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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]

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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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