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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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DECEMBER 23, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Using an Alinean powered ROI calculator, he explained how customers can combine the cloud with existing applications and infrastructure, achieving IT cost savings, flexibility and an ability to get ideas to market rapidly. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

As financial due diligence is a requirement, each marketing investment comes under more scrutiny for ROI measures, and understanding the true bottom-line impact of social media marketing becomes a requirement. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. Diagnose It is essential to engage executives and key decision makers as early as possible in the buying lifecycle, when strategies and budgets are set. Interesting post, Tom.

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MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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DECEMBER 14, 2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing IT Projects for Success The book written by Nicholas Carr, “Does IT Matter,&# continues to stir debate with various pundits, and certainly remains a hot topic in recent budget planning meetings between the CIO and Cx-level executives.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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JULY 22, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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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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AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Leading B2B vendors are implementing value selling / marketing programs, and have received dramatic benefits as a result. With buyers suffering from information overload, how can a marketer break through the clutter and connect?

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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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. SiriusDecisions Perspectives.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

We feel that those companies that recognize and address this fundamental Frugalnomics market shift with the right sales effectiveness enablement investments, particurly value selling initiatives, will have significant more success than those focused on sales efficiency. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

New digital marketing channels have made it more efficient than ever to broadcast marketing messages to prospects, but are the current strategies effective at connecting with and educating ever more skeptical and frugal buyers ? Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? They do if they are Interactive!

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Return on Customer (ROC) is a Pepper’s and Rogers twist on normal return on investment (ROI) analysis to help companies quantify the returns from various marketing and CRM initiatives. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

As an example, the ROI% of a planned project might be a significant 500%, but the net benefits of $10,000 on a $2,000 investment are so small that the project is not worth comparing to the millions of dollars in benefit that most corporations are seeking. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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AUGUST 5, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing? ► October (8) Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 201.

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