markempa

APRIL 18, 2005

Readily available information from the internet and other sources delay the need and value of face-to-face contact until later in the buying process. A recent study found that sales people who came to be regarded as trusted advisors are 69% more likely to come away with a sale.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010 CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugalnomics Focus According to a survey from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), there has not been much to cheer about this holiday season as a public sector CIO. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO Calculator Virtualization is one of the key cost savings initiatives that IT executives are implementing in order to tighten their belts in these uncertain economic conditions. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Time to upgrade that aging SAN?

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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.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

Yet according to CSO Insight’s 2010 Sales Performance Optimization study, only 52% of sales reps met quota in 2009, and companies achieved only 78% of their revenue plans. Information that prospects wanted (e.g. Any revenue-focused executive who can’t reliably deliver on his or her revenue commitments will soon be out of a job.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

From survey results of IDC’s Technology Marketing Barometer, comparing 2009 to 2010 marketing allocations, technology marketers indicated that digital would experience the most growth year-over-year, greatly exceeding traditional advertising, public relations and events in year-over-year growth.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control With a wealth of information from vendors, analysts and peers, buyers are doing more research on-line. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The influence of vendors as a trusted source of information lags dramatically, at only 8.1% Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=44424232&rKey=435a40c76fd43920 For more information on Value Selling Tools: Demand-Generation (Marketing) Sales Enablement Posted by Tom Pisello at 12:19 PM Email This BlogThis! Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The Harte-Hanks research survey looked currently at how many decision makers were involved at each phase, revealing that the most stakeholders involved early in the purchase cycle, with research and information gathering, at 3.3 Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

How can you use email marketing most effectively and avoid overloading your recipients with information? 3 items that should be in your 2010 email budget by BtoB Magazine. by BtoB Magazine. 2009 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study by XDXY eMarketing Tips. How can you grow the size of your email marketing list?

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Find: information that helps them understand what they need to know to make the best decision. Too often we see demand generation as a way to fling out a diversity of information – facts and feeds ‘n speeds and chest thumping about ourselves. Get Content.

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Then we can share more information. He holds the Certified Business Communicator (CBC) designation awarded by the Business Marketing Association and was designated by BtoB magazine as one of its “Top 100 in BtoB Marketing.” MarketingSherpa. It was credible.

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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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. And clearly not all of the IT landscape has commoditized.

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2007

That means that sales must provide input to marketing (and marketing needs to accept and value the input) on the development of things such as sales collateral, white papers, case studies, articles, advertising, e-mail campaigns, value proposition development etc. as a joint team. Microsoft RSVP. and it pointed toward this web site.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

The tool captures a lot of information that is useful for scoring along all of these dimensions, and Program Builder is a great tool for actually implementing the scoring algorithm you develop. Bottomline: I'd be interested to see quantitative research on this, but the anecdotal information, in my mind, suggests the correlation is strong.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

So click here to find out whether they changed my mind… Read more… Stan Woods | June 16th, 2009 | one comment The Content Marketing Workbook It’s here. Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments Choose your patients carefully The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates.

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markempa

JANUARY 18, 2005

« Caution Sales: Hot Leads may burn you | Main | 10 things marketers will focus on in 2005 » Disciplined Lead Qualification improves sales performance Recent studies show that sales people want selling time more than sales leads. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Once information is entered online, the TCO Tool provides very detailed reports for alternative vendors, including TCO, post-tax cash flow, pay-back period, return on investment, internal rate of return and net present value. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Friday, September 17, 2010 Leaders indicate Growing Investment in Smart Digital Content The migration of B2B marketing budgets from traditional marketing vehicles toward digital channels continues according to a study by Booz & Co. More information on the study can be found at: [link] Posted by Tom Pisello at 7:34 AM Email This BlogThis!

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Transferring knowledge to sales representatives, and then helping these reps more effectively share this knowledge with customers and prospects is the mission of sales enablement, and it has become a vital best practice to overcome Information Overload, fight Frugalnomics and take control of Internet driven Buying Cycles.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

For more information on NPV, see: [link] The risk-adjusted ROI calculation is adjusted for risk by using the discount rate and net present value terms, and therefore is actually better to use than the more traditional ROI formula. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

More information on the event can be found at: [link] Forresters blog announcing the event can be found at: [link] Posted by Tom Pisello at 7:28 AM Email This BlogThis! Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. Unfortunately, most of todays buyers suffer from Information Overload as a result of current "carpet bombing" marketing strategies.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

With buyers suffering from information overload, how can a marketer break through the clutter and connect? Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Here are the top six benefits: 1. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Or that a third (or more, depending on which study you believe) of all clicks go to the top result on a search engine query? Content Sharing Trends in 2010 [Infographic] by Pamorama Pam Dyer reports on data from AddThis showing the top methods for sharing information from more than 300 options.

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