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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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. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Latest Research.

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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. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research.

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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. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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Online Marketing Institute

APRIL 4, 2011

A study conducted in 2010 would position blogging as such, and even a " blog post " written in The New York Times highlighted the point. As a result, from 2008 to 2010, blogging actually rose 3 percent as an Internet activity among all adults. The Argument for B2B Blogging Some may argue blogging is a " dying initiative. "

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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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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. Discover the answers to all of these questions and more here in more than 40 of the best resources for social media and marketing stats, facts and research of the past year. 40 percent of U.S.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control With a wealth of information from vendors, analysts and peers, buyers are doing more research on-line. At the same time, buyers are indicating that sales is often not prepared for meetings, and not adding value above and beyond what they can research on their own. . Latest Research.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

Not suprising, considering that 87% of SMBs say that social media has helped them either somewhat or a great deal in th past year. Of those using this channel, social media accounts for 32% of SMB marketing activities. The most popular use of LinkedIn is for researching people and companies (77%). Marketing Charts ).

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 20, 2023

Below we also share examples of how Sprout evolved from an SMB brand to an enterprise solution. Take a peek at Sprout’s website during the company’s earliest stages of brand-building back in 2010. This plus market research and competitive analysis can uncover how to position yourself. What is brand building?

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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. . Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Latest Research. Advantage Microsoft.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 1, 2013

Google Will Re-Introduce its SMB Dashboard. A Neustar Localeze/15 Miles/comScore study almost a year ago implied that 50% of local searches on mobile devices might be happening in-app -- meaning the percentage of local searches on mobile devices might be even higher than the 50% number that is traditionally reported.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

by 2010 [2]. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Study participants reported that on average a database administrator could manage over 30 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases, while Oracle 10g implementations required one DBA per 10 databases. To assure similar comparisons, the study examined potential differences in the application, load and complexity of the database instances.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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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

Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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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., Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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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. Study: Spending On Email, Social And Search Rising by MediaPost Online Media Daily. Social Media Statistics.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

A new Pew Research study shows only 8% of U.S. Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. Young People Don’t Use It Today’s marketing coordinator is tomorrow’s CMO, and younger Americans don’t embrace Twitter.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

93% of online research starts with a search engine, and 68% of consumers check out companies on social networking sites before buying. While B2B B2B buyers age 60+ conduct online research before purchasing less than 10% of the time, younger buyers (age 26-45) do research before purchasing 50% of the time or more. Brandpoint ).

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Paid Content Social Media Statistics Enterprise Management 100

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

93% of online research starts with a search engine, and 68% of consumers check out companies on social networking sites before buying. While B2B B2B buyers age 60+ conduct online research before purchasing less than 10% of the time, younger buyers (age 26-45) do research before purchasing 50% of the time or more. Brandpoint ).

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. More good news is that 2010 is far better than 2009, with a weighted global average reduction in IT budgets of 8.1% Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. cut in operating budgets.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? Although social media and blog content have the hype, when we look to which marketing content B2B buyers use more than any other in driving decisions, the white paper shines well above all others (MarketingSherpa and IDG 2010). 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? Research shows that customers do not want generic messages or the hard sell, but instead want relevant and consultative tips and advice. Less than 17% trust vendor provided business cases unless third party research / proof is provided.

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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. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Latest Research.

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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. . Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Research by IDC recognizes that sales enablement investments are significant, but may not be delivering on promises. Sources: IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010 Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of Sales Support, Forrester Research, Inc., Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Posts You Might Like to Read: 9 SEO Tricks That Are SO 2010. This blog, frequently featuring Ann Handley (you may have heard of her), publishes thought provoking content and new research for the sophisticated marketer. Posts You Might Like to Read: How We Skyrocketed Website Traffic 2200% in 1 Year [Case Study]. 19) Jeff Bullas.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Posts You Might Like to Read: 9 SEO Tricks That Are SO 2010. This blog, frequently featuring Ann Handley (you may have heard of her), publishes thought provoking content and new research for the sophisticated marketer. Posts You Might Like to Read: How We Skyrocketed Website Traffic 2200% in 1 Year [Case Study]. 19) Jeff Bullas.

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