Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2023

But regardless of your background or experience, there are steps you can take to communicate the value of your social strategy to your CFO and other financial peers to help protect critical marketing dollars, even in a down economy. Bringing powerful insights like this to the CFO can help identify risks.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

B2B marketers are getting a lot from the huge amount of new marketing technology, but it comes with more than a few challenges: Systems integration, budget woes, demonstrating ROI to name a few. They have partnered with SWK Technologies and other integrators to help you get going seamlessly. And so many choices out there.

Marketing Automation Services 91

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Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

And in the B2B space, treating business prospects as buying groups can help brands work toward that goal. Many marketers still view B2B marketing as one-to-one interactions, but Methananda pointed to Forrester’s Buying Groups Manifesto, which claims that B2B is also a buying group. B2B as a buying group. Source: Nirosha Methananda.

Account Based Marketing 110

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 5, 2018

Be First to Add Value First, since a large part of the software buying efforts are not planned, it is vital to proactively engage with buyers to help them diagnose issues, prioritize challenges and budgets, and collaboratively set the buying requirements. This means helping the buyer clarify the priority of known challenges.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I had the pleasure to present at a VIP Breakfast yesterday within the Forrester B2B Marketing and Sales event, on-stage with Mary Shea, Principal Analyst for Forrester, This included announcing live our merger with Mediafly, a leading sales enablement company. Clearly, expectations are being missed. So exactly what is Evolved selling?

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 20, 2013

On average, 76% of deals are now won or lost early in the decision making process – going to the solution provider who helps your Prospect uncover and prioritize the issue and set the buying agenda, while only 24% are won / lost during the later competitive bake-off phase. Quantify the Pain Why Now? Justify the Gain Why You?

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 20, 2010

In the latest research from Gartner and Forrester, both IT research firms revised their annual spending projections over the next few years, predicting lower budgets and slower growth. Forrester Research: More Optimistic, But Less So Forrester Research has updated its U.S. They need help in how to do-more-with less.

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Madison Logic

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Most organizations want to drive immediate growth, and brand efforts take longer and are harder to measure and demonstrate ROI. Building a strong relationship with customers helps you retain them and guarantee long-term revenue. More focus on brand-building efforts establishes more familiarity and awareness of the solution.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 3, 2010

In Forresters latest earnings call CEO George Colony summarized the latest IT spending trends and projections. 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% Is it time to let the good times roll? in US, and 7.7% in US, and 7.7%

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

According to the latest Enterprise IT Services Survey by Forrester Research, buyers of IT services are taking a variety of measures to get more value for the money spent on IT services. Services organizations have traditionally underinvested in the research and tools to make it easy to include an ROI analysis as part of the services proposal.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

E conomically Focused – buyers are more frugal, with over 95% of technology purchase decisions now requiring a solid business case with significant ROI and fast payback according to IDC. So how well does your current content marketing help answer these 3 key decision making questions, in a compelling and quantified way? #2

Gartner 40

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

Enterprise Management 40

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

E conomically Focused – buyers are more frugal, with over 95% of technology purchase decisions now requiring a solid business case with significant ROI and fast payback according to IDC. So how well does your current content marketing help answer these 3 key decision making questions, in a compelling and quantified way? #2

Gartner 40

Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

Martech

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Traditional media ads can’t measure the true ROI of media campaigns in real-time. Traditional media buying is a labor and time intensive process requiring everything from requests-for-proposals to negotiations to manual insertions of the orders. Access to a large pool of publishers means advertisers can get a better ROI.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

Economically Focused – today’s IT buyer is more frugal, with over 95% of technology purchase decisions now requiring a formal business case, with quantifiable ROI and fast payback (IDC). So how well does your current content marketing help answer these 3 key decision making questions, in a compelling and quantified way? #2

Gartner 40

Gartner Spending Effectiveness Marketing Proposals 40

Seismic

DECEMBER 20, 2022

From more confident and efficient sellers to better prospect and customer interactions, all of these elements add up to powerful enablement ROI. This will help you answer questions that may come up and explain how your proposal will help the organization address key challenges.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 1, 2014

2) A Failure to Advance: As a result of not being able to provide valuable insight or differentiate the value of their solutions to buyers, up to 80% of marketing leads don''t advance , and only 7% of sales reps get a 2nd meeting , this according to research by Forrester.

