The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, stiffer competition, and even more headwinds to meeting your ambitious revenue growth goals. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. YoY decline from 2014 levels.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. the Prospect has a pain worth addressing and a significant cost of “Do Nothing”, Why Change Now? –

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

As a result of Frugalnomics and other market drivers: 62% of B2B vendors indicated they needed more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, 72% indicated an increase in buying cycle time over the past 6 month, The buying cycle timeframe has increased over 10% in the past 12 months. April 2009.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 8, 2013

As a result, IT Sales and Marketing will again be tasked to deliver incremental revenue regardless of challenging market conditions and despite the historically low spending growth. the Prospect has a pain worth addressing and a significant cost of “Do Nothing”.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

As such, it is important to recognize that growth will in the near term remain historically low, below the 6% average annual IT spending increases of the last decade, but that your sales and marketing strategy can be adjusted to drive competitive success.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

IT Spending on the Rise, But Executives Remain Economic-Focused A recent IT spending survey from Forrester confirms that 2010 remained a tough year for IT. As could be expected, Forrester indicates that the majority of 2010 IT spending went to support existing operations – essentially “keeping the lights on&#.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 24, 2014

According to SiriusDecisions, the number one reason sales teams fail to meet quota is their lack of effectively articulating value to prospects. About Alinean Alinean empowers B2B vendors to better connect, engage and sell to today’s economic-focused buyer via the development and delivery of interactive value marketing and selling tools.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 13, 2013

If this is the case, Gartner’s latest research indicates that many IT Sales and Marketing leaders may end up on the “endangered species” list, unless some serious realizations and changes occur sooner versus later. Although most of the sales and marketing executives may recognize the issue, change will not be easy.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 30, 2011

If you are in sales and marketing, there is another forecast that is just as promising, especially if you recognize the pending fertile business opportunity and prepare accordingly. Marketing luminary Seth Godin indicates that "No business buys a solution for a problem they don't have."

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Heres our three key takeaway opportunities: 1) Buyer Facilitation versus Selling, 2) Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control, 3) Most Prominent Inhibitors to Sales Achieving Quota is “Inability to Communicate Value Messages&#. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, if at all.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Empowered Buyers: Fueled by the Internet, with access to a wealth of resources, research, discussions, product and pricing information, buyers are self-empowered to drive the buying cycle, inviting sales later and later into the decision making process, if at all. Commodity sales professionals are being disinter-mediated.

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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. The tool suite results in over 1,000 leads per month, with estimated 4 to 5% conversion rate of leads to sales. But up-front purchase price isn’t everything.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The past decade has seen an exciting and dramatic increase in new digital marketing channels including Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, search engines, webinars, virtual trade shows and more. email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions.

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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. 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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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Server virtualization is one of the best ways for IT managers to meet cost savings goals, and most are well underway with thier virtualization programs. However, in environments of 20 servers or more, 20 to 30% licensing and infrastructure cost savings was indeed the normal cost differential between Microsoft and the competition.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle.

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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. Most revenue benefits like improving lead conversion rates or reducing sale cycle length 2. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. 12% say competing go-to-market strategy or goals (KPIs).

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. percent of revenue on marketing.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JULY 19, 2022

Buyers of B2B software want published pricing: according to a study by McKinsey, 68% want prices published online without negotiation (and other useful B2B marketing statistics). Regular readers know I frequently dive into surveys and studies about B2B marketing, sales and PR. The cost of B2B marketing content.

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s now clear that embracing a digital-first strategy for marketing, sales, and employee engagement is a must for any business. This will be the most important theme for 2021, and video will emerge as one of the most critical elements of these new go-to-market and employee engagement strategies. Contents 1. Embrace Analytics 6.2

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 11, 2024

About $3 trillion — that’s Forrester’s estimate for B2B sales by 2027, almost double what it was in 2021. Common traits of B2B sales High-cost and/or recurring contract pricing. B2B sales transactions can run into the millions of dollars. B2C sales target short-term transactions.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 8, 2014

For IT solution providers who may be using these forecasts and were expecting a turnaround in 2014 spending levels, another slower than expected year has significant implications for your organizations'' sales and marketing strategy. the Prospect has a pain worth addressing and a significant cost of “Do Nothing”, • Why Change Now? –

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s now clear that embracing a digital-first strategy for marketing, sales, and employee engagement is a must for any business. This will be the most important theme for 2021, and video will emerge as one of the most critical elements of these new go-to-market and employee engagement strategies. Contents 1. Embrace Analytics 6.2

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 27, 2014

While at the same time, sales and marketing hasn’t evolved quickly enough to keep pace with a changed buyer. Look at the typical PowerPoint deck or sit in on most sales calls and it’s all about the company, products, features and price and little about the prospect’s unique challenges and value potential.

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Rollworks

JUNE 3, 2018

Account-based marketing (ABM) is the latest strategy to improve your marketing ROI. According to ITSMA, 85% of marketers surveyed said that they believe account-based marketing outperforms other marketing efforts. Account-based marketing is a highly-targeted approach. Let’s help you fix that.

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B2B Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Establish Authority By Writing Your Own Book: Costs. In this episode of the B2B Digital Marketer Podcast, Raza Imam shares how you can publish your own book using content that you may have already published! Raza Imam is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and coach with a passion for digital marketing and personal development.

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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. Get Content.

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SnapApp

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The B2B sales funnel has changed a lot. . Until recent years, the traditional selling process looked something like this: Marketing would hand leads off to the sales team. The sales team would attempt to close those leads. . Marketing did their thing. Sales did their thing. Here are the responses. . .

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 09, 2010 Forrester announces Sales Enablement Conference focused on Selling into the New Economy We were excited to hear that Forresters first Sales Enablement Conference will be focused on Selling into the New Economy. according to Forrester.

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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.

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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

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

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

For those selling services, the road is tougher, and will require sensitivity to price, extreme value, and benefits of the services to far exceed the costs, as organizations will be looking to reduce services contracts overall for needed infrastructure investments. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

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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. The ROI value is usually expressed as a percentage, multiplying the ratio by 100%. Every $1 invested will yield a $2.43 in net returns.

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