The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

According to Gartner, worldwide IT spending is on pace to reach $3.8 Although the forecast predicts healthy growth for 2014, these same Gartner forecasts have been overly optimistic the past two years. Examining their 2013 predictions, Gartner indicated IT spending would grow 4.2% trillion in 2014, a 3.2% for the year.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

To kick off 2013, Gartner predicted that the reigns on worldwide IT spending would loosen, forecasting an increase of 4.2% Sure enough, Gartner has had to once again lower expectations , cutting in half their earlier growth estimates, now predicting only a 2% rise. Sometimes you don’t want to be right, and this is one of those times.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

According to Gartner, the annual release of their New Year’s spending forecast predicts global IT spending growth of 3.1% Examining their 2013 predictions, Gartner indicated IT spending would rise 4.2% We don’t buy it, and believe that Gartner has missed a major sea change in IT spending and decision-making in their forecasts.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 8, 2013

Gartner highlights that “business uncertainty is nearing resolution”, and that this is one of the key reasons for increasing their spending outlook. But is Gartner being overly optimistic? First, Gartner’s latest outlook mirrors similar rosy predictions from analysts at the beginning of the past three years.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 5, 2018

Be First to Add Value First, since a large part of the software buying efforts are not planned, it is vital to proactively engage with buyers to help them diagnose issues, prioritize challenges and budgets, and collaboratively set the buying requirements. This means helping the buyer clarify the priority of known challenges.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

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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Martech Advisor

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Data governance helps organizations define policies and processes to manage data. Not managing the data properly can cause process inefficiencies, data duplications, and can incur penalties for non-adherence to data regulatory compliances. What Is Data Governance? It is the accountability a business has toward customer data.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Did you know … 67% of the buyer’s journey is done digitally, making your content more important than ever in facilitating buyer decision making (Gartner) 83% of buyers remain overwhelmed by the amount of content available, wanting quality personalized content over quantity. It’s clear. At this phase, you can provide.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Gartner says CIOs are spending too much time with vendors - laying down gauntlet to vendor sales to add more value, or get lost. Gartner thinks CIOs are spending too much of their precious time with vendors, and advises to significantly curtail this activity. of total IT time is spent on vendor management and procurement.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 6, 2012

The New Year’s cheer didn’t last long for IT, as Gartner was quick to lower its global technology spending forecast, barely a week into 2012. Looking beyond 2012, Gartner also estimates continued headwinds, lowering future forecasts for 2015 downwards to 5% growth from earlier 5.4% growth forecasts. growth forecasts. predictions.

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Terminus

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Leads Are Generated Too Late in the Sales Process. By the time you generate a lead that’s actually interested in your solution, their company has already gone through most of the research process. Unsurprisingly, Sales Benchmark Index found that 65% of the buying process is now done before the buyer engages with to sales.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

At the same time, as buyers are becoming more empowered, sales professionals are seen by these buyers as less valuable in the decision making process, and as a result are being invited later and later in the buying cycle. The Death of a Salesman? The invitation often coming after key decisions have already been made.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. These buyers seek diagnostic advice to help proactively uncover issues, recommend improvement roadmaps, quantify benefits and assure best value. Content is King? Content may indeed be king.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims. Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

JULY 8, 2014

According to Gartner, worldwide IT spending was expected to reach $3.8 Although the forecast at the beginning of the year predicted healthy growth for 2014, these same Gartner forecasts have been overly optimistic the past two years. And sure enough, Gartner had to once again lower their forecasts substantially. for the year.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. It is the natural progression in the market, and the signs are already showing up that we are approaching the climb up towards the “plateau of productivity&# as Gartner calls it. This is when it starts to be fun. Nicely said, Esteban.-=

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. That’s when you need to put the proposal together like a brief.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Her company Marketing Interactions helps companies with complex sales and quantify marketing effectiveness by using interactive e-marketing strategies driven by compelling content. By creating valuable content mapped to the needs they have throughout their buying process, you both win.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Using value marketing tools, users can be presented with tools that help them to analyze their opportunities, and obtain more personalized and intelligent advice. These tools can include interactive white papers, executive self-assessments, benchmarking comparisons, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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