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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. Declining from 2009 is budget allocations and spending for search ads and search engine optimization, as well as display ads.

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

The ROI Guy

Survey participants indicated that although prevalent, promotional e-mails, direct mail, sales representatives and general advertising were less effective at raising awareness of new solutions. Unfortunately, most sales professionals are being engaged later and later in the cycle by buyers, often after key decisions have been made.

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Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing Efficiency and Effectiveness

The ROI Guy

This represents substantial growth when compared to 2009 cut-backs; however, even with the 2010/2011 snap-back in spending, most marketing budgets will remain below pre-recession levels. For marketers, the news is good overall. navigation, placement of content, imagery, etc.) co-registration, email list purchases, etc.)

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

During her 9 years as a sales and partnership leader, she was known for finding and developing talent, creating and implementing business processes, and always pushing her limits to improve herself, her team and her relationships. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career? That sales is truly all about problem solving.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program.

The ROI Guy

This permanent shift towards frugal buyers has forced B2B vendors to fundamentally change the way they reach prospects and convert them to customers. Leading B2B vendors are implementing value selling / marketing programs, and have received dramatic benefits as a result. Here are the top six benefits: 1.

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