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

The ROI Guy

When we look at today’s sales and marketing, most content and conversations remain too focused on technology and IT decision makers, missing the mark on what matters most to executives and the business. Value truly is in the “eye of the beholder”. Functional Value - How you help the users of the solution do their job better and faster.

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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. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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

The ROI Guy

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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Three Big Myths Debunked at SiriusDecisions Sales and Marketing Summit

The ROI Guy

Last week we had the pleasure of attending our 10 th SiriusDecisions Summit in Nashville, a gathering of over 2,300 sales and marketing professionals. 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.

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PKM and the Organization - Pollard

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Most executives saw it as a means to speed up and reduce the cost of the back office, the same way the assembly line had reduced manufacturing times and costs. One of the initial goals of KM was disintermediation -- getting rid of the layers between front-line people and useful information. This is the essence of PKM.