The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

According to IDC’s 2009 Tech Marketing Benchmarks, large enterprises have gotten the message that sales enablement is required to drive sales effectiveness, with more than 80% of enterprises with $5 billion plus in revenue now have a sales enablement role in their organization. So how is the sales enablement role evolving within b2b vendors?

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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!

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

These buyers need a reason to engage – and delivering personalized, proprietary and consultative benchmarks, insight and advice is essential. 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.

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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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

For example, this could include methodologies, presentations, white papers and assessment tools to help sales professionals identify and illuminate buyer issues, benchmark buyers versus competitors and best practice leaders, and create / drive solution roadmaps to help resolve the most pressing customer issues.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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. For the reasons you’ve listed here. For the reasons you’ve listed here.

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Paul Gillin

APRIL 10, 2013

For me, the benchmark of an enjoyable business book is storytelling, and Opting In has stories aplenty. They include detailed accounts of some of his more notable confrontations, such as a 2004 dustup with the influential Radicati Group and a 2010 challenge to a controversial Gartner report. Telling Stories.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? These tools can include interactive white papers, executive self-assessments, benchmarking comparisons, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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