The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sales Enablement Ineffectiveness? So why are the sales enablement investments not paying off?

Sales Enablement 40

Sales Enablement Face-to-face Collateral Sales Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

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. These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets.

ROI 40

ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. Partners and enterprise sales professionals have adopted the tool significantly more than prior in-house developed programs, driving significant multi-million dollar customer deals.

ROI 45

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

Mindtickle

OCTOBER 16, 2020

If you are a CRO and are looking at a hockey stick of quarterly sales goals you have a small window to enable your inside and outside teams. Forrester research shows that about 40% of field sellers’ activities are essentially the same as inside sales, all as a result of increased digital activation of buyers.

Networking 105

Networking Conversion Scale Face-to-face 105

Mindtickle

OCTOBER 16, 2020

If you are a CRO and are looking at a hockey stick of quarterly sales goals you have a small window to enable your inside and outside teams. Forrester research shows that about 40% of field sellers’ activities are essentially the same as inside sales, all as a result of increased digital activation of buyers.

Networking 52

Networking Conversion Scale Face-to-face 52