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

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More stakeholders than ever are engaged in enterprise buying decisions. According to Gartner, the average enterprise technology buying team now includes more than 13 people ! Now, Gartner research indicates that a meager 1 in 5 of the decisions are led by IT people.

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

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

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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.