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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate.

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Cost saving consolidation, optimization and services, combined with security and regulations, are driving the budgets. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing.

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

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As CMOs seek to optimize their spending, doing more with less, it is important to learn which channels reveal the greatest payback. As financial due diligence is a requirement, each marketing investment comes under more scrutiny for ROI measures, and understanding the true bottom-line impact of social media marketing becomes a requirement.

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

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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. Even with a continued recovery and more financial optimism, the shift to frugality is fundamental and permanent. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: The Business Value of Server Virtualization

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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.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

The ROI Guy

Even with a continued recovery and more financial optimism through 2011, the shift to frugality is fundamental and permanent. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing IT Projects for Success The book written by Nicholas Carr, “Does IT Matter,&# continues to stir debate with various pundits, and certainly remains a hot topic in recent budget planning meetings between the CIO and Cx-level executives.

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

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When we look at marketing budgets however, we find that marketing spending is not aligned in most cases with this financial decision making criteria. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives. Is Marketing Too Busy?