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Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which is ‘Best’ for Startups?

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Lead generation has matured immensely as a marketing discipline over the past decade, with more tools and data available than ever before. There are essentially two competing schools of thought among B2B marketers. demand-gen argument makes for engaging social conversation, the reality of the situation isn’t so black-and-white.

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Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

The ROI Guy

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?

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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: Updated Alinean Social Media ROI.

The ROI Guy

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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

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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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011

The ROI Guy

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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Seeing ROI in the Cloud?

The ROI Guy

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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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