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. Declining from 2009 is budget allocations and spending for search ads and search engine optimization, as well as display ads.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Content and tools that help buyers assess the economic impact of implementing the proposed solutions, or the cost of “doing nothing”, are essential. Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey. Death of a Salesman?

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? 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. Latest Research.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

By not engaging early, sales is left responding to proposal requests versus helping to set strategy and recommend solutions – a sure recipe for smaller deal size and less competitive advantage. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

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). Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

Laura Ramos , a principal analyst at Forrester Research who focuses on business-to-business marketing trends and technology, says that services like Demandbase could prove useful, but adds that it may be hard to measure its impact on sales and marketing. Is Vertical CRM Right For Your Organization? b2bmarketing

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Latest Research.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. This represents substantial growth when compared to 2009 cut-backs; however, even with the 2010/2011 snap-back in spending, most marketing budgets will remain below pre-recession levels.

Efficiency 40

Efficiency Marketing Budget Marketing Management Effectiveness 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

The hard benefits are also called direct benefits as they are typically directly tied to the impact of implementing the proposed solution – a first order, cause and effect. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc. Related Post.

Social Media 100

Social Media Paid Content Tactics Tips 100

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 09, 2010 Forrester announces Sales Enablement Conference focused on Selling into the New Economy We were excited to hear that Forresters first Sales Enablement Conference will be focused on Selling into the New Economy. according to Forrester. Value selling is an imperative. Latest Research.

Forrester 40

Forrester Marketing Budget ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. More good news is that 2010 is far better than 2009, with a weighted global average reduction in IT budgets of 8.1% for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Sources: IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010 Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of Sales Support, Forrester Research, Inc., April 2009 Sales Enablement: Measuring its Impact. So how much is spent on sales enablement? SiriusDecisions Perspectives. Posted by Tom Pisello at 8:13 AM Email This BlogThis!

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget ROI 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Value selling focuses on the benefits and payback of the proposed solution, shifting the focus from cost of the product, to value of the solution. Less than 17% trust vendor provided business cases unless third party research / proof is provided.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Risk-Adjusted ROI Defined A variation on the traditional ROI formula, Risk Adjusted ROI is calculated as the ratio of the net gain from a proposed project, divided by its total costs - represented in net present value terms to account for project risk. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

August 12th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet We built our own Frankenstein. This research raises two interesting questions: - Forrester published research earlier this year that said Facebook users (rather than Twitter users) were the source of much of the New Influencer population. Which do you believe?

Twitter 145

Twitter CRM Business Paid Search Agency 145

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Return on Investment (ROI) Defined ROI Defined: A general concept referring to calculate the Earnings from the Investment of Capital, where the earnings are expressed as a proportion of the outlay. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40