Paul Gillin

MAY 25, 2010

I was privileged to moderate the BtoB magazine Social Media Awards Breakfast in New York this week. Process Experts was named Best Corporate Blog by BtoB magazine in 2010 and Cahill is now leading the company’s charge into Twitter and Facebook while institutionalizing best practices among all the Emerson Process Management divisions.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. BtoB Online: E-mail testing MarketingSherpa just released their annual report on e-mail marketing. On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. That’s simply not true. That’s simply not true.

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markempa

JUNE 21, 2006

A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. A number of bloggers I know have become or are in the process of becoming published authors after starting a blog. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Lead Generation B2B Sales Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

JULY 5, 2007

« Podcast: Interview with MarketingSherpas Anne Holland | Main | Early Stage Leads are too important for Sales People Alone » Off-Topic: On Selling Ideas in 1776 Fellow blogger Tom Pick, over at the The WebMarketCentral Blog tagged me to write something off topic, interesting, seasonal and non-work related this week.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 10, 2011

Leading Value-Based Interactive Tool Provider Maintains Significant Growth ORLANDO, Fla., Combined with being named as the standardization choice at several of these major B2B accounts, these latest new 2011 account additions widen Alinean's lead and affirm its position as the industry-standard value-based sales and marketing solution provider.

Marketing Management 40

Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership BtoB Demand Generation Agencies 40

markempa

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

IT Must Help Marketing and Sales Collaborate with Lead Generation Fellow blogger, Jim Berkowitz and his CRM Mastery E-Journal provides excellent insight into the lead tracking issue. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor EMC wanted a quick way for small / medium business IT executives and buyers to quantify how virtualized data center solutions could help drive capital cost savings, operations and application management savings and improved resiliency. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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markempa

MARCH 27, 2005

RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. RSS is still bleeding edge especially for non-bloggers. Bloggers over-hype RSS. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 " Here is his original concept.

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RSS Salesforce.com Lead Generation Sales Leads 120

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JULY 9, 2009

BtoB Leading Edge: 10 Sharp Tips taken from the Cutting Edge Demand Generation Virtual Conference - Modern B2B Marketing , June 24, 2009. B2B Marketing | Business to Business Marketing Information Portal , June 3, 2009. Rick Short Explains How to Turn Staff Into Prolific Bloggers , June 30, 2009. Top Other Items.

Social Media 40

Social Media Twitter Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Budget Programs Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 The Business Value of Server Virtualization One of the key issues in IT today is that normal operating expenses consume way too much of the annual budget – 61% on average in most organizations is spent keeping the lights on, and 25% spent on regular migrations and upgrades. Reducing business risks 5.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

“Today’s business buyers are more conservative than ever, demanding that any investment they make drive tangible savings and provide quantified business advantages – a fundamental change called Frugalnomics ,“ says Tom Pisello , CEO and founder of Alinean. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Pam is a marketing communications/social media manager and freelance blogger who loves Boston, photography, charity events, sushi, wine, and the Red Sox. Social media is a great inbound marketing tool that allows businesses and marketing teams to interact with prospects, cater to customers, promote their content, and yes, generate leads.

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Social Media Sales Qualified Leads Generation Media 28

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Later in the sales cycle, sales needs to be able to provide a ROI business case for the particular recommended solution, as well as quantify competitive advantage, often using total cost of ownership (TCO) comparisons. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Now, over 90% of B2B buyers require quantifiable proof of bottom-line impact from any significant purchase, and over 81% expect vendors to create and deliver the financial business case for most proposed purchases (IDC). Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 17, 2008

10 Great Web Sites by BtoB magazine A group of industry experts including Hoa Loranger from the Nielsen Norman Group, Alan Webber of Forrester Research and Dana Todd from Newsforce tell you what they like, and don't like, about 10 popular websites. Postal Service , Adobe and Formway Furniture. Do you need a.mobi domain?

