The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

For the IT buyer, business benefit assessments (34%) and financial assessments (26%) were both highly important to making a purchase decision, greatly exceeding, by more than 2x, the vendor relationship (14%) as a decision driver. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Overall, the focus of technology buyers is on value – and much less on where marketing often focuses, such as on building vendor-buyer relationships and on brand building campaigns. Advice - Marketers should focus more spending on communicating the value of solutions, and less on brand development and buiding.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Today, it is a mature, widely accepted practice in both helping buyers analyze ways to reduce costs, and for vendors to make the case for change, or prove competitive advantage. Vendors of technology are competing not only with each other for new spending, but with the entrenched operating costs of the status quo. They do if they are.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For the IT buyer, business benefit assessments (34%) and financial assessments (26%) were both highly important to making a purchase decision, greatly exceeding, by more than 2x, the vendor relationship (14%) as a decision driver. However, many vendors would say that sales opportunities are not moving forward the way many would like.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

It is best to look at what tools are needed to address each stage in the buying lifecycle, and have tools specifically designed to help move the decision making from initial engagement to delivery. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 25, 2013

In partnership with the Netline Corporation, the CMO Council surveyed 400 BtoB buyers and content seekers around the world. Their responses show that content has never been more important to the buying process and yet vendors are falling short in creating the kind of content that buyers are looking for. Where are they going?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing IT Projects for Success The book written by Nicholas Carr, “Does IT Matter,&# continues to stir debate with various pundits, and certainly remains a hot topic in recent budget planning meetings between the CIO and Cx-level executives.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

The tool analyzes TCO, including upfront acquisition costs management and support, for ShoreTel, legacy TDM systems and various competing UC vendors. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2012

B2b marketers believe social media is critical to organic search success. Marketers rate social media as the second-most imporant factor (64%) in search, behind only strong content (82%). BtoB Magazine ). Marketing Charts ). Yet only 47% of b2b marketers say they are actively using LinkedIn vs. 90% on Facebook.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

This permanent shift towards frugal buyers has forced B2B vendors to fundamentally change the way they reach prospects and convert them to customers. Leading B2B vendors are implementing value selling / marketing programs, and have received dramatic benefits as a result. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

New digital marketing channels have made it more efficient than ever to broadcast marketing messages to prospects, but are the current strategies effective at connecting with and educating ever more skeptical and frugal buyers ? So, how do you make whitepapers more effective, more relevant, more ONE-TO-ONE?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Operations However the most important trend from the survey is not positive spending growth, it is that CIOs are paying for needed infrastructure upgrades via cuts in operating budgets – essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul. cut in operating budgets. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

And nearly two out of three executives have visited a vendor’s website after viewing an online video elsewhere. ” And 93% planned to use some form of user-generated content in their marketing efforts this year, including customer stories, product suggestions or ideas, and customer reviews. And much more.

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