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Enabling RevOps in A Hybrid Working and Selling Environment

Vendor Neutral

He's well known from his videos, blog, and newsletter as “the ROI Guy.” Prior to Alinean, Tom founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training. Founder of the Evolved Selling Institute and currently Chief Evangelist for Mediafly.

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Selling to Sales – Like Cooking for Chefs

DiscoverOrg Sales

At the end of 2015, we realized to grow the way we had forecasted to our Board of Directors, we needed better data on our prospects and customers. Many times, although tools are designed to help the sales department, the budget for this type of software lives in marketing. Here are the top five: 1. Aligning Sales & Marketing.

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8 Concerns Sales People Have About AI & How Leadership Can Address Them [New Data + Tips]

Hubspot Sales

Expensive Pricing Of salespeople, 22% think that AI is expensive , while 28% of sales leaders reported AI tools had returned a negative ROI, according to a HubSpot study. So depending on the company size, hardware, software, or labor costs, be ready to spend from a few thousand bucks to several million dollars.

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The Criticality of SPM Technology

OpenSymmetry

According to Gartner research’s 2016 Sales Performance Management Magic Quadrant , the entire industry grew 10% in 2015, reaching a valuation of $715 million just in software sales with an estimated growth to $1.54bn by 2019. This year’s edition features organizations that provide software and services across the whole spectrum of SPM.

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Three Challenges that will Impact Your 2016 IT Sales and Marketing Plans

The ROI Guy

A predicted anemic increase in IT spending at the beginning of 2015 has now been replaced with a 5.5% In 2015, the trend for business unit control has accelerated, with business leaders and their reports for the first time in history in control of the majority of IT decision-making. Decline in IT Spending for 2015 - [link].

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Gartner: Business Will Control 90% of Tech Spending - Are you Ready?

The ROI Guy

Cloud Computing – where the business procure their own infrastructure, platforms and software as a service. Deliver financial justification including ROI and payback analysis for CFOs and financial approval. BYOD - users purchasing their own work tablets, laptops and other devices.

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IT Spending on the Rise, But Frugalnomics Still Reigns

The ROI Guy

Leading the recovery is a resurgence in infrastructure investments, with Computing Hardware expected to grow 11.7%, followed by Enterprise Software (9.5%), Telecommunications (6.9%) and IT Services (6.6%) and IT Services (6.6%). Enterprise Software 244 8.4 Enterprise Software 244 8.4 growth) and now again in 2011.