The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2010

In a recent article on Sandhill.com, Selling Software to the C-Suite, Stephen J. Bistritz outlines how presenting the value proposition is important in a down economy, and that throughout the buying cycle there are multiple opportunities to communicate value.

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Xactly

JUNE 20, 2018

As the market races to deliver AI products targeted at sales users, it’s just a matter of time – a few years, if not a few months – before AI becomes a trusted part of the sales professional’s daily technology stack, giving useful advice and admonitions throughout the rep’s day. Data is the Key Differentiator. Register for Webinar.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 25, 2017

One way CPQ (configure-price-quote) software improves sales is by helping to identify buyers for products and services. This vehicle was brought to market in 2001. By pure accident, the vehicle struck a chord with many markets, and the first-year sales for this car were phenomenal. CPQ can help. Crossover SUV buyers. •

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. Further Opportunities. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Estimated reading time: 24 minutes. Fred Wilson. lower the price.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

To address this growing market opportunity, Alinean developed the EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor, a TCO calculator at the heart of this new SMB virtualization marketing campaign. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

With the constant pressure on IT managers to “do-more-with-less&# , and the difficulty to understand how the analyst research translates to particular applications, it is important that organizations analyze their own unique opportunity for cloud savings and ROI. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Heres our three key takeaway opportunities: 1) Buyer Facilitation versus Selling, 2) Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control, 3) Most Prominent Inhibitors to Sales Achieving Quota is “Inability to Communicate Value Messages&#. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, if at all.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. These buyers need a reason to engage – and delivering personalized, proprietary and consultative benchmarks, insight and advice is essential.

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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.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Let the Good Times Roll?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives. From these findings, to better align sales / marketing with buyer requirements, perhaps more budget should be allocated to business benefit and financial assessment content, tools and support.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. On average, how much do IT firms spend on marketing?

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

You may think you work in sales or on a RevOps team. However, unlike a typical software engineer, most people patching together complex formulas in Excel don’t actually realize they’re programmers. You need proper commission software. In 2001, a group of programmers decided they had had enough. There’s no way around it.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. Further Opportunities. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Estimated reading time: 24 minutes. Fred Wilson. lower the price.

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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.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 25, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Middle of the Sales Pipeline – Acceleration. Most everyone focuses on the front of the sales pipeline, and there is much written about all of the things that happen early on. But what about once you have potential sales opportunities? Consulting.

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Sales Hacker Training

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: This week on the show, we’ve got Luke Rogers, the Vice President of Sales at Instabase. He now leads the sales function at a really promising and high-growing unicorn called Instabase. Learn how modern sales teams with deals, win deals now. We’re on iTunes.

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Score More Sales

JULY 4, 2011

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Marketers: Should Salespeople ONLY Focus on Closing Sales? “Salespeople should just focus on closing sales, and let the marketers do the rest through automation.” Could any monkey bring business opportunities to closure at your company? Consulting. Best regards.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The Opportunity Data center servers are notoriously under-utilized. 4] In total, each 2 CPU server averages $9,000 per year in total direct ownership costs, a significant opportunity for potential savings. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Let the Good Times Roll?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Jay McGrath , the Area Vice President for UiPath. Jay has spent 30 years in the financial services industry; holding various roles in sales, direct marketing, online marketing and cross-selling strategies. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. What You’ll Learn.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. When somebody upgrades to a new version of their operating system or other software they use all the time it often strikes me how much we don't like to change our behavior — especially around a tool that we count on to get something done. Talking or Writing Too Much in B2B Sales.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

We have prepared the roundup of the best sales blogs just for you! These are the best sales blogs you need to be following to keep your sales blade sharp. Here are the best sales blogs in Slideshare form, or below the presentation are all the individual sales blogs with a little more detail. Sales Hacker.

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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.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Using value marketing tools, users can be presented with tools that help them to analyze their opportunities, and obtain more personalized and intelligent advice. Moreover, the executive assessments continually led to multiple projects / product sales at decidedly higher deal sizes. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

CIOs of the largest firms indicate that opportunities in these areas remain." Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. Let the Good Times Roll?

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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. of IT buyers, consuming an average of 3.2

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

. • A dollar invested today could earn interest over time, so the investment needs to make up for the lost opportunity. As the investment could earn interest elsewhere at the organizations weighted average the cost of capital, this is often called opportunity cost. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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