The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

However, solving this problem will be difficult for most teams, as sales remains inwardly focused on the traditional funnel based selling process, rather than having a keen understanding of how customers make decisions and actually buy - the buying lifecycle.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle With two economic downturns in the past ten years, buyers are more frugal than ever, demanding that each investment help them do-more-with-less, provide a bottom-line impact, and deliver superior value.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

IDC’s most recent customer experience survey of over 200 key IT decision makers confirms that business growth is indeed a priority, but also, that Frugalnomics is indeed in full effect. These buyers seek diagnostic advice to help proactively uncover issues, recommend improvement roadmaps, quantify benefits and assure best value.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. Powered by Blogger.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Improved up-sell / cross-sell is a good example of an indirect benefit from a new CRM system that helps the call center improve its interaction with customers. Visit [link] for free access to a CRM tool which can help to quantify both the hard and soft benefits (registration required). Time Frame for Measuring CRM ROI?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

IDC’s most resent customer experience survey of over 200 key IT decision makers reveals that Frugalnomics is indeed in full effect. These buyers seek diagnostic advice to help proactively uncover issues, recommend improvement roadmaps, quantify benefits and assure best value. The End of Sales as we Know It?

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The ROI Guy

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. Is Return on Customer (ROC) a good business value. The Bottom Line: A Split Decision?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Using this methodology, the team can document which investments are tactical - forming the core infrastructure, and which are more strategic - helping to deliver competitive advantage. Carr’s full sentiment in his writings, nor does it clearly reflect the realities of return on IT investments.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

The ShoreTel TCO Tool helps customers model this complexity and compare TCO categories, considering both near and long term costs across multiple UC solutions, and providing a vital tool for buyers to make well-informed value-based purchase decisions.&# Posted by Tom Pisello at 1:00 PM Email This BlogThis! Powered by Blogger.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The survey highlights this, with Leaders growing investments over laggards in: innovative marketing activities around e-platforms; engaging clients through social media, and; developing custom content. Forward-looking focus on smart, engaging and innovative value- added content is a clear differentiator between leaders and laggards.

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The ROI Guy

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. Do you deliver more Customer Bottom-line Impact th. 5000 - Fastest-Growing Priva. Gartner reduces IT Spending Outlook for 2010, but.

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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. Research shows that customers do not want generic messages or the hard sell, but instead want relevant and consultative tips and advice. Here are the top six benefits: 1.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As sponsors of the conference, Alinean is greatly looking forward to participating and helping sales enablement professionals understand how the new economy is driving significant changes in buyer sentiment, and how addressing such changes will mean the difference between taking the lead, or being an also-ran. Value selling is an imperative.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Worse, the information is often not customized for the buyer, and is viewed as irrelevant "noise". Let us examine one of the most important tools to engage buyers, white papers, and new best practices to help evolve this traditional medium into an effective selling machine. Do White Papers Still Rule?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Is Return on Customer (ROC) a good business value metric? Return on Customer (ROC) is a Pepper’s and Rogers twist on normal return on investment (ROI) analysis to help companies quantify the returns from various marketing and CRM initiatives. Without customers, you dont have a business.&#

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The ROI Guy

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. Do you deliver more Customer Bottom-line Impact th. 5000 - Fastest-Growing Priva. Gartner reduces IT Spending Outlook for 2010, but.

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The ROI Guy

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. Do you deliver more Customer Bottom-line Impact th. 5000 - Fastest-Growing Priva. Gartner reduces IT Spending Outlook for 2010, but.

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