The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ▼ December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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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&#. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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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

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. Declining from 2009 is budget allocations and spending for search ads and search engine optimization, as well as display ads.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. From our research and best practices work with leading B2B sales and marketing groups, Alinean provides its top 5 predictions for 2011: 1. this year, an increase from 3.1%

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

. “Leading B2B solution providers recognize that old sales and marketing techniques must evolve to meet these new economic buyer demands, and as a result, they are recognizing the need to connect and sell to economic buyers with Alinean -developed assessment, ROI and TCO demand-generation and sales enablement tools.&#

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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. Partners and enterprise sales professionals have adopted the tool significantly more than prior in-house developed programs, driving significant multi-million dollar customer deals.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

According to Harte-Hanks, “The key for marketers and sales people, of course, is to stake out a strong position early in the process, maximize influence through effective targeting and message delivery, and make an impact on the decision-makers before it is too late.&# IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Hard and Soft ROI - The differences and quantification Hard and soft ROI usually refers more specifically to various benefits which can be included and used in an ROI analysis. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 TCA Champ - Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server? The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

in 2006, but still much lower on the trust scale than almost all other sources. According to SiriusDecisions, focusing on marketing costs per sales person indicates that on average companies invest a significant $43,011 / salesperson, an estimated 3%-7% of the opportunity value of the sales pipeline.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 09, 2010 Forrester announces Sales Enablement Conference focused on Selling into the New Economy We were excited to hear that Forresters first Sales Enablement Conference will be focused on Selling into the New Economy. • Where is sales enablement heading, and how do you get started?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The good news is that the second half of 2010, projections are in line with Gartner’s survey in the fourth quarter of 2009 when CIOs reported IT budgets would increase, on average, by only 1.3%, and spending outlooks are more positive than earlier surveys. for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Is Return on Customer (ROC) a good business value metric? The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

ROI 45

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

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