The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 The Business Value of Server Virtualization One of the key issues in IT today is that normal operating expenses consume way too much of the annual budget – 61% on average in most organizations is spent keeping the lights on, and 25% spent on regular migrations and upgrades. by 2010 [2].

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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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. ► 2007 (6) ► September (5) ► January (1) ► 2006 (20) ► November (14) ► May (2) ► April (4) ► 2005 (38) ► December (38) Twitter Updates Facebook Badge Followers Visistat Simple template. SOA - What to do next to maximize ROI?

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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

Now, over 90% of B2B buyers require quantifiable proof of bottom-line impact from any significant purchase, and over 81% expect vendors to create and deliver the financial business case for most proposed purchases (IDC). Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Vendor ROI: Can it be trusted? Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. . Does Size Matter in ROIT?

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

May all who sail in her find reasonably priced shipping supplies from a broad (and competitive) selection of maritime vendors… ShipServ… Read more… Roger Warner | April 15th, 2008 | no comments New White Paper Available: How to PPC in B2B Hey! ’ question still rages in B2B - and nowhere more so than here at Velocity.

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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 ShoreTel TCO Tool leverages the significant resources of Alinean, including its worldwide metrics database.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

Junta42 was started as a blog ( this post is proof from April, 2007 ) and I still believe it is one of the most important things you can do as a business (as long as you have the right strategy). BtoB 2010 Lead Generation Guide - B2B Lead Generation Blog , May 24, 2010 BtoB Magazine just published their 2010 Lead Generation Guide.

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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 10, 2010

Smart vendors need to anticipate these frugal budget trends, and help organizations figure out how to do-more-with-less. The trend of all buyers is towards Frugalnomics, a requirement that investments deliver quantified bottom-line impact, with pressure on vendors to prove and improve the value of their solutions.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. This results in a slower buying process and the continual carpet bombing of buyer inboxes with the same static, mass-distributed whitepapers that every vendor sends out.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

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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. companies are currently using blogs for marketing purposes, up from 29% in 2009 and just 16% in 2007. Social media advertising is still a relatively rare tactic among B2B vendors and in the SMB space.

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