The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

Advice> Sales professionals need to be armed with interactive business case tools to assess the cost of doing nothing, quantify the benefits of proposed solutions for each stakeholder, and tally the return on investment (ROI). to buy only what they need at the lowest possible price.” April 2009.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 13, 2010

In Gartner's 2010 trends report, Daryl Plummer, managing vice president and chief Gartner fellow indicates that "For many organizations, the economic and budgetary challenges of 2009 drove important changes in the general governance of IT investment decisions, accelerating the trend toward greater accountability and transparency.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

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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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Once a lead is entered, you can nurture the lead with email proposals, calendar scheduling, and proposal and contract management to seal the deal. Family-owned since 2009, Less Annoying CRM designs its simple pricing and interface for small businesses and solopreneurs. Price : $15 a month per user 3.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

According to Randy Perry, VP Business Value Selling at IDC, “Today's buyers are more conservative than ever, and over 90% now demand that every proposal provide quantified bottom-line impact.” to buy only what they need at the lowest possible price.” to buy only what they need at the lowest possible price.” April 2009.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 25, 2009

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Hubspot

APRIL 8, 2013

Step 5: "Create a pricing and service package model that allows you to provide retainer-based services.". With that transparency in mind, he started PR 20/20 with 105 fixed-price, a la carte services. Start with one proposal or one client who’s willing to experiment.”. Paul Roetzer, CEO and Founder, PR 20/20. Start small.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Now, over 90% of B2B buyers require quantifiable proof of bottom-line impact from any significant purchase, and over 81% expect vendors to create and deliver the financial business case for most proposed purchases (IDC). But up-front purchase price isn’t everything. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

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. For marketers, the news is good overall.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. Even with a continued recovery and more financial optimism through 2011, the shift to frugality is fundamental and permanent.

Work Management 40

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Hubspot

MAY 29, 2015

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. However, somewhere between 2009-2010 the genre began to lose steam. The Will it Blend?

PR 28

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

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. New Top-Level Domains Expected in 2009. The Hiring Manager Interviews: David Price Knows Exactly What He Wants and Needs from Candidates for His IT Department.

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Brandwatch Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2019

In August 2007 the hashtag debuts, first proposed by user @chrismessina. On 15 January 2009, a US Airways flight crashed on NYC’s Hudson River. On November 7, 2013, Twitter priced their IPO at $26 per share. Jack Dorsey sent the first ever Tweet on 21 Mar 2006. just setting up my twttr. Jack (@jack) 21 March 2006. A total of 1.3

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ClearVoice

AUGUST 28, 2020

I left my last newspaper job (and collaborative newsroom environment) in 2009 to become a self-employed content marketing writer. Now, when I come across a client who wants to work solo, and doesn’t have any structure in place, I decline their proposal. Yes, those goofy Zoom gatherings do have purpose! Hey, I’m Angela.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-. Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media) =-. Great stuff. I enjoy your blog.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 24, 2008

Back when I was writing a great deal about QlikView , I proposed that its fundamental value came from empowering business analysts to do work for themselves that would otherwise require IT support. Pricing of ADVIZOR starts at $499 for a desktop version limited to Excel, Access or Salesforce.com source data and without table linking. (A

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 21, 2010

In 2009, Alinean and IDC updated annual research conducted since 2003 on the ROI from implementing business value tools. Reduce discounting and increase deal size for direct sales by 20% or more by migrating sales from features, function and price selling to business value selling.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. According to a HubSpot study, 71% of marketers viewed Twitter as a useful marketing tool last year, up from just 39% in 2009. Adoption soared. 85% of Inc.

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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 4, 2010

Sell value vs. price - Traditional sales professionals focus on price, and therefore leave the discussion open to discounting. Value selling focuses on the benefits and payback of the proposed solution, shifting the focus from cost of the product, to value of the solution.

Budget Programs 40

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But if you sell something at a high enough price-point, such that even an incredibly low conversion rate will yield a healthy ROI, Twitter makes sense even from a siloed “strictly sales&# perspective. Also, I don't think price point of the product or service has anything to do with Twitter. Threadless has more than 1.5

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