Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. It not just driving revenues for the company, 44% of marketers said their own compensation was tied to sales. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

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APRIL 18, 2007

The report states, "Seventy-five percent of respondents from companies with revenues of more than $500 million plan to deploy a marketing performance measurement dashboard this year, almost twice the number who will invest in the next highest category of system deployment, which is lead generation and qualification. What do you think?

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Lead Generation Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation 120

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MARCH 8, 2006

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Webcast Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Generation Generation 120

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DECEMBER 21, 2006

Companies Are Severely Mismanaging Lead Generation Ultimately, if marketers want to win over finance they need to demonstrate that marketing is an asset, not a liability. Companies Are Severely Mismanaging Lead Generation Ultimately, if marketers want to win over finance they need to demonstrate that marketing is an asset, not a liability.

Budget Programs 120

Budget Programs Lead Generation B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

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JULY 7, 2006

Companies that make closed loop feedback work have higher lead-conversion rates than those that do not. Ultimately, companies that “huddle” more frequently improve all phases of the sales and marketing continuum and their return on investment. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation Leads 120

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.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, December 09, 2010 Seeing ROI in the Cloud? About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

IT Spending on the Rise, But Executives Remain Economic-Focused A recent IT spending survey from Forrester confirms that 2010 remained a tough year for IT. Although enterprise technology budgets were trending upward, the progression was slight, in 2010 compared with 2009. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Spending 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

SMB 40

SMB ROI Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Budget Programs Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? Sources: • SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyers Survey 2010, on an online survey of more than 600 b-to-b marketers • IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales and Marketing Strategies for 2010 Posted by Tom Pisello at 8:55 AM Email This BlogThis!

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Science - Measurement and ROI, Marketing automation, Integration, Chief marketing technology officers. The MD of Europe's leading packaging company said to me: "Developing a value quantification tool has been on my agenda. " So where does this leave traditional sales training companies.? 6:20 AM Andy said.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

To be competitive in this tough economic environment, it is vital that that marketing arms sales professionals, consultants and channel partners with the automated tools in order to help buyers quantify TCO advantages. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

by 2010 [2]. As companies worldwide become more environmentally conscious, carbon emissions costs supersede the annual power costs as a growing data center issue. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Automating a specific tasks and eliminating the manual effort 3. Productivity benefits where there is not a direct automation or elimination of a process step or task 3. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Some examples of direct (hard) benefits are: 1. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

As computing infrastructure has moved towards commoditization it still needs to provide a solid infrastructure of service and performance in order for the company to achieve higher goals. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Not exactly. And clearly not all of the IT landscape has commoditized. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 40

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

In BtoB Magazine , Karen J. Similarly, the Harvard Business Review wrote in Why Sales and Marketing Are at Odds — or Even War : The ongoing conflict between sales and marketing is the “elephant&# in the room at many companies. Michael Brenner Sep 30 2010 Thanks Mario, It’s a great point. What is a salespage?

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Top of Funnel Planning Paid Search Agency 100

The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010 ShoreTel And Alinean Launch Online TCO Tool for Unified Communications Business Case Easy-to-use online calculator analyzes the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of competing unified communications systems to determine true costs and business value SUNNYVALE, Calif., Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JULY 7, 2010

A fascinating “hardcore” B2B social media success - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , June 20, 2010 With many companies now engaged in social media marketing strategies for nearly two years or more, success stories are starting to emerge, even in the difficult marketing world of industrial B2B. Best of B2B Marketing.

Social Media 40

Social Media Inbound Marketing Enterprise Management Social Marketing 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. More good news is that 2010 is far better than 2009, with a weighted global average reduction in IT budgets of 8.1% Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Latest Research.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? Although social media and blog content have the hype, when we look to which marketing content B2B buyers use more than any other in driving decisions, the white paper shines well above all others (MarketingSherpa and IDG 2010). They do if they are Interactive!

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Paper Work Management Marketing Budget 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? SiriusDecisions validates that buyers trust analysts as the third party of choice (SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyers Survey 2010), and that using third party proof points can help to drive quicker buying decisions.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 40

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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Budget ROI Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Sources: IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010 Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of Sales Support, Forrester Research, Inc., Post Gartner, Tom was responsible for launching and maturing several innovative companies including FullArmor, Connotate Technologies, DigitalOwl, OurBeginning.com and PuertaBella.com.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget ROI 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 09, 2010 Forrester announces Sales Enablement Conference focused on Selling into the New Economy We were excited to hear that Forresters first Sales Enablement Conference will be focused on Selling into the New Economy. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

Forrester 40

Forrester Marketing Budget ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

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. Customer equity is the net present value of all the cash flows a company expects its customers to generate over their lifetimes.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

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. From this investment, the company expects to save $200,000 each year.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40