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Suit over Gartner's Magic Quadrant Big Marketing Ploy

The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Suit over Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Big Marketing Ploy In an earlier post I wrote about ZL Technologies lawsuit over Gartner Group’s Magic Quadrant, over what it considered “multitude of illegalities&#.

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Gartner reduces IT Spending Outlook for 2010, but still predicts a positive 2.9% growth

The ROI Guy

Gartner's latest IT spending outlook for 2010 remains positive, but is less optimistic than prior forecasts, as worldwide growth stalled over the summer. percent in 2010 , to surpass $2.4 The 2010 growth forecasts, although positive, are lower than the original 4.1 trillion, a 5.9 percent decline from 2008.

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Magic Quadrant or Magic Numbers? A Judge Will Decide. « The.

The Effective Marketer

Gartner Group is known in the technology industry as a heavyweight analyst group that influences a lot of purchasing decisions. Big companies all turn to Gartner’s reports to help them on emerging trends and technologies. Gartner's Magic Quadrant is now on trial The problem? A Judge Will Decide.

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Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Based Technology Sales & Marketing Strategies

The ROI Guy

Gartner's latest CIO study, "Reimagining IT: The 2011 CIO Agenda" highlights several important trends that will have significant impact on technology marketing and sales enablement into 2011 and beyond. According to Gartner, this requires CIOs re-imagine IT and lead it through a process of “creative destruction.

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Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? | B2B Marketing Insider

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Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Michael Brenner Dec 22 2010 Excellent case study.

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Gartner: Quantify carbon remediation / Green IT value or prepare to lose market share

The ROI Guy

Gartner just released their list of 2010 trends, and one of the top 9, the importance of providing carbon remediation / Green IT business case, has a significant impact on IT solution provider marketing / sales strategies for the coming year.

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How Online Sales Can Help You Grow in Hard Times

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A 2021 Gartner report revealed that 44% of millennials prefer interactions online with no sales representative in B2B purchase settings (and 100% of authors of this post). Recessions often accelerate existing trends, increasing the likelihood that companies that fail to adapt are left behind. Take Blockbuster, for example.