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

The ROI Guy

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. in 2006, but still much lower on the trust scale than almost all other sources. The Death of a Salesman? this year, an increase from 3.1%

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Do You Know Where Your Best Practices Are?

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In the best scenario the best practices should be mapped to the sales process and customer buying cycle. As a recognized leader in the industry, she has won the coveted Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sales Excellence for 2006 and in 2007 she was identified by Training Industry, Inc. ” More….

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

The ROI Guy

Providing the decision support early in the buying cycle is essential to engagement success- illuminating issues, identifying improvement opportunities and delivering strategic roadmap recommendations. " So where does this leave traditional sales training companies.? Scrabbling to catch up to the new reality!

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