The ROI Guy

MAY 10, 2011

These new customers add to Alinean's ever-growing list of over 100 leading B2B vendors. Combined with being named as the standardization choice at several of these major B2B accounts, these latest new 2011 account additions widen Alinean's lead and affirm its position as the industry-standard value-based sales and marketing solution provider.

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Demand Generation Agencies B2B Customer Lead Rank 45

The ROI Guy

MAY 20, 2011

Achieving tangible value from social media remains challenging for the majority of CMOs according to a significant study from MarketingSherpa , however incremental investments “keep on trucking”, with over 1/3rd indicating spending increases of 20% or more through 2011, and 25% indicating spending increases well north of that.

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Social Media ROI Media Lead Rank 73

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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Social Media ROI Media B2B 45

The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2011

Improving sales’ ability to show benefits / value to prospects is the number one tactic to drive B2B sales performance in 2011, according to a recent survey by CSO Insights. The CSO Insights Sales Management survey for 2011 examined responses from sales executives at 850 firms.

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Buyer Proposal Survey ROI 60

The ROI Guy

MAY 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. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.

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ROI B2B Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Demand for Interactive White Papers, Diagnostic Assessments, ROI Calculators and TCO Comparison Tools Drives Growth. For 2011 Q3, we are delighted to announce the addition of six important new customers , two major partnership s, and several significant awards during the third quarter of 2011.

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Eloqua Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketo 51

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 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. Thursday, December 09, 2010 Seeing ROI in the Cloud?

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ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

Pointclear

AUGUST 8, 2011

Jim Lenskold is President of Lenskold Group and author of Marketing ROI, The Path to Campaign, Customer and Corporate Profitability (McGraw Hill, 2003). Jim has published articles and presented internationally on the topics of marketing ROI, marketing strategies and business growth strategies.

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Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 200

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.

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ROI Buying Cycle Social Media Webinar Metrics 49

The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. B2B Lead Generation Blog. For Email Newsletters you can trust. RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012.

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Pipeline Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 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.

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ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

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. Good argument that B2B marketing needs ROI.

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ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 3, 2011

Alinean today announced the addition of three new customers and four new strategic partners during the second quarter of 2011. There is a significant amount of attention and investment being paid to the role content has in the B2B buying process.

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Demand Generation Agencies Marketo Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 51

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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ROI Social Media Media Campaigns 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.

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ROI Buyer Buying Cycle Social Media 45

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. ME: And if we were to look at your plan going into 2011, what were the numbers you based your plan on? B2B Lead Generation Blog. February 2012.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 267

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?

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ROI Social Media Decision Maker Survey 40

The ROI Guy

MARCH 23, 2011

With the economic recovery in 2010, top advertising firms and interactive agencies were finally able to report the return of healthy growth, according to BtoB Magazine's 2011 Top Agency Report. At Alinean, we were very pleased to be recognized by BtoB Magazine as one of the Top Agencies for 2011.

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Sage Microsoft Advertising Advertising 58

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Microsoft Media 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 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.

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Harte Hanks ROI Marketing Social Media 45

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Frugalnomics makes it harder to connect, engage and sell without the right content and tools Alinean, the leading creator of interactive content marketing and diagnostic sales tools for business to business (B2B) solutions, today announced its annual sales and marketing predictions for 2012 with serious implications.

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Buyer B2B Marketing Strategy 51

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

There is a great opportunity to acknowledge her commitment by nominating her right now for recognition as one of the 20 women to watch in sales lead management in 2011. Nominating is open now and runs to March 16. Nominees will be judged on contributions to a combination of marketing, sales and sales lead management efforts.

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PointClear B2C Lead Management ROI 157

Pointclear

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. She is a founding member of the Savvy B2B Marketing blog , and contributes regularly to the Content Marketing Institute blog. Drive Alignment.

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Influencer Buyer Persona Lead Rank Case Study 162

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.

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Microsoft ROI Licensing Social Media 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.

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ROI Social Media Benefit Oracle 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.

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ROI Social Media Analysis Microsoft 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Comparison Networking 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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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Oracle Microsoft ROI Outsourcing Services 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 19, 2012

Now, these same techniques are being leveraged by B2B firms to great effect, combining emotional and logical content to achieve more favorable decisions and accelerated sales cycles. Coke, Kellog’s, General Motors and others have been leveraging and refining these techniques to get you to make consumer purchase decisions that go their way.

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Buyer Proposal Ideal Customer Profile Competition 87

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 9, 2012

This latest survey of over 600 senior executives worldwide, published by Doremus and the Financial Times in December 2011 , confirms that Frugalnomics, a business focus on reducing costs and the bottom-line, is increasing for the New Year. Source: Decision Dynamics Report (Doremus and the Financial Times) –December 2011.

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Buyer Proposal B2B Discount 69

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2012

IDC surveyed just over 200 organizations in the annual 2012 Buyer Experience Study, indicating that Financial Justification /ROI is by far the most important content for C-Level / Financial Executives and LOB stakeholders. Sources: · IDC Sales and Marketing Advisory’s 2012 Buyer Experience Study · SiriusDecision SiriusIndex 2011-2012.

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Marketing Decision Maker ROI Proposal 65

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

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.

ROI 40

ROI Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Social Media 40

Artesian Solutions

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The Challenger Sale: How to Take Control of the Customer Conversation book authored by Matthew Dixon in 2011 became an overnight sensation and has been hailed as the ‘must read’ publication for the modern B2B salesperson. The Lone Wolf – The independent B2B salesperson. The Relationship Builder – The classic B2B salesperson.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank B2B Lead Scoring 40

Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2019

The Challenger Sale methodology originated in 2011, when a book authored by CEB’s Matthew Dixon categorized sales professionals into five classes: Relationship builders. The book claimed that challenger-type sellers are the most successful group, especially in the B2B enterprise market. Hard workers. Lone wolves. Challengers.

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Sales Methodology Inbound Lead Rank Consultative Selling 77

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

With two recessions over the past 10 years, research reveals that B2B buyers have become focused on quantifiable bottom-line proof points. The reign of the economic-buyer is called Frugalnomics, where buyers require significant ROI, fast payback and superior value from each purchase.

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Research Buying Cycle Webinar Metrics Sales Enablement 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

According to the Wall Street Journal report on the study, Finance Chiefs Expand Role, several CFOs confirm the trend, and highlight how proving the ROI on proposals is more important than ever, for example: Terry Lillis, chief financial officer at Principal Financial Group Inc. AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=44097752&rKey=ca6aa9fbfc4ad092.

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Buying Cycle ROI Journal Case Study 45

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Extending this trend over the next five years means that sales may be completely bypassed in some B2B markets, and certainly will be shaped differently by this trend in all markets.

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Buying Cycle Marketing Comparison Vendor 45