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How Social Sellers Build Their Pipeline with LinkedIn

SBI Growth

This post describes the Social Seller's strategy to grow their prospect list through LinkedIn. have held director-level or above positions (source: LinkedIn Ad Platform, 2012). These are the decision-makers you need to access. Research your customer’s entire network to find the decision-makers.

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8 Social Media Mistakes B2B Marketers Should Avoid

Zoominfo

The same study showed that B2B decision makers are 10% more likely to consider brands that consumers know and feel connected to ( source ). Remember, both customers and prospects are following your social channels – don’t miss an opportunity to convert. For best results, set separate goals and strategies for each channel.

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Gartner says 2013 will be a Better Year for IT Spending Growth?

The ROI Guy

This represents a significant uptick in spending growth from the anemic 2012 rate of only 1.2%. In fact, Gartner predicted that 2012 growth was going to be 3.7% Prospects will ignore you messages and choose to “Do Nothing” unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing.

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How Can You Shine as Gartner Lowers IT Spending Forecasts for 2013?

The ROI Guy

Gartner blames the revision on exchange rate fluctuations, but I don’t buy this as the main reason for halving their IT spending growth, as similar reasons were given for lowered expectations in 2012 as well (where initial estimates of 3.7% the Prospect has a pain worth addressing and a significant cost of “Do Nothing”, Why Now?

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Frugalnomics – Why the IT spending growth forecasts from Gartner are wrong again!

The ROI Guy

In 2012, initial rosy predictions of 3.7% Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing. Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing.

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PowerViews with Jill Konrath: Changing Buyers Require Retooled Sales Reps

Pointclear

2012 Surprise: Slow Adoption of Technology Like Sales Intelligence Tools. Many of these challenges can be traced to a root cause: “Companies haven’t realized how significantly their prospects or target customers have changed, and they haven’t retooled their salespeople to deal with this. That can be through any number of channels.

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Why the Increased IT Spending Growth Forecasts from Gartner are Wrong Again!

The ROI Guy

In 2012, initial rosy predictions of 3.7% Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing. Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing.