The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims. Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers.

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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.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Empowered Buyers: Fueled by the Internet, with access to a wealth of resources, research, discussions, product and pricing information, buyers are self-empowered to drive the buying cycle, inviting sales later and later into the decision making process, if at all. Worse, the vendor is viewed as commodity provider versus trusted advisor.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Frugalnomics Changes Everything According to Forrester analyst Scott Santucci, "Go-to-market models always change during periods of disruption, and this economic downturn has been deep, long, and might not even be over. However, new research shows that most buyers rely on vendor relationships and recommendations and not search.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

As a result of Frugalnomics and other market drivers: 62% of B2B vendors indicated they needed more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, 72% indicated an increase in buying cycle time over the past 6 month, The buying cycle timeframe has increased over 10% in the past 12 months. April 2009.

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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? From our research and best practices work with leading B2B sales and marketing groups, Alinean provides its top 5 predictions for 2011: 1. The Death of a Salesman? The invitation often coming after key decisions have already been made.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation I was analyzing results from our recent B2B Marketing University series , which Silverpop launched this past Fall, and the data seem to point to an eye-popping, potential ‘banner year’ for marketing automation in 2010. Is their definition the same as mine?

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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. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

Laura Ramos , a principal analyst at Forrester Research who focuses on business-to-business marketing trends and technology, says that services like Demandbase could prove useful, but adds that it may be hard to measure its impact on sales and marketing. But Longo says that Demandbase does a better job of integrating relevant data.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. davidalston Radian6 [link] David Alston Katie, great post on outlining a process to selecting the right tool. davidalston Radian6 [link] David Alston Katie, great post on outlining a process to selecting the right tool.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. 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.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

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 At its current rate, Twitter will process almost 10 billion tweets in 2010. 40 percent of U.S. by Social Media Today.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

As well, personal productivity applications such as word processing, e-mail and messaging could be considered commodities. IT solutions are indeed evolving from basic infrastructure, through business process optimization and information management. Network servers, storage and printers have moved towards commoditization as well.

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Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Manufacturing marketers do understand the value of a business blog for thought leadership, search engine optimization (SEO), lead generation and community building but proving its ROI has been a challenge. Exhibit #1: Emerson Process Management Experts. Exhibit #2: Indium Corporation Blogs.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Some have even suggested that marketing automation market is floundering , but it is such a new market and offering that is innevitable to have doubts, especially with these many vendors in the space. You may spot some companies that were not considered to be “marketing automation&# players just a year or so ago.

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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., Posted by Tom Pisello at 1:00 PM Email This BlogThis!

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The Techcrunch acquisition dispels those myths 2 days ago « People on the Move in the Social Business Industry: Sept 21, 2010 Upcoming Research Teaser: What do Employers Want in a Corporate Social Media Strategist? Plus, building in some checks to the login process should further help keep personal information in sync. "We

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

But after rapid growth in 2009 and 2010, the study found that “There has been little or no change in the number of companies using corporate blogs (0%), Facebook (2%) and Twitter (2%) in the last year.” How B2B Search Engine Marketers Can Better Impact the B2B Buying Process by Search Engine Watch. ** 5 STARS.

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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. Senior marketing execs see their companies moving to social media in 2010 by The Viral Garden.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

And the fact that Forrester Research projects social media spend in the U.S. It’s indeed exciting to see a major B2B player like Exact Target make this move as well because ultimately B2B marketers everywhere benefit as B2B marketing vendors start developing or integrating more social capabilities. It is Mobile on the radar?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. They do if they are Interactive! So, how do you make whitepapers more effective, more relevant, more ONE-TO-ONE?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? This permanent shift towards frugal buyers has forced B2B vendors to fundamentally change the way they reach prospects and convert them to customers. Here are the top six benefits: 1.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The platform’s infinite canvas is designed to enable its more than 20M users to lead engaging workshops and meetings, design products, and brainstorm ideas. The vendor boasts users among ninety-nine percent of the Fortune 500, and that their customers include Google, GE, NBC Universal, and Johnson & Johnson. LEARN MORE.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The platform’s infinite canvas is designed to enable its more than 20M users to lead engaging workshops and meetings, design products, and brainstorm ideas. The vendor boasts users among ninety-nine percent of the Fortune 500, and that their customers include Google, GE, NBC Universal, and Johnson & Johnson. LEARN MORE.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The platform’s infinite canvas is designed to enable its more than 20M users to lead engaging workshops and meetings, design products, and brainstorm ideas. The vendor boasts users among ninety-nine percent of the Fortune 500, and that their customers include Google, GE, NBC Universal, and Johnson & Johnson. LEARN MORE.

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