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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

According to the 962 respondents, SMB IT spending on hardware, software and services has increased from an average of $108K per organization in 2009, to a planned $143K in the second half of 2011.

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Connecting with Skeptical / Frugal Buyers drives Content Marketing Spending up Significantly in 2010

The ROI Guy

A recent research report on content marketing highlighted why marketing via feature / function / price is extinct, and why connecting personally with skeptical and frugal buyers is more important than ever. With less money to spend on proposed projects, spendthrift executives have grown skeptical of B2B solution provider pitches and claims.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V.

The ROI Guy

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? What we did do is model the licensing and implementation cost advantage claims independently, comparing typical environments and using list price for all competitive licenses and Open pricing for Microsoft (available to most organizations).

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Content and tools that help buyers assess the economic impact of implementing the proposed solutions, or the cost of “doing nothing”, are essential. The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now”. Death of a Salesman?

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Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing Efficiency and Effectiveness

The ROI Guy

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. average market spending growth over the same period. For marketers, the news is good overall. world-wide, and that this greatly exceeded the 3.7%

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Kale, Podcasts & Yoga Pants: The Secret Formula Behind Ideas That Take Off

Hubspot

Then one day, his marketing director found inspiration in a pile of sawdust left behind by one of Dickson's "blender durability experiments," and proposed an idea that would soon propel Blendtec to fame. Or after Whole Foods reported that on average they now sell 22,000 bunches of kale per day. The Will it Blend?

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How To Create A Know-It-All Company - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Buzz Marketing for Technology

To drive KM at Russell Reynolds, the company circulates a document every afternoon throughout its 32 offices worldwide that shows all outstanding proposals and projects. Employees create on average 225 new entries in the system every day, and in 2002, the site received 1.7 New Top-Level Domains Expected in 2009.