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Death of the B2B Sales Rep? An Interview with the Sales Enablement Lab

The ROI Guy

The study highlights that today’s more empowered buyer is engaging digitally versus personally through most of the cycle. According to the study, more than half the time, rep involvement starts at the beginning of the journey. Segmented pricing analyses, pocket listings). This was all pre Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com.

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

The ROI Guy

The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. To prevent complete disintermediation of sales from the prospect’s decision making process, sales professionals must be made relevant and important again to buyers.

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Three Big Myths Debunked at SiriusDecisions Sales and Marketing Summit

The ROI Guy

According to the study, more than half the time, rep involvement starts at the beginning of the buyer’s journey. These findings directly contradict the other analyst findings that b-to-b sales reps’ roles and importance are declining due to a disintermediation by B2B marketing and digital resources.