markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. No one except the sales team knows what is going on inside the black box until a proposal or sale happens.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

When we look at marketing budgets however, we find that spending is not aligned with this financial decision making criteria in most cases. Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. Even with a continued recovery and more financial optimism, the shift to frugality is fundamental and permanent. But up-front purchase price isn’t everything.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

By not engaging early, sales is left responding to proposal requests versus helping to set strategy and recommend solutions – a sure recipe for smaller deal size and less competitive advantage. 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

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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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. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

The hard benefits are also called direct benefits as they are typically directly tied to the impact of implementing the proposed solution – a first order, cause and effect. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B marketers are producing, managing, and distributing marketing content to reach prospects and turn them into customers. Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Hubspot

JUNE 12, 2013

Planning email marketing campaigns can be, well, a pain. I understand (even as an inbound marketer ) how tempting it can be to take the easy way out. So I turned to some of the best email marketing experts I know to get insight into the tips and tricks they''re using to make email marketing awesome and as pain-free as possible.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JULY 7, 2010

Best of B2B Marketing. A fascinating “hardcore” B2B social media success - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , June 20, 2010 With many companies now engaged in social media marketing strategies for nearly two years or more, success stories are starting to emerge, even in the difficult marketing world of industrial B2B.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Leading B2B vendors are implementing value selling / marketing programs, and have received dramatic benefits as a result. With buyers suffering from information overload, how can a marketer break through the clutter and connect?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Sources: IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010 Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of Sales Support, Forrester Research, Inc., Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Risk-Adjusted ROI Defined A variation on the traditional ROI formula, Risk Adjusted ROI is calculated as the ratio of the net gain from a proposed project, divided by its total costs - represented in net present value terms to account for project risk. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

In both cases, frugal buyers will be looking for proactive help in guiding budgets, and any project proposal must quantify a significant return on investment and quick payback. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

We feel that those companies that recognize and address this fundamental Frugalnomics market shift with the right sales effectiveness enablement investments, particurly value selling initiatives, will have significant more success than those focused on sales efficiency. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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