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?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Brand Interaction is a Major Part of Life on Twitter In addition to following brands, Twitter users research and engage with companies. 19% seek customer support.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? I’m constantly referring back to Forrester’s POST methodology when planning campaigns. Is this based on your experience or is there research to prove this? Also, I work mostly with nonprofits.

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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. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. I bought a dozen pair, found shoes-vip website selling shoes best, where I can buy cheap Nike Shox Shoes , and is still original.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, December 09, 2010 Seeing ROI in the Cloud? With the constant pressure on IT managers to “do-more-with-less&# , and the difficulty to understand how the analyst research translates to particular applications, it is important that organizations analyze their own unique opportunity for cloud savings and ROI.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New Graphics and Refined Research Weve just updated the Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator with some hot new graphics, and refined value quantification research and analytics. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media?

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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. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll? They do if they are.

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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? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Demand Generation , EMC , Pisello , TCO Calculator 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

However, solving this problem will be difficult for most teams, as sales remains inwardly focused on the traditional funnel based selling process, rather than having a keen understanding of how customers make decisions and actually buy - the buying lifecycle.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Pisello , Social Media ROI 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? Latest Research.

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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. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

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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.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Research: How do people talk about your industry and who are the influencers? I looked at Meltwater Buzz a couple of months back and thought it offered a better platform than Radian6 (which is a good option in itself and often used as the industry example). How can your brand participate in this space most effectively?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Information technology , IT , ROI , Server Virtualization , TCO , Virtual Desktop , VMware 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Latest Research. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Gartner , Green IT , Information technology , IT , Kirwin , ROI , TCO 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Microsoft , ROI , Server Virtualization , TCO 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? Latest Research.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Americans spent nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs in 2010, up from 15.8

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

by 2010 [2]. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: ROI , Server Virtualization , TCO 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle Is there an ROI from Social Media? Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

APRIL 5, 2010

March 2010. Great stuff in the world of B2B Marketing for March 2010. We’ve hit a new low: The shittiest social media marketing plan ever - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , March 10, 2010 A local news and media company is getting into the social media consulting business. Best of B2B Marketing.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. Twitter for B2B Marketing - MI6 Marketing Agency , November 18, 2010 Author: Chris Herbert. There better be. Why not use it?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

53% of employers now research candidates on social networks before hiring. • Researchers To Marketers: Go Social, Mobile by MediaPost Online Media Daily. Les Luchter looks at research showing that 10% of all website visits to the top 1,000 web properties come from social sharing, half as much as from search.

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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., Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 2, 2010

As advertising is increasingly looked upon with skepticism if not simply tuned out, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to buy your prospects’ attention; it has to be earned. 10 Key Online Marketing Trends for 2010 (3 pages). 2010 Lead Generation Marketing ROI Study (32 pages). And SM is MUCH more efficient.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

One of the best sources of information is industry statistics. This is set to reach 12% by 2013 Source : AMR International B2B Online Marketing Assessment and Forecast to 2013 US business-to-business (B2B) advertising and marketing spending will increase by 0.8% this year, to $129 billion Interactive spending will climb 9.2%, to $51.5

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. National Survey Finds Majority of Journalists Now Depend on Social Media for Story Research by Cision. While 28% of U.S.

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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. Seems doubtful.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. link] Evo Terra That seems to be the angle Google has taken with Buzz. But Buzz DOES (heh, that rhymes) seem to overcome the hurdles you've set forth. to be larger than email by 2012 doesn’t hurt, either.

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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. according to Forrester.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Frugalnomics, borne of the economic downturn, represents a fundamental shift in the way businesses make buying decisions, resulting in a scrutinizing of each investment to deliver quantified bottom-line accountability.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions.

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