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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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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? In a recent survey by IDC, 24% of buyers indicated that the sales reps are not prepared for presentations at all, 30% indicate that they are somewhat prepared , and only 29% indicate that they are well prepared. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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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. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Engaging earlier requires that sellers have the skills, processes and tools to “earn the right&# to present earlier, and deliver unique value during the dialogue. AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=44097752&rKey=ca6aa9fbfc4ad092 A downloadable presentation is also available via this link. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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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. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

It is best to look at what tools are needed to address each stage in the buying lifecycle, and have tools specifically designed to help move the decision making from initial engagement to delivery. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Competitive opportunities emerge for those that can present the best cost/benefit analysis, and TCO comparisons which can help create the case for why current solutions are more expensive and warrant replacement, or which competitive options will cost less over its lifecycle. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

by 2010 [2]. 1.38M in net present value (NPV) savings over 3 years (with a 10% discount rate) 4. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing IT Projects for Success The book written by Nicholas Carr, “Does IT Matter,&# continues to stir debate with various pundits, and certainly remains a hot topic in recent budget planning meetings between the CIO and Cx-level executives. Latest Research.

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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. The survey generated over 270 responses from B2B marketers - and the results are in! There better be. Why not use it?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How to Measure and Present the Effectiveness of Yo.

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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., New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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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. How are marketers planning to allocate budgets this year? More than 1.5 are shared on Facebook daily.

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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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? New digital marketing channels have made it more efficient than ever to broadcast marketing messages to prospects, but are the current strategies effective at connecting with and educating ever more skeptical and frugal buyers ? They do if they are Interactive!

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Using value marketing tools, users can be presented with tools that help them to analyze their opportunities, and obtain more personalized and intelligent advice. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? Gartner Executive Programs midyear survey indicates that IT budgets are growing at a paltry 1.1% in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. cut in operating budgets. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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. • What does your CEO expect from your selling and marketing efforts? Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In a recent survey, 24% of buyers indicated that the sales reps are not prepared for presentations at all, 30% indicate that they are somewhat prepared , and only 29% indicate that they are well prepared. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Customer equity is the net present value of all the cash flows a company expects its customers to generate over their lifetimes. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Return on Investment (ROI) Defined ROI Defined: A general concept referring to calculate the Earnings from the Investment of Capital, where the earnings are expressed as a proportion of the outlay. The standard ROI calculation typically does not use net present value terms in its calculations. Latest Research.

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