The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2010

At Gartner's Business Intelligence Summit 2010, IT Executives indicate that they're struggling to prove the ROI of BI to the business. The research indicates that over 60% of these buyers turn to vendors to prove the value. An article about the Gartner BI Summit can be found at: [link].

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Conversica

AUGUST 14, 2019

The total monthly audience reach for the brand has been growing significantly, from 2,000,000 in 2010 to more than 18,000,000 today. Recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor, Conversica is a portfolio company of Providence Equity, Kennet Partners and Toba Capital and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 13, 2010

Gartner just released their list of 2010 trends, and one of the top 9, the importance of providing carbon remediation / Green IT business case, has a significant impact on IT solution provider marketing / sales strategies for the coming year.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

In their “ CMO Perspectives on B2B Marketing Automation &# this challenge for high quality leads is shown as having increased from 69% in 2009 to 76% in 2010. Email Vendor Selection Methodology - Part 2 now online: [link] #emailmarketing #b2bmarketing 2 hours ago I just grabbed @ AppSumo action video, Google AdWords secrets for Free.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2022

A 2021 Gartner report revealed that 44% of millennials prefer interactions online with no sales representative in B2B purchase settings (and 100% of authors of this post). The 2008 recession accelerated their inability to adapt to changing consumer demand -- and by 2010, they filed for bankruptcy. I know that shift can feel daunting.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 13, 2010

In Gartner's 2010 trends report, Daryl Plummer, managing vice president and chief Gartner fellow indicates that "For many organizations, the economic and budgetary challenges of 2009 drove important changes in the general governance of IT investment decisions, accelerating the trend toward greater accountability and transparency.

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Conversica

AUGUST 15, 2018

This is just the most recent nod the company has received—Conversica is also a Gartner Cool Vendor, was named to the San Francisco Business Times “Fast 100” list of the Bay Area’s 100 fastest-growing private companies, is a Red Herring Global 100 award winner, and was named to CB Insights 2018 “AI 100.”. About Conversica.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 12, 2010

SearchCIO's latest survey on IT budgets and spending priorities confirms reports from Forrester, Gartner and other analysts, that the IT spending recovery in 2010 is upon us. Search CIO indicates that "2010 and perhaps 2011 will be somewhat chaotic years for CIOs."

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The ROI Guy

JULY 5, 2011

The latest IT spending metrics have been released by Gartner, and the news is good for the second half of this year and 2011 overall. Gartner’s forecasts are up significantly from estimates earlier in the year, when 5.6 % growth for 2011 was the prediction, despite the disaster and perceived pause in the global recovery.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 3, 2010

Recent reports from IDC and Gartner confirm earlier predictions that 2010 will see a rise in IT spending. Gartner has a slightly more optimistic outlook, predicting a 4.1% spending increase in 2010 compared to 2009, with the largest increases in the government / public sector. IDC's latest predictions point to a 3.8%

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 3, 2010

This is good news for IT vendors, who were predicting that perhaps the issues in Europe or US unemployment would put a damper on growth in the second half of 2010. for the full year 2010, and 7.8% Both Gartner and IDC lag in their IT spending predictions by 4-5% less than Forrester's estimates - so why such a difference?

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).

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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. Although enterprise technology budgets were trending upward, the progression was slight, in 2010 compared with 2009. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

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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? During the B2C Internet revolution many a vendor’s world was turned upside down by failing to recognize and invest in the fundamental shift towards empowering consumers with content and buying tools. this year, an increase from 3.1%

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The ROI Guy

MAY 3, 2010

Mr. Colony discussed the positive IT spending growth of 2010, and more importantly, that we are at the start of a 4 th innovation wave- a potential 7 to 10 year cycle of technology innovation. With regard to IT spending growth for 2010, Forrester has been the most aggressive in their projections, with a view that IT spend would grow 8.4%

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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. Content may indeed be king. We call this the “Internet fueled buying cycle.&#

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So how is the sales enablement role evolving within b2b vendors? Source: Marketers Shifting Focus To Sales Enablement To Accelerate Slow Pipelines - Andrew Gaffney , 20 July 2010 [link]. Providing the fuel to sales professionals can overcome the issues, mitigate pipeline obstructions, and reduce sales cycles.

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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

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.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control With a wealth of information from vendors, analysts and peers, buyers are doing more research on-line. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

As TCO studies have taught us however from the time Bill Kirwin first developed these models for Gartner, it is important to look not only at purchase cost of the solution, but the ongoing costs over the entire ownership lifecycle. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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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). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

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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. She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

In fact, according to Gartner’s white paper on Data Center Power and Cooling Scenario Options for the World Ahead, April 2007 during a 24 hour period less than 10% of the typical x86 /x64 server computing capacity is used. by 2010 [2]. by 2010 [2]. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Latest Research.

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chiefmartech

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Over a couple of years, the idea was refined, and my first presentation at a conference on it was Rise of the Marketing Technologist in April 2010. invited me to write a feature article for their July-August 2014 issue, The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist , which I co-authored with Laura McLellan of Gartner.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Vendor ROI: Can it be trusted?

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010 ShoreTel And Alinean Launch Online TCO Tool for Unified Communications Business Case Easy-to-use online calculator analyzes the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of competing unified communications systems to determine true costs and business value SUNNYVALE, Calif., Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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chiefmartech

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Borrowing from Gartner’s concept of bi-modal IT — stable foundational systems and fast-moving, agile capabilities on top of them — Cleve strongly recommended decoupling content production and experimentation (fast moving) from the underlying CXM platform (slow moving), and using APIs, standards, and guidelines to enforce the separation.

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B2B Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And so, uh, did that for 10 years, uh, had the opportunity to sell that agency, which was a B2B focused agency and, uh, 2010, and went to work for the company that bought our agency and really discovered while I was there, Jim, that I just loved B2B. And then we, we do what we call it, vendor nurture with knowledge, right?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? 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. They do if they are Interactive! So, how do you make whitepapers more effective, more relevant, more ONE-TO-ONE?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? Gartner Executive Programs midyear survey indicates that IT budgets are growing at a paltry 1.1% in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally. cut in operating budgets.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? This permanent shift towards frugal buyers has forced B2B vendors to fundamentally change the way they reach prospects and convert them to customers. Here are the top six benefits: 1.

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SWZD

JULY 1, 2019

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Somerville, MA, Evergage provides cloud-based software that allows organizations to collect, analyze and respond to customer and prospect data across channels (website, web and mobile apps, email and more) in real time. How are Machine Learning and Personalization transforming Marketing? About Evergage.

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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., Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998). Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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