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End of Year Software Discounts: Savvy Cost Saving or Short-Sighted Business Move?

Sales Hacker

As such, steep discounts are often on the table in a way that can feel as thrilling as a 50% off Apple Watch on Cyber Monday. For example, in the reference above, Apple doesn’t technically discount their technology on Cyber Monday. And sometimes, a discount is just a discount, and you should grab it while it’s hot and save that money.

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Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

The ROI Guy

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. Sales enablement seeks to address these challenges, providing the practices, resources, training and tools needed to help fight Frugalnomics.

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Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer

The ROI Guy

As a result of Frugalnomics and other market drivers: 62% of B2B vendors indicated they needed more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, 72% indicated an increase in buying cycle time over the past 6 month, The buying cycle timeframe has increased over 10% in the past 12 months. How Do You Fight Frugalnomics?

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Forrester and IDC think Sales Enablement is a Big Deal. and We Agree!

The ROI Guy

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. April 2009).

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Is Marketing Too Busy? The Forgotten Sales Professional

The ROI Guy

With so much to work on, its easy for marketers to forget a very important audience, sales professionals, and where marketing meets sales, sales enablement. The good news is that sales enablement programs have become more formalized, and investments in sales support have never been higher.

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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

IT solution providers are quickly reacting to the pessimistic forecasts with a sales and marketing strategy rethink – trying to appeal to today’s more stressed and frugal buyer. As a result, several analyst firms have dropped their spending outlooks, and are predicting tight IT budgets for the New Year. But the news is NOT all bad.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V.

The ROI Guy

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? It should be noted that license discounts are available from Microsoft and the competition and should also factor into your own analysis. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.