Brandpoint

AUGUST 14, 2018

One of the more interesting projects I undertook with my last role was creating a new business model for a future product. It was a heavily cross-functional, global effort that required significant change and long-term investment from the business. My goal was to make this a reality for our business.

Cross-Selling 69

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 14, 2007

“ SMB SaaS sales robust, but holdouts remain ” reads the headline on a piece from SearchSMB.com Website. For the acronym impaired, SMB is “small and medium sized business” and SaaS is “software as a service”, a.k.a. I say this as someone who’s run my own Very Small Business for many years.) hosted systems.)

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 The Business Value of Server Virtualization One of the key issues in IT today is that normal operating expenses consume way too much of the annual budget – 61% on average in most organizations is spent keeping the lights on, and 25% spent on regular migrations and upgrades. Reducing business risks 5.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

“Today’s business buyers are more conservative than ever, demanding that any investment they make drive tangible savings and provide quantified business advantages – a fundamental change called Frugalnomics ,“ says Tom Pisello , CEO and founder of Alinean. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Later in the sales cycle, sales needs to be able to provide a ROI business case for the particular recommended solution, as well as quantify competitive advantage, often using total cost of ownership (TCO) comparisons. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Now, over 90% of B2B buyers require quantifiable proof of bottom-line impact from any significant purchase, and over 81% expect vendors to create and deliver the financial business case for most proposed purchases (IDC). Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Budget Programs 40

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

With the severity of the downturn and conservative budget increases, the relatively large new IT initiatives and projects percentage clearly shows that when there was a bottom-line business reason for upgrading, migrating or innovating, budget dollars were available.

Enterprise Management 40

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Never has cost-analysis been so critical for technology users to justify spending and for technology providers to prove the business case in order to assure that the proposed solutions are a priority and make the budget cut. Bullet-proof business cases need to be made for any money to change hands. Is Marketing Too Busy?

Enterprise Management 40

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Going overboard on humorous content, or spending a ton on creative to create edgy / cool programs may not have the desired impact, and fall flat with the serious business of technology buyers. Finding ways to help buyers Fight Frugalnomics is essential to attracting attention and engaging frugal buyers.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It’s Only a Matter of Trust – B2B buyers will rely more and more on your on-line presence to make judgments as to whether they will do business with you, and this presence needs to overcome typical vendor skepticism, convey credibility and gain trust. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Soft benefits are less easy to quantify and rely on in a business case. Reduce business risk from implementing new security systems, compliance management or disaster recovery solutions 4. We typically only include 10-40% of these indirect benefits in order to create a more reliable – take it to the bank – business case.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

More importantly, since innovation is only 10% of the typical IT budget today, reducing ongoing management costs can help reallocate precious resources and budgets to more innovative tasks and projects – delivering true business value. One of the most important infrastructure investments is a database platform.

ROI 40

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Martech

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

More and more enterprise marketers are using call analytics platforms to collect, analyze and act upon the growing volume of caller data now being captured from the billions of inbound calls to businesses. A careful and comprehensive internal evaluation of business goals and resources is the first step in the decision-making process.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. IDC’s most resent customer experience survey of over 200 key IT decision makers reveals that Frugalnomics is indeed in full effect.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

IT solutions are indeed evolving from basic infrastructure, through business process optimization and information management. Projects in this category include supply chain management, human capital management, ERP, sales force and marketing automation and other business process automation projects.

ROI 40

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Conversica

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Conversica will also be defending its title at the Dreamforce Demo Jam in the SMB Lodge at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday at 3 p.m. at Moscone West, Second Floor, Room 2007. On Thursday, September 27, at 3 p.m., This panel will also take place at the Palace Hotel.

Lead Scoring 40

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Single Grain

MARCH 16, 2020

These transformations brought in new advertising methods, tools and, most importantly, tactics that can get much better user engagement, greater advertising ROI or even independent media-purchasing business. Almost all (87%) businesses advertise in some form, whether it is a big, small or medium-sized organization.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010 ShoreTel And Alinean Launch Online TCO Tool for Unified Communications Business Case Easy-to-use online calculator analyzes the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of competing unified communications systems to determine true costs and business value SUNNYVALE, Calif.,

Work Management 40

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

How do social media marketing strategies in small businesses differ from those in larger enterprises? More than 700,000 local businesses have active Pages on Facebook. Still don’t think social media is important for marketing your business? 75% of small businesses in the U.S. Twitter has the fifth oldest.

Paid Content 100

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

I was in an unsatisfying job and was having a drink one afternoon with a friend who was pitching me on a new business he was starting and wanted my help with. I dont think businesses are really going to need that," I told my friend. Set Realistic Expectations I can recall a pivotal conversation in my career.

SEO 40

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Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Everything from their price and features, to how they do business so you can make the right choice when deciding which multivariate tool to get. Microsoft saw a 40% increase in conversion rate for their SMB website, after running an MVT test on multiple page elements (8×4!). So let’s dive into it…. What Is Multivariate Testing?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

I advocate participating in Twitter, and I’ve certainly grown my own audience via that channel, and it should be part of almost every company or business professional’s social media tool kit. Why Twitter's Not All That [link] [link] Jeff Phillips But is it more business-centric? Don’t get me wrong.

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Single Grain

JULY 21, 2020

It's actually been a business model since the 1960s. SaaS is a hot-selling business model because it provides greater flexibility to the customer and every SaaS company works on specific verticals to differentiate their product from others. 12 Best SaaS Marketing Tactics for Business Growth. SaaS is not a new concept.

CMS Development 94

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Marketing Budget 40

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Budget Programs 40

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Frugalnomics, borne of the economic downturn, represents a fundamental shift in the way businesses make buying decisions, resulting in a scrutinizing of each investment to deliver quantified bottom-line accountability.

Budget Programs 40

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Forrester 40

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

Enterprise Management 40

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