB is where there’s enough volume to do plenty of testing.

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Who Do You Trust? Industry Analysts Reign Supreme

The ROI Guy

A SiriusDecisions survey recently examined which b-to-b sources are trusted most by buyers during the buying lifecycle, and the results indicate not surprisingly that Industry Analysts and Peers are the most influential and trusted sources of information. of respondents) and peers (28.7%).

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Content that is created by or endorsed by peers and analysts is becoming more and more essential to create credible connections and engagements, and win over skeptical buyer trust. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

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

The ROI Guy

These new channels have made it easier than ever for marketers to reach out to prospects, and marketers are certainly taking advantage of the available efficiency. For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3 email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions.

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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

The ROI Guy

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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B2B Digital Marketing is About Relationships and Trust

B2B Digital Marketer

From his early years of leading street-ball leagues with peers in his Long Island neighborhood to a host of other entrepreneurial pursuits as a young man, this talent to identify the needs of customers and engage them in solutions shaped the contribution he now extends to international business-to-business (B2B) leaders across all industries.