The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 5, 2009

Anyone can learn how to become more effective as long as they apply themselves to it and marketers are no exception. In 2004 Drucker wrote an article for Harvard Business Review Magazine titled “What makes an effective executive”. Let’s apply them to marketing, shall we? Where is the company headed? What’s the mission?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. 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

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO Calculator Virtualization is one of the key cost savings initiatives that IT executives are implementing in order to tighten their belts in these uncertain economic conditions. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2010

According to the Harte-Hanks survey results, technology buyers become aware of new technology solutions most often through peers/ colleague interactions, magazines and trade journals, product review websites, search engines and industry analyst reports. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

It is best to look at what tools are needed to address each stage in the buying lifecycle, and have tools specifically designed to help move the decision making from initial engagement to delivery. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 5, 2009

The Copywriting Wimp The workshop instructor was Sandra Blum, a renowned copywriter, columnist for Dynamic Graphics magazine , and more recently one of the judges for DMA’s Echo Award. Design and copy should be worked together. And often times the design needs to be changed because it doesn’t work with the copy. This was an aha!

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing IT Projects for Success The book written by Nicholas Carr, “Does IT Matter,&# continues to stir debate with various pundits, and certainly remains a hot topic in recent budget planning meetings between the CIO and Cx-level executives.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 11, 2010

Their creators vary widely, from bloggers, marketing companies, to nationally recognized magazines. This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 9:57 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Planning , Social Media. Have you found a good representation of the social media space? Please share!

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. How are marketers planning to allocate budgets this year? What percentage of Fortune 100 companies are on Twitter?

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2012

B2b marketers believe social media is critical to organic search success. Marketers rate social media as the second-most imporant factor (64%) in search, behind only strong content (82%). BtoB Magazine ). Marketing Charts ). 70% of marketers plan to increase the number of different social platforms they use in 2012.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The good news is that the second half of 2010, projections are in line with Gartner’s survey in the fourth quarter of 2009 when CIOs reported IT budgets would increase, on average, by only 1.3%, and spending outlooks are more positive than earlier surveys. for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Friday, September 17, 2010 Leaders indicate Growing Investment in Smart Digital Content The migration of B2B marketing budgets from traditional marketing vehicles toward digital channels continues according to a study by Booz & Co. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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., April 2009 Sales Enablement: Measuring its Impact. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

We’ve been working closely with many leading companies to figure out new ways to develop more adaptive go-to-market models designed to help sales organizations add more value to executive-level buyers. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Delivery credibility to Overcome the Skeptics – Frugal buyers absolutely require vendor assistance in diagnosing issues, developing roadmap/plans, and quantifying the value of proposed solutions. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

As an example, the ROI% of a planned project might be a significant 500%, but the net benefits of $10,000 on a $2,000 investment are so small that the project is not worth comparing to the millions of dollars in benefit that most corporations are seeking. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

ROI 40

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Report: CMOs Eager To Integrate Social Tools by MediaPost Online Media Daily Gavin O’Malley reports that chief marketing officers have embraced social media: “From Facebook to Twitter, a full 90% of chief marketing officers now participate in an average of three or more social media activities.” And much more.

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