Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2008 recession accelerated their inability to adapt to changing consumer demand -- and by 2010, they filed for bankruptcy. In fact, a recent PYMNTS study found that 67% of B2B buyers report having switched to purchasing from vendors that offer a “more consumer-like” experience. I know that shift can feel daunting.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. So having been that guy… Too many sales people show up as a self proclaimed expert because they went to a vendor sales program. August 2011.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. Technology no doubt brings levels of efficiency that will make selling different and impact the interaction between sellers and buyers. August 2011.

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Pipeline Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 267

The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. The key is that buyers don’t care which side is communicating with them, they care about what’s in it for them as they work toward solving business problems.

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Manticore Pipeline Marketing Lead Rank 217

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Buyers feel the pressure and know they can anticipate an end-of-quarter and end-of-year push. That buyer behavior impacts our ability to make quota while dwindling our profits. We become vendors waging pricing battles, rather than reputable salespeople solving problems for our buyers. Simply put, we become replaceable.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2010

At Gartner's Business Intelligence Summit 2010, IT Executives indicate that they're struggling to prove the ROI of BI to the business. However, 65% of buyers indicate they don't have the tools and research / methods to justify the solutions on their own.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Does this represent a change in buyer behavior? Change in Buyer Behavior - behaviors are always changing and while it may be true that sales cycles are getting longer, there are only four buyer-side behaviors that can really impact sales outcomes: Relationships. Is it a result of more competition? Is it the economy?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Unlike big corporations, startups have smaller buyer teams. Most buyers are tech-savvy and open to trying new tools. Let’s see what these buyers had to say: How do you evaluate a tool once you’ve identified a need for it? Identify a connection to the vendor company if possible (e.g. Founded in 2010.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Vendor Pivotal 77

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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.

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MJ Hoffman

APRIL 22, 2019

This helps them hone in on the most lucrative buyer personas and disqualify poor fits. When a buyer who’s six months away from renewing their contract falls in her lap, the rep thinks, “That’s not the DNA of my typical buyer; I’m not going to invest in the opportunity.”. 1) They Over-Qualify. In other words, they over-qualify.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail. prospective business buyers in just about every category can be found through the mail, even for obscure products or highly targeted niches.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 13, 2010

In Gartner's 2010 trends report, Daryl Plummer, managing vice president and chief Gartner fellow indicates that "For many organizations, the economic and budgetary challenges of 2009 drove important changes in the general governance of IT investment decisions, accelerating the trend toward greater accountability and transparency.

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Vendor Fashion Government Trends 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

With marketers who seem more focused on gaming the channels themselves than in the value of the dialogue being created, buyers are now inundated with more product related and meaningless offers than ever. As a result, buyers now suffer from Information Overload. For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 15, 2017

As we documented in our latest book, Rethinking The Sales Cycle (McGraw-Hill, 2010) , buyers are leveraging the vast resources of the internet BEFORE they ever engage with a salesperson or vendor. In fact, many salespeople/vendors are eliminated from evaluations that they never even knew they were part of.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 5, 2011

This has led to a snapback in hardware spending in both 2010 (12.1% Dollars) 2010 Spending 2010 Growth (%) 2011 Spending 2011 Growth (%) Computing Hardware 375 12.1 Although Gartner’s predictions bode well for IT vendors, IT buyers have fundamentally and permanently changes since the bursting of the tech bubble in 2001.

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Telecommunications Enterprise Enterprise Vendor 73

Hubspot Sales

MAY 14, 2019

This helps them hone in on the most lucrative buyer personas and disqualify poor fits. When a buyer who's six months away from renewing their contract falls in their lap, the rep thinks, "That's not the DNA of my typical buyer; I'm not going to invest in the opportunity.". The Top Quota-Killing Mistakes. They over-qualify.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

With two recessions over the past 10 years, buyers have become more focused on quantifiable bottom-line proof points for most large investments. Even though a recovery is at hand, there remains significant pressure to do-more-with-less, and the economic buyer is firmly in control, demanding even more financial accountability on each purchase.

