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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010 CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugalnomics Focus According to a survey from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), there has not been much to cheer about this holiday season as a public sector CIO. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Diametrically Opposed Forces: Selling.

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Heres our three key takeaway opportunities: 1) Buyer Facilitation versus Selling, 2) Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control, 3) Most Prominent Inhibitors to Sales Achieving Quota is “Inability to Communicate Value Messages&#. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink.

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Although some channels are more effective than others, the survey results and advice from Harte-Hanks reveals that connecting through all of these channels are required, although allocations should be adjusted to reflect the effectiveness early in the sales cycle. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

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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. I agree, that both are needed, and this is what makes marketing in this new decade such a challenge.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Let the Good Times Roll? IT Spending on.

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Failure to provide this information means that buyers are left to understand on their own how your solutions might deliver on these goals, or leave it to the buyer to quantify what value the solutions provide. Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO.

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d=593411470991915416 For more information from VMware (registration is not required unless you want a Word / PPT report - takes less than 10 minutes to fill in questions and see results): [link] [link] Posted by Tom Pisello at 5:52 AM Email This BlogThis! Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

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As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. Let us examine each of these IDC trends in detail and what they mean to 2011 strategies and budgets. Can sales be made relevant and valuable again in these key stages of the buying cycle?