The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011 Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 With social media spending continuing to increase this year, CMOs are being tasked to justify the investment. As CMOs seek to optimize their spending, doing more with less, it is important to learn which channels reveal the greatest payback. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con.

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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. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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? New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ▼ December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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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. Declining from 2009 is budget allocations and spending for search ads and search engine optimization, as well as display ads.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Cold, hard decisions are being made on where to trim personnel, hardware and software spending. Never has cost-analysis been so critical for technology users to justify spending and for technology providers to prove the business case in order to assure that the proposed solutions are a priority and make the budget cut.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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

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 ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. The survey generated over 270 responses from B2B marketers - and the results are in! There better be. Why not use it?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Since labor costs and equivalent outsourced services dominate most IT budgets -- over 56% of IT spending on average -- selecting platforms with lower implementation and ongoing management costs can significantly improve overall IT efficiency. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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., New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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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? How many journalists also maintain blogs?

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Big contradictions on big data: 71% of marketers say they plan to have Big Data solutions in place in the next two years. But 75% of marketers can’t calculate their ROI of their marketing spending and and 50% of them say that IT is not a strategic partner. B2B Social Media Marketing Stats and Facts.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Big contradictions on big data: 71% of marketers say they plan to have Big Data solutions in place in the next two years. But 75% of marketers can’t calculate their ROI of their marketing spending and and 50% of them say that IT is not a strategic partner. B2B Social Media Marketing Stats and Facts.

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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? As a result, decision makers are requiring quantified business cases for >90% of all projects, first, in order to set priorities of what projects are considered, and second, to get executive signoff/ spending approval. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? New digital marketing channels have made it more efficient than ever to broadcast marketing messages to prospects, but are the current strategies effective at connecting with and educating ever more skeptical and frugal buyers ? They do if they are Interactive!

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In August 2011, we did a round-up of the 23 best inbound marketing blogs on the internet. I spend a lot of time reading these bad boys, and so do my colleagues here at HubSpot. 39 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs to Start Reading Today. Posts You Might Like to Read: How to Calculate Your 2012 Advertising Budget.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In August 2011, we did a round-up of the 23 best inbound marketing blogs on the internet. I spend a lot of time reading these bad boys, and so do my colleagues here at HubSpot. 38 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs to Start Reading Today. Posts You Might Like to Read: How to Calculate Your 2012 Advertising Budget.

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Inbound Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget Creation 28

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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi.

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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., New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

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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. . New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f. ► November (8) Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Con. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Return on Investment (ROI) Defined ROI Defined: A general concept referring to calculate the Earnings from the Investment of Capital, where the earnings are expressed as a proportion of the outlay. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Net Present Value (NPV) Savings Defined NPV Definition: The sum that results when the discounted value of the expected costs of an investment are deducted from the discounted value of the expected returns. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Sure, teenagers spend a lot of time on YouTube, but did you know that three-quarters of business executives watch work-related online videos weekly? companies now use social media for marketing (though the figure varies widely based on size of company)? 14% of all blogs are about technology and internet marketing.

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