The ROI Guy

APRIL 22, 2010

released its second annual Microsoft SMB/Partner Insight Report and the study shows that although SMBs remain concerned about the business climate, most will increase technology spending in 2010, highlighting the role of IT as a strategic business tool in this crucial sector of the global economy. percent over 2009 spending levels."*

SMB 40

SMB Spending Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

JUNE 3, 2010

Recent reports from IDC and Gartner confirm earlier predictions that 2010 will see a rise in IT spending. Gartner has a slightly more optimistic outlook, predicting a 4.1% spending increase in 2010 compared to 2009, with the largest increases in the government / public sector. IDC's latest predictions point to a 3.8%

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Gartner Campaigns Forrester 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 3, 2010

According to a new Gartner and Financial Executives Research Foundation research survey, the CFO is becoming the top IT decision maker in many organizations, with: over 75 percent indicating significant decision making involvement, and 41 percent indicate being the main decision maker for IT investments.

Gartner 40

Gartner Marketing Proposals Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 40

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Carlos has been named three years in a row—from 2009 to 2011—to the Sales Lead Management Association’s 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. He first discusses investing in skills development and references several recent studies: The average marketer receives less than a thousand dollars a year in training.

Demand 120

Demand Process Work Management Marketing Management 120

ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Prior to joining ITSMA in 1995, Dave held field marketing and sales positions with Oracle and Apple and started his career in 1984 as a market research analyst at The Ledgeway Group, now part of Gartner Group. He cites a study ITSMA does each year in which executives are asked how they choose technology and consulting solution providers.

Organization 120

Organization Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget 120

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

Integrated B2B

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Meaning that it probably will be safe to accept 2010 research from Gartner forecasting the number of global mobile connections to swell to 6.5 billion by 2014. If you think about it, it intuitively makes sense, but don’t take our word for it. A bad mobile website or platform can be a real killer.

Marketing & Strategy 40

Marketing & Strategy B2B Gartner Forecasting 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Indeed, early cloud computing case studies reveal the potential for better cost savings, scalability, agility, performance and more. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

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. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

SMB 40

SMB ROI Marketing Budget Work Management 40

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

Prior to forming VAZT, Seamus worked in sales and strategic account management for The Hackett Group, a strategic advisory and management consulting firm in Atlanta, For Gartner, a research, advisory and consulting company in Stamford, CT and Cambridge Technology Partners, a web development company, prior to its acquisition by Novell.

Sales Qualified Leads 100

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Leads 100

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Budget Programs Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Time to upgrade that aging SAN?

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

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.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management ROI 40

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.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Lead Scoring 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

WebMarketCentral

JULY 23, 2009

paid click volume (is) up 18% from January 2007 to March 2009.In On the plus side, a recent study from Forbes and Gartner suggests that we may have turned the corner, with C-level executives now optimistic about the outlook for 2010. Some of the key findings and observations from the report. Search marketers do more with less.

Paid Content 20

Paid Content Search Engine Marketing Advertising Benchmark Search Marketing 20

Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Here’s a stat that will make you feel better: A recent study of business-to-business buyers shows that sales people who become trusted advisors and understand the needs of economic buyers are 69% more likely to come away with a sale! In B2B, this marketing tactic is a case study.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 100

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.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. Kristina Halvorson's Content Strategy for the Web. Velocity's The B2B Content Marketing Workbook. MarketingSherpa. Sales Lead Expert’s Learning Center. B2B Marketing Fundamentals Don't Change.

ROI 100

ROI B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 100

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

In fact, according to Gartner’s white paper on Data Center Power and Cooling Scenario Options for the World Ahead, April 2007 during a 24 hour period less than 10% of the typical x86 /x64 server computing capacity is used. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Two Sides of the Same Coin A remarkable recent study by MarketingProfs, however, pokes a hole in even that notion of B2B and B2C social media divergence. It is the natural progression in the market, and the signs are already showing up that we are approaching the climb up towards the “plateau of productivity&# as Gartner calls it.

Social Media 147

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 147

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You are indeed the perfect case study. You are indeed the perfect case study. I’ve linked to a recent post of mine about Gartner’s recent report that half of social media campaigns will fail. I’ve linked to a recent post of mine about Gartner’s recent report that half of social media campaigns will fail.

Social Media 149

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 149

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

ROI 40

ROI Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Analysts such as Forrester and Gartner are highlighting “consumerization” of business as a key trend for the next several years, and B2B marketing is one area that will face the ‘consumerization” change, making content marketing and interactive decision support tools more important than ever before.

Peer-to-peer 40

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

Outgrow

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Dan has previously worked with clients like GBH (Boston’s NPR), Harvard Business Review, NYTimes R&D, Gartner, Drift, Ring Doorbell and a lot more. And then went back in 2009, when I discovered Moz, Whiteboard Fridays with Rand Fishkin, and the beginner’s guide to SEO and all that stuff.

SEO 52

SEO B2B Marketing Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 52

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. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 100

Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. Kristina Halvorson's Content Strategy for the Web. Velocity's The B2B Content Marketing Workbook. MarketingSherpa. Sales Lead Expert’s Learning Center. MarketingSherpa.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency 100

The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. How to Break Free of the Pack?

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40