The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Buyer Facilitation versus Selling The majority of B2B sales teams have faced an elongated sales cycle over the past few years. But the problem is not “why sales cycles are getting longer&# , its why buyers are taking longer to make decisions.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. When asking over 200 IT buyers what they felt was most important part of the overall purchase process, over 1/3rd of the buyers indicated Vendor Content as key to the purchase decision.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

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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6sense

MARCH 29, 2016

Using customer behavioral data coupled with predictive modeling, predictive intelligence is helping companies identify in-market accounts and gain visibility into their buying needs and the stage of the buying cycle they’re in. Build data-driven campaigns.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

With shiny new marketing automation platforms now in place, 2010 promises to be the year that marketers begin to create business processes to measure and manage the marketing funnel. Access to this data is the foundation for making budgetary and, when necessary, process changes. Christoper Doran, CMO, Manticore Technology ( @cdoran ).

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

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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