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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

For historical perspective, in 2005 technology marketing spending was up 6.4%, in 2004 spending was up 5.8%, while in 2003, tech marketing spending was down 1.7%. Our partner IDC's CMO Advisory Practice projects that the global marketing budgets of IT vendors will increase by 7% on average in 2006. [1] On average, IT firms invest 3.6

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Value of Assessment ROI & TCO Tools for Demand-Gen and Sales Enablement Campaigns

The ROI Guy

In 2009, Alinean and IDC updated annual research conducted since 2003 on the ROI from implementing business value tools. For demand-gen marketing campaigns, compelling value oriented interactive tools is an absolute requirement for today’s frugal and skeptical IT buyers.

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Best 150+ Sales Tools: The Complete List for 2023 (Updated)

Sales Hacker Training

Some of their most useful features are campaigns for demand generation and sales acceleration. FrontSpin simplifies your sales cycle, enabling you to 1) connect with 3x more leads via Power Dialer; 2) hike engagement via personalized Sales Email; and 3) quicken lead generation via account-based Playbooks. screen sharing).