Design 20

Design Marketing Websites Forrester Best Practices 20

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

With the severity of the downturn and conservative budget increases, the relatively large new IT initiatives and projects percentage clearly shows that when there was a bottom-line business reason for upgrading, migrating or innovating, budget dollars were available.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Spending 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Never has cost-analysis been so critical for technology users to justify spending and for technology providers to prove the business case in order to assure that the proposed solutions are a priority and make the budget cut. Bullet-proof business cases need to be made for any money to change hands. Is Marketing Too Busy?

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Going overboard on humorous content, or spending a ton on creative to create edgy / cool programs may not have the desired impact, and fall flat with the serious business of technology buyers. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It’s Only a Matter of Trust – B2B buyers will rely more and more on your on-line presence to make judgments as to whether they will do business with you, and this presence needs to overcome typical vendor skepticism, convey credibility and gain trust. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 14, 2012

When I first graduated from college almost 20 years ago, I quickly learned that I was not prepared to have conversations with experienced business professionals on the reality of the business challenges they were confronting. Forrester (@ Forrester ) – top analysts firm covering business and marketing.

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Curation Resources Emarketing RSS 100

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

About Me Thomas Pisello Orlando, Florida, United States Tom Pisello is a serial entrepreneur, focused on building ventures to help companies get more business value from their IT and business investments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

Industrial Marketing Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

A business blog is an important and integral component of inbound marketing. While there are plenty of business blogs from B2B marketing consultants (including this one), industry portals and vertical search engines, there aren’t too many from manufacturers and industrial companies. Exhibit #1: Emerson Process Management Experts.

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Business Blogging Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency ROI 60

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Soft benefits are less easy to quantify and rely on in a business case. Reduce business risk from implementing new security systems, compliance management or disaster recovery solutions 4. We typically only include 10-40% of these indirect benefits in order to create a more reliable – take it to the bank – business case.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Ruth consults on customer acquisition and retention, teaches marketing at Columbia Business School and is a guest blogger at HBR.org and Biznology. She is past chair of the DMA Business-to-Business Council, and past president of the Direct Marketing Club of New York. Ruth serves as a director of Edmund Optics, Inc. ,

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Marketing Management 120

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

More importantly, since innovation is only 10% of the typical IT budget today, reducing ongoing management costs can help reallocate precious resources and budgets to more innovative tasks and projects – delivering true business value. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Automation Services 40

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. IDC’s most resent customer experience survey of over 200 key IT decision makers reveals that Frugalnomics is indeed in full effect.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

Paul Gillin

JUNE 9, 2011

You’re better off investing in professional communicators and teaching them what they need to know about your business. You do not want to pay a freelancer to learn your business on the job. Cree Lighting blogger and former newspaper reporter Ginny Skalski. My advice: don’t bother. Hiring freelance help blind is a risky affair.

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BtoB Burn Rate Blogger Sample 50

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

IT solutions are indeed evolving from basic infrastructure, through business process optimization and information management. Projects in this category include supply chain management, human capital management, ERP, sales force and marketing automation and other business process automation projects.

ROI 40

ROI Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 40

Paul Gillin

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve spent some time over the last week judging the finalists in BtoB magazine’s annual social media awards. The Internet has obliterated barriers to entry in publishing and smart marketers are realizing that, with persistence and a good keyword strategy, they can beat the top business publications in search results.

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BtoB B2B B2B Thought Leadership Multi-Channel 50

Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2011

Web presence optimization (WPO)—using tactics like SEO, PPC, online PR, social media, content marketing and reputation management in a coordinated fashion to maximize your online visibility and business results—is the core theme of this blog. Social Media Affecting BtoB Buying Behavior by The Proactive Report. Social Media and Search.

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Paid Content Optimization Paid Search Agency Tips 100

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

11 Myths of Social Media Marketing - Webbiquity , May 24, 2010 Though social media marketing is rapidly advancing in terms of adoption and sophistication, many marketers and business executives still struggle with it. want to scream because I get so many calls from small business owners who are pulling out their hair. Drives action.

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