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The 7 Most Critical Selling Skills in Wholesale Distribution

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. In 2001 77 percent of all training was classroom style. I suspect distributors will get digital training tools they have confidence in and that can show evidence they’re effective.”. What This Means for Sales Managers.

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Death of the B2B Sales Rep? An Interview with the Sales Enablement Lab

The ROI Guy

The original recording can be accessed at: [link] There has been some controversial research from several top analysts on the Death of the B2B Sales Rep. Their research indicates that when B2B buyers are making a purchase decision, they go 57% of the way through the buyer’s journey BEFORE engaging with a sales rep.

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

The ROI Guy

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. The Death of a Salesman?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink.

The ROI Guy

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. people on average, and in the evaluation of particular solutions, at 4.3

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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

The ROI Guy

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice.

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Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing Efficiency and Effectiveness

The ROI Guy

According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. Without solid content as the foundation, in-bound and out-bound campaigns don’t have the tools to break through to overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers. For marketers, the news is good overall.