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Software Buying Has Changed: Are You Ready?

The ROI Guy

So as a sales and marketing professional, what impact should these findings have on your strategy and efforts? Here providing peer comparisons and benchmarks can illuminate which issues are the highest priority. According to Forrester a full 74% of the deals go to the first sales rep that adds value.

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Are the 4Ps Still Relevant or In Need of a Major Reset?

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If you’ve taken a marketing course over the past few decades you were likely schooled on the 4-Ps: Product, Place, Promotion and Price. Developed in the early 60s by the marketer E. Price - The amount a customer pays for the product/ service with pricing set based on the perceived value, competitive comparisons and price elasticity.

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Will Gartner's Latest IT Forecast Put a Chill in your Growth Plans?

The ROI Guy

We think there is a more systemic issue in the predictions: a major "sea change" in technology spending and purchase decision-making – one that could put a significant chill in your organizations‘ sales and marketing strategy. Gartner has revised worldwide IT spending down for 2015, predicting a 1.3% YoY decline from 2014.

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Gartner Raises IT Spending Forecasts – Time to Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

Moreover, a major "sea change" has occurred in technology spending and purchase decision-making - with significant implications for your organizations sales and marketing strategy. More importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge.

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Frugalnomics in Effect - Gartner predicts low IT spending growth for 2016

The ROI Guy

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? 2) Central IT is Irrelevant?

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Frugalnomics – Why the IT spending growth forecasts from Gartner are wrong again!

The ROI Guy

Most importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge. According to Gartner, the annual release of their New Year’s spending forecast predicts global IT spending growth of 3.1% for the year.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.