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

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Although the desire may be there to pursue improved internal and external customer service improvements via enterprise innovation, most state budgets will remain challenged well into the recovery, yielding a pragmatic, economic-focused CIO. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Using an Alinean powered ROI calculator, he explained how customers can combine the cloud with existing applications and infrastructure, achieving IT cost savings, flexibility and an ability to get ideas to market rapidly. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Resources Alineans Social Media ROI Calculator can help: [link] (Free to use and see results onlune, registration required to download customized report) Source: Marketers Optimistic About Finding Social Media ROI (Mashable, February 09, 2011) Posted by Tom Pisello at 10:32 AM Email This BlogThis! Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

However, solving this problem will be difficult for most teams, as sales remains inwardly focused on the traditional funnel based selling process, rather than having a keen understanding of how customers make decisions and actually buy - the buying lifecycle. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Diagnostic Example: Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Assessment Microsoft wanted to provide analysis and roadmap advice to help get more C-level engagements, engage earlier in the sales cycle, and shift customer perceptions from tactical product provider to strategic partner. One could argue both are right.

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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

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Soft benefits are less easy to quantify and rely on in a business case. Improved up-sell / cross-sell is a good example of an indirect benefit from a new CRM system that helps the call center improve its interaction with customers. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

ROI 40

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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. 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

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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

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Paul Gillin

JUNE 9, 2011

Marketers often ask how they can train engineers and technical people to blog, podcast and otherwise engage in deep online conversations with customers. You’re better off investing in professional communicators and teaching them what they need to know about your business. Published samples won’t do you any good.

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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. Another defined the blog’s mission as being “to provide actionable and thought-leadership content for customers and prospects on…topics the company’s product helps optimize.&#. Publishers?

BtoB 50

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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. Customers are less willing to give up information. Customer Analytics. come at a price. Kill the white paper!”

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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.,

Work Management 40

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JUNE 7, 2005

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Lead Generation 120

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

Seemingly untouchable business empires crumble and disappear practically overnight. B2B Marketing Magazine just published an article we wrote on what every B2B marketer should be thinking about the mobile web. Google has dis-intermediated the content business. New ones, perhaps Richmond based, rise out the rubble. Okay, okay.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies B2B Marketing 40

Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2012

Note: a slightly shorter version of this compilation was recently published as a guest post on Jeff Bullas’ blog. –yet only 25% of companies offer social business training to their employees. BtoB Magazine ). 70% of local businesses use Facebook.The U.S. Business Insider ). BtoB Magazine ).

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The survey highlights this, with Leaders growing investments over laggards in: innovative marketing activities around e-platforms; engaging clients through social media, and; developing custom content. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 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 Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Frugalnomics, borne of the economic downturn, represents a fundamental shift in the way businesses make buying decisions, resulting in a scrutinizing of each investment to deliver quantified bottom-line accountability.

Budget Programs 40

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Transferring knowledge to sales representatives, and then helping these reps more effectively share this knowledge with customers and prospects is the mission of sales enablement, and it has become a vital best practice to overcome Information Overload, fight Frugalnomics and take control of Internet driven Buying Cycles.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget ROI 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Worse, the information is often not customized for the buyer, and is viewed as irrelevant "noise". IT publisher Ziff Davis Enterprise (ZDE) indicates similarly that white papers are used frequently in buying decisions, used by 84.1% of IT buyers, consuming an average of 3.2

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Paper Work Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

These value-exchange patterns are different based on your customer types, the problems you help address, and the role your organization plays in solving them." Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy? Powered by Blogger.

Forrester 40

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Is Return on Customer (ROC) a good business value metric? Return on Customer (ROC) is a Pepper’s and Rogers twist on normal return on investment (ROI) analysis to help companies quantify the returns from various marketing and CRM initiatives. Without customers, you dont have a business.&#

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Knowing the value of ROI is important when making a business investment because it clearly demonstrates the financial gains of the proposed project, compared to the relative cost. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy?

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Bottom-Line The NPV Savings is one of the most popular and accurate methods used to assess business investment viability. 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.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Sure, teenagers spend a lot of time on YouTube, but did you know that three-quarters of business executives watch work-related online videos weekly? ” Executives & Online Video [CHARTS] by eStrategy After Hours David Erickson shares eMarketer findings about the popularity of online video among business executives.

Paid Content 100

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