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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.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Although some channels are more effective than others, the survey results and advice from Harte-Hanks reveals that connecting through all of these channels are required, although allocations should be adjusted to reflect the effectiveness early in the sales cycle.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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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.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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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. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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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.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Soft benefits are less easy to quantify and rely on in a business case. Most revenue benefits like improving lead conversion rates or reducing sale cycle length 2. Reduce business risk from implementing new security systems, compliance management or disaster recovery solutions 4.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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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. One of the most important infrastructure investments is a database platform.

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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.

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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.,

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Forrester , Frugalnomics , Pisello , Sales Enablement , Value Selling 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Is Return on Customer (ROC) a good business value metric? Most CRM ROI oriented business cases focus too much on the near term, counting only direct “hard&# benefits and ignoring the more important soft benefits that relate to customer satisfaction, retention and lifetime value optimization.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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.

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