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

The ROI Guy

An empowered buyer means that the role of sales will dramatically be impacted, requiring sales enablement and marketing to help redefine and drive a new breed of value selling professional. ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

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

The ROI Guy

However, the importance of content and lack of priority towards direct engagements points to a troubling trend in that today’s Internet fueled, buyer controlled purchase process is disintermediating sales from the purchase process. ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 234: Q & A with Jon Miller @jonmiller

Heinz Marketing

This week’s show is called “ He Predicted Marketing Automation and ABM. If this is a marketing exercise, you’re neutering its impact from the beginning. So from Epiphany, to Marketo, to being the first person I heard anywhere utter, “This is no longer going to be a lead based effort. What’s Next?!