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Gartner: Are Your Ready for More Buyers and the IT to Business Shift?

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Who’s in Charge: The Business or IT? Nearly 3 in 4 of today’s enterprise purchase decisions aren’t driven by IT, but from C-level executive management or the business unit taking the lead. According to Gartner, enterprise buying efforts often take 12 months or more.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

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. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice.

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

The ROI Guy

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. These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Tribes Rule the Hyper-Social Organization - Paul Gillin , September 8, 2010 I’ve been looking forward to reading The Hyper-Social Organization since I first heard François Gossieaux and Ed Moran discuss the findings of their “Tribalization of Business&# research at a conference two years ago. wasn’t disappointed. Rules Have Changed.