The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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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

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 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? As TCO studies have taught us however from the time Bill Kirwin first developed these models for Gartner, it is important to look not only at purchase cost of the solution, but the ongoing costs over the entire ownership lifecycle. Advantage Microsoft.

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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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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. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Engaging earlier requires that sellers have the skills, processes and tools to “earn the right&# to present earlier, and deliver unique value during the dialogue. AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=44097752&rKey=ca6aa9fbfc4ad092 A downloadable presentation is also available via this link. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In a recent survey by IDC, 24% of buyers indicated that the sales reps are not prepared for presentations at all, 30% indicate that they are somewhat prepared , and only 29% indicate that they are well prepared. 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

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Study participants reported that on average a database administrator could manage over 30 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases, while Oracle 10g implementations required one DBA per 10 databases. To assure similar comparisons, the study examined potential differences in the application, load and complexity of the database instances.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

1.38M in net present value (NPV) savings over 3 years (with a 10% discount rate) 4. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo. Consolidate to 7 x 4 CPU virtualized servers (net 93 server savings), a 14.3

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

3 items that should be in your 2010 email budget by BtoB Magazine. Daniel Flamberg presents his ten commandments to make your brand and message stand out in the in box, like maintaining a clean list, limiting response options, and my favorite: “send less better.&#. by BtoB Magazine. Email Marketing Tips and Tactics.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. ” Here are some great ways to use demand generation content to set yourself up as a thought leader in your industry: Create a Case study on how yours or other companies used a product to improve their business process. Cashing in With Content (a classic by David Meerman Scott).

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 100

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

In his book, and related articles and presentations, Mr. Carr’s main assertion is that the majority of IT investments have become a commodity – a utility that offers little competitive distinction and therefore no competitive advantage. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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Anything Goes Marketing

MAY 17, 2009

What I have done is reviewed the tweets from the latest SiriusDecisions Summit 2009 and captured points that I thought were interesting and categorized them. sds09 Sales/Marketing Funnel stharris : # sds09 Most case studies are after purchase. Case studies across the demand waterfall. Why not have one on Why they switched?

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

I presented a webinar the other day where I stated that while white papers are still the staple of content marketing, they’re getting really stale as a communications vehicle for B2B. They have to be easy to navigate, and present visual ideas without overwhelming the viewer.… Come and get it! Seemed to go really well.

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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 10, 2010

The good news is that the second half of 2010, projections are in line with Gartner’s survey in the fourth quarter of 2009 when CIOs reported IT budgets would increase, on average, by only 1.3%, and spending outlooks are more positive than earlier surveys. for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally.

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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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In a recent survey, 24% of buyers indicated that the sales reps are not prepared for presentations at all, 30% indicate that they are somewhat prepared , and only 29% indicate that they are well prepared. April 2009 Sales Enablement: Measuring its Impact. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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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 9, 2010

Any kind of alignment should start with buyers, and we are going to present a mountain of buyer insights that in many ways are jaw-dropping. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Using value marketing tools, users can be presented with tools that help them to analyze their opportunities, and obtain more personalized and intelligent advice. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Based on responses to profile questions on industry, location, size, stage in buying cycle, role / job function, goals and opportunities, the white paper is personalized to analyze the buyer needs and present relevant and personalized results. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Customer equity is the net present value of all the cash flows a company expects its customers to generate over their lifetimes. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Net Present Value (NPV) Savings Defined NPV Definition: The sum that results when the discounted value of the expected costs of an investment are deducted from the discounted value of the expected returns. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

The standard ROI calculation typically does not use net present value terms in its calculations. Net present value calculations use the “time value of money&# , which takes into account the fact that the purchasing power of a dollar received in the future is less than dollar possessed today.

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