The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

SMB 40

SMB ROI Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Budget Programs Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

When we look at marketing budgets however, we find that spending is not aligned with this financial decision making criteria in most cases. Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Spending 40

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2021

That means both B2B and B2C marketers are challenged to answer the same question: how can I know which marketing tactics are actually driving sales, so I can allocate my marketing budget more effectively? The Market. B2B was our original use case, because it’s a more complex sales cycle.

Allocation 231

Allocation Marketing Budget Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution 231

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

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Several of these new Alinean -powered tools will also be used later in the sales cycle, once a customer has a specific solution in mind, in order to justify the solution to executives and assure value versus competitive offerings, positive ROI and quick payback. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Is Marketing Too Busy?

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

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.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

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. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Now, in B2B, we have seen a similar dramatic shift towards prospects taking charge of the buying cycle, using on-line content marketing, resources and tools to drive research, comparisons and purchase decisions. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

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.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Most revenue benefits like improving lead conversion rates or reducing sale cycle length 2. 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.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

To help address the lack of innovation spending, server virtualization is being considered and implemented in data centers as one means to drive “keeping the lights on&# costs lower, so as to provide more budget to innovation. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Automation Services 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

Full Circle Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Gartner estimates that a complex B2B purchase decision involves from six to 10 people. As Gartner also notes, individual buying group members usually have four or five pieces of information they’ve obtained independently. Marketing Attribution and Funnel Metrics Are Still the Key. Velocity & Shortening Your Sales Cycle.

Marketing Attribution 98

Marketing Attribution Sales Management Top of Funnel Lead Ranking 98

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Paper Work Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Transferring knowledge to sales representatives, and then helping these reps more effectively share this knowledge with customers and prospects is the mission of sales enablement, and it has become a vital best practice to overcome Information Overload, fight Frugalnomics and take control of Internet driven Buying Cycles.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget ROI 40

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% cut in operating budgets. in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. CIOs of the largest firms indicate that opportunities in these areas remain."

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Budget ROI Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

. • Where is sales enablement heading, and how do you get started? 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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

Forrester 40

Forrester Marketing Budget ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

With today’s frugal buyer, sales professionals using TCO comparison tools have driven competitive win rates higher by 50% or more. 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.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP. Is Marketing Too Busy?

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40