The ROI Guy

MARCH 20, 2013

This was presented at the latest Forrester Sales Enablement Forum, and is a marked increase from the 65/35% split of just two years ago. ROI and financial justification has traditionally been used in later phases, to create the business case for economic-buyer / CFO approval.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Each year Forrester asks this question of Executive Buyers worldwide, and the results reflect the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of current sales rep capabilities: > The Good – A majority of buyers ( 62% ) indicate that your vendor sales reps are knowledgeable about your company and products.

Peer-to-peer 40

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Serious budget constraints make even high ROI projects hard to get approved. However, it is during this early phase that buyer’s indicate establishing strong provider preferences, with Forrester indicating that 65% of vendors who create the buying vision during these early phases of the journey getting the deal.

Marketing Management 40

Marketing Management Process Peer-to-peer Case Studies 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 6, 2012

Serious budget constraints make even high ROI projects hard to get approved. However, it is during this early phase that buyer’s indicate establishing strong provider preferences, with Forrester indicating that 65% of vendors who create the buying vision during these early phases of the journey getting the deal.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Gartner Forecasting 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Gartner says CIOs are spending too much time with vendors - laying down gauntlet to vendor sales to add more value, or get lost. Gartner thinks CIOs are spending too much of their precious time with vendors, and advises to significantly curtail this activity. of total IT time is spent on vendor management and procurement.

Allocation 40

Allocation Marketing Management Gartner Marketing Proposals 40

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Personal IT Organization Enterprise Partner/Vendor. Partner/Vendor. Vendor Management. Five things the legacy ERP vendors dont want you to know about on-demand ERP. Get instant email notifications by topic when white papers, webcasts, and case studies are added to our library. Vendor Management.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 100

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

With marketers who seem more focused on gaming the channels themselves than in the value of the dialogue being created, buyers are now inundated with more product related and meaningless offers than ever. Rounding up the challenges, recent studies indicate that 9 out of 10 of buyers say that when they are ready to buy, they find you.

Interactive Marketing 40

Interactive Marketing Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims. Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 31, 2018

We were thrilled this last time to talk to Matt Gorniak , Chief Revenue Office and Co-Founder at G2Crowd in an episode called, How to Optimize Reviews to Accelerate Sales for Your B2B Products. We talk about the power of reviews in B2B products. How do you convey all these product features to deliver ROI?

Top of Funnel 65

Top of Funnel Budget Programs Peer-to-peer B2B Sales 65

The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2014

And research from Forrester indicates that the late engagement could have serious impacts on win rates? Indeed, Forrester surveyed buyers, and they quickly indicated that only 10% of sales reps sell with a value-focused approach - selling with insights, diagnostics, financial justification and value differentiation.

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Enterprise Management Peer-to-peer Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Peer-to-peer Demand 40

Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Keeping a Closer Eye on Content ROI – CMO Council. Instead of talking endlessly about all the cool stuff your products do, share insights about why doing those things is important—from a business objective perspective.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

However, many tech buyers visit vendor Web sites many times to learn about and compare products, yet few register or leave evidence of their activity. You don’t dig through your junk email folder to find that email some vendor sent you weeks ago. In fact, 88% said Web sites were important in helping them decide what to buy.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. Instead of pitching your products or services, you are delivering information that makes your buyer more intelligent. For marketers, the news is good overall.

Efficiency 40

Efficiency Marketing Budget Marketing Management Effectiveness 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Compared to 2002 where growth was a dismal -31% for system vendors and -18% for service providers, these are happy days. Our partner IDC's CMO Advisory Practice projects that the global marketing budgets of IT vendors will increase by 7% on average in 2006. [1] for 2005 – this according to Forrester latest research.

Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Advertising Agencies SMB 40

Brandpoint

JUNE 7, 2018

Why attend: Some 200 attendees, 20 speakers, 15 industry case studies and 18 hours of networking time. Why attend: Some 3,600 attendees are offered 120 sessions presented by experts from around the world, covering strategy, storytelling, ROI, demand generation , AI, etc. Forrester’s B2B Marketing & Sales Forum.

Conference 132

Conference Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 132

Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Even prior to the pandemic, the annual Content Preferences Study from Demand Gen Report found that 67% of buyers are relying on content more than they did last year to research and inform their purchase decisions. The product shouldn’t be the star of the show; your ability to solve their problems is.

Top of Funnel 99

Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Conversion Ad Building 99

SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

That’s why large pharma companies need to focus on strategically boosting HCP engagement to ensure that the billions they spend on medical education events bring a positive ROI. On average, they prefer 5- to 10-minute bitesize case studies”. . For example, before your event, you could use the ‘submit your case’ technique.

Webinar Metrics 59

Webinar Metrics Enterprise Management Trends RFP 59

NetLine

AUGUST 2, 2023

B2B lead generation is the process of identifying and capturing interest from potential customers in your product or service, with the ultimate goal of converting them into buyers. There are also other lead types defined by industry bodies, technology vendors, and research firms as part of their own frameworks.

