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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

The ROI Guy

It is best to look at what tools are needed to address each stage in the buying lifecycle, and have tools specifically designed to help move the decision making from initial engagement to delivery. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: How TCO is a common sense sales and.

The ROI Guy

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to.

The ROI Guy

Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? Gartner Executive Programs midyear survey indicates that IT budgets are growing at a paltry 1.1% cut in operating budgets. in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. CIOs of the largest firms indicate that opportunities in these areas remain."