Product 40

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ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. Source: Forrester, Metrics that Matter for B2B Marketers, October 26, 2011. She also contributed to chapter 10 of Content Rules by Ann Handley and C.C.

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Buyer Personas Forrester Lead Ranking Peer-to-peer 120

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

E conomically Focused – today’s IT buyer is more frugal, with over 95% of technology purchase decisions now requiring a formal business case, with quantifiable ROI and fast payback (IDC). So how well does your current content marketing help answer these 3 key decision making questions, in a compelling and quantified way? #2

Gartner 40

Gartner Spending Effectiveness Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

Frugal – with over 95% of IT decisions now requiring a solid business case with significant ROI and fast payback according to IDC. In order to connect and engage with “Do Nothing” buyers, helping them through the decision making journey, you need to help them realize: • Why Consider a Change?

Gartner 40

Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

Frugal – with over 95% of IT decisions now requiring a solid business case with significant ROI and fast payback according to IDC. In order to connect and engage with “Do Nothing” buyers, helping them through the decision making journey, you need to help them realize: Why Consider a Change?

Gartner 40

Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. The End of Sales as we Know It?

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 3, 2010

In a recent blog post, Scott Santucci, a Forrester analyst who serves Technology Sales Enablement Professionals, highlights how B2B solution providers are investing heaviliy in tools to connect more personaly with buyers, but with a decided lack of process and coordination, these investments are not reaping the promised rewards.

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Conversion ROI Forrester Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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Integrated B2B

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

While applauding these achievements, however, we also can’t help wondering how much stronger results companies similar to these could achieve if they adopted 10X sales and marketing practices! Lack of focus on sales enablement despite proven ROI benefits. · Interested in learning about how we can help with ABM?

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

With so many logistics to handle and compliance regulations to consider when managing pharma events, working with expert pharma event management companies can help reduce stress and ensure you achieve your business goals more easily. The data and insights help you improve future events. Your pharma event is sure to be a success!

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The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

As a result, Financial Justification / ROI is now the most important content buyers rely on to make purchase decisions (greatly exceeding the importance of case studies, product demos and thought leadership content), and over 90% of IT purchase decisions now require a formal business case for approval (IDC - 2013).

Gartner 40

Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 8, 2013

As a result, Financial Justification / ROI is now the most important content buyers rely on to make purchase decisions (greatly exceeding the importance of case studies, product demos and thought leadership content), and that over 90% of IT purchase decisions now require a formal business case for approval (IDC - 2013).

Gartner 40

Gartner Spending Marketing Proposals Terms and Conditions 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Forrester indicates that for each typical sales rep, $130,000 is spent annually on sales enablement, training and support, trying to make each rep smarter, faster and more powerful. In our interview, Jim used a helpful golf metaphor to describe why you need to take a more comprehensive approach. And what about all that great content?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 13, 2010

Forrester however thinks these estimates are low and is indicating that 6.6% In sentiment, Forrester indicates that formal IT budgets do not point the way to the upward revision in growth estimates. All major analyst firms are predicting better times ahead for technology vendors in 2010, with many estimating a modest 3% growth.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Spending Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

As a result, according to research a few years back from Forrester, the 4-Ps of marketing are outdated and in need of a major rethink. The 4-Ps of Outcome / Value Marketing / Selling proposed by Forrester include: Problem - What are the customer’s business objectives and challenges –you are helping them to solve.

Relevance 40

Relevance Forrester Elasticity Peer-to-peer 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Some examples of direct (hard) benefits are: 1.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

Kapost

APRIL 19, 2017

As a data-driven marketer, I ask myself how I am going to maximize my ROI. Get energized about the sessions you attend by taking furious notes and jotting down major takeaways, blog ideas, strategy proposals, and taking photos of the presentation. This really helps me solidify what I learned into some actionable items.

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Marketo Account Based Marketing B2B Thought Leadership ABM 48

The ROI Guy

MARCH 30, 2011

Marketing guru Geoffrey Moore , who’s Crossing the Chasm remains the guidebook for many technology marketers, indicates that buyers are forced to do-more-with-less, leaving less than 15% in discretionary funds to fund new projects, and with less money to go around, subjecting proposals to higher levels of review in buying organizations. •

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