Lead Generation 52

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Management Lead Scoring 52

Content4Demand

MARCH 21, 2019

These intriguing conversations and case studies not only drove eyeballs and downloads but stirred some interesting comments and dialogue along the way. Modern B2B sellers must inspire as much as inform to cut through clutter in a way that even a unique product can’t do on its own anymore. Storming Sales.

DemandBase 68

DemandBase Account Based Marketing Content ABM 68

Webbiquity

MAY 23, 2017

According to recent research from Forrester, digital marketing spend in the US will reach $120 billion by 2021. But what does this mean for brands, especially B2B vendors, that have traditionally relied on more conservative means of attracting their audiences? In fact, spending for online videos has gone up 114% since 2014.

B2B Marketing 257

B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy B2B 257

ClickZ

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Experience management is the discipline of using both X- and O-data to manage and improve the four core experiences of business: customer, employee, product, and brand. Customer experience management can have a tremendous impact on a company’s ROI. Cross-platform survey—Source: Qualtrics.

Case Studies 11

Case Studies Case Study Enterprise Management Studies 11

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Personal IT Organization Enterprise Partner/Vendor. Partner/Vendor. Vendor Management. It is their older peers that I have to repeat that lesson too (no printing the actual network diagram, complete with FW locations and IP addresses on marketing brochures; no giving away product roadmaps at Trade Shows.). TECHNOLOGY.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Opinions Work Management Marketing Management 100

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Keeping a Closer Eye on Content ROI – CMO Council. Influence: your prospects are driven to promote this knowledge to others in their organization and drive interest and buy-in for your product or service. Ardath Albee.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2011

A Demand-Gen Report interview with Thomas Pisello, The ROI Guy, Chairman & Founder of diagnostic / ROI sales tool provider Alinean Inc. Buyers are in control, with almost 70% indicating they don’t think sales is adding enough value-add to their engagements (Forrester 2011). Customers bought "products."

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Demand Tools Terms and Conditions 40

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

Lead Ranking 40

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Enterprise Management Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

While we weren't mentioned, I appreciate the list format, and can see this serving as a basis to formulating a monitoring strategy and/or choosing a vendor that best suits their monitoring requirements. Expion just compiled 8 case studies with one of our clients, Applebee's. link] Katie Van Domelen Thank you!

Social Media 155

Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 155

Full Circle Insights

MARCH 23, 2021

Company Offers a Combination of Three Popular Products — Funnel Metrics, Campaign Attribution and Digital Source Tracker — at a 15% Discount. Customers who purchase Full Circle Enterprise will receive a 15 percent discount on the cost of buying the three products separately. “In SAN MATEO, Calif., 23, 2021 — Full Circle Insights®, Inc.,

Full Circle Insights 52

Full Circle Insights Enterprise Management Bundling Lead Ranking 52

SnapApp

AUGUST 1, 2017

Demand generation is creating awareness for your product or service in order to drive revenue. . It's what makes consumers engage with a brand without yet having tried a product or service. . . Lead generation focuses on driving interest and inquiry into specific products or services. Ramping up with interactive content. .

Demand Generation Agencies 74

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 74

Martech

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Explore capabilities from vendors like Adobe, Pointillist, SharpSpring, Salesforce and more in the full MarTech Intelligence Report on customer journey analytics platforms. Product recommendations. Giving customers product suggestions in the form of emails or ads can show them you care about their needs. Click here to download!

Work Management 120

Work Management Personalization Marketing Management Marketing AI 120

SnapApp

JANUARY 11, 2018

The quicker the sale, the more profitable the product. 49% of companies say they achieve a higher ROI by focusing on engagement over acquisition. . . . . Research from Forrester finds that today’s customers “distrust and resent one-off campaigns that interrupt or intercept them”. . Here’s the hard data: . Source ). . .

Top of Funnel 89

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Sales Management Webinar Metrics 89

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

It’s a wonderful example… Read more… Stan Woods | March 23rd, 2009 | no comments ROI and social media marketing for B2B One of our clients is talking to us about spending budget on creating online buzz. Case studies and customer testimonials. See it here. B2B marketing is bad communication. Claims are empty.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies B2B Marketing 40

Metadata

MARCH 18, 2021

And she had a super successful career as a product designer. And literally a year and a half later, that became the personas product of Segment, which is now basically like a quarter of our revenue, which is insane. Gil Allouche: How many products behind Guillaume Cabane’s collaboration? They give to their friends.

Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs B2B Work Management 52

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The power of 3 key selling strategies: virtual product tours, ROI validation and customer case studies. People don’t want to talk to seven different vendors and technology providers. And people are doing free trials as ways to get people to kick the tires on the product. Matt : I love that.

Top of Funnel 89

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Ideal Customer Profiles 89

Webbiquity

JUNE 6, 2011

Senior Analyst at Forrester ( @TomGrantForr ) “You don’t build a community. He said, “Few communities appear ex nihilo at the behest of a technology vendor.”. Should there be an ROI on relationships? Based in Washington, DC, Holger is director of marketing for information security vendor SafeNet. You expand it.”

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Twitter Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency Work Management 100