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Sales Enablement Buyer Buying Cycle Lead Rank 40

The ROI Guy

JUNE 3, 2010

A SiriusDecisions survey recently examined which b-to-b sources are trusted most by buyers during the buying lifecycle, and the results indicate not surprisingly that Industry Analysts and Peers are the most influential and trusted sources of information. of buyers who cited them as a trusted source in 2006 to 8.1%

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Gong.io

JULY 13, 2022

If your buyers are “frazzled,” you might be a good fit for the SNAP selling methodology — a framework that lays out a strategy for selling to today’s busy and overwhelmed buyers. SNAP Selling is a sales framework that helps sales reps bring value to today’s overwhelmed and frazzled buyers. What is the SNAP Selling methodology?

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Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Software 62

Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 20, 2013

A recent study by Marketing Leadership Research concluded that buyers on average are 57% of the way through buying cycles before contacting vendors. It would appear vendors and researchers have no visibility to measure how many buyer-initiated evaluations fall under their own weight.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Today’s buyer is more empowered, skeptical and frugal than ever before, providing a greater than ever challenge to sales professionals, and shaking the very foundations of traditional selling models. This approach relies on the buyer to figure out what pain points the solution can address, and the specific outcomes the solution might deliver.

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Remedy Lead Rank Vendor Lead Scoring 77

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 24, 2010

Leading Value-Based Sales and Marketing Tool Provider Continues Record Growth in Q2 2010 Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today announced the addition of six new customers in the second quarter of 2010, expanding its marquee list of leading B2B vendors.

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B2B Customer Demand Generation Agencies ROI 40

Fill the Funnel

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Don Fornes , Founder and CEO at Software Advice wrote a post back in October, 2010 on the B2Bsaleslounge blog that asked that question. Your prospects already have one or more vendors in play, and probably have a favorite. After asking as many business people as I have could since that time, I have my answer to Don’s question.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims. Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 3, 2010

Recent reports from IDC and Gartner confirm earlier predictions that 2010 will see a rise in IT spending. spending increase in 2010 compared to 2009, with the largest increases in the government / public sector. Good overview in this article regarding the recovery and where investments are being made for 2010: [link].

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Campaigns Government Marketing Forecasting 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

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. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 20, 2010

Our business is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of B2B vendors’ online marketing programs and sales initiatives with interactive tools, enabling better connections and selling to economic buyers - those focused on bottom-line impact and value from every investment. The 2010 Inc. Complete results of the 2010 Inc.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

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.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

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 invitation often coming after key decisions have already been made.

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ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

Fill the Funnel

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The event is on Thursday, October 21, 2010 — 8AM to 1:30PM PT / 11AM to 4:30PM ET. Visit sponsor vendor booths and download resources. In this session you’ll learn the hidden stages of the buyer’s journey, and how to become part of the Buying Decision Team. Event Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010. Event Details.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Because of Frugalnomics, an environment where buyers now demand bottom-line value from every investment, B2B sales teams are challenged more than ever to deliver expected results. Are sales professionals resisting the fact that buyers and the buying lifecycle have fundamentally changed? April 2009.

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Sales Enablement Face-to-face Collateral Sales Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Frugalnomics has buyers seeking quantified bottom-line impact and best value from every project. IT spending predictions for 2010, estimating 8.1% Forrester's global estimate of 2010 IT spending has also been revised downward to 7% from 7.8%. in 2011 , and continue this "timid" growth over the next five years.

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ROI Forecasting Vendor Comparison 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 3, 2010

Mr. Colony discussed the positive IT spending growth of 2010, and more importantly, that we are at the start of a 4 th innovation wave- a potential 7 to 10 year cycle of technology innovation. With regard to IT spending growth for 2010, Forrester has been the most aggressive in their projections, with a view that IT spend would grow 8.4%

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The results are based on survey responses from 2,014 CIOs worldwide, supported by interviews by Gartner analysts with leading CIOs, highlighting the following important trends: Busted Budgets - IT budgets are expected to increase by just 1% in 2011 over 2010 spending levels, with IT budgets not achieve their 2008 highs for 3 years, until 2014.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Tech Media publishers have seen an exponential shift in buyer behaviour, recognizing that the B2B buying decisions these publications support are now Internet driven , and that buyers are in control of the buying cycle like never before - seeking trusted sources of diagnosis, advice and recommendations.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2010

With the Internet, B2B buyers have access to more information than ever. As a result, most buyers have taken charge of the buying cycle , engaging with sales representatives later and later. Buyers are clearly in control, and marketers are scrambling to address this power shift.

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