The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As defined by Forrester, "Sales enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customer's problem-solving life cycle to optimize the ROI of the selling system.”

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

As a result of Frugalnomics and other market drivers: 62% of B2B vendors indicated they needed more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, 72% indicated an increase in buying cycle time over the past 6 month, The buying cycle timeframe has increased over 10% in the past 12 months. April 2009.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

A recent Content Marketing Institute article by Jennifer Watson, The Audience Content Marketers Can’t Afford To Ignore – But Almost Always Do got me thinking. Marketers are struggling like never before to meet the needs of a changing market.

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Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 10, 2012

A very well respected organization in the marketing and sales alignment business now reports that most companies have done all they can to help sales at the top of the funnel. Now what is needed, they say, is to provide support to sales people in the middle and late stages of the buying process. Sales Accepted Leads.

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Highspot

JUNE 4, 2019

Technology Leader in Burgeoning Sales Enablement Category Is More Than Doubling Across Key Business Metrics. SEATTLE, June 4, 2019 – Highspot , the highest customer-rated sales enablement platform , today announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding. Defining Modern Sales Enablement.

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SalesForce Real Estate Enterprise Enterprise 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 15, 2010

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. April 2009).

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Sales Enablement Lead Rank Face-to-face Vendor 40

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2020

In 2019, millions of social media users took to their Facebook and Instagram profiles to post their 10-year challenge photos consisting of side-by-side shots of themselves in 2009 and 2019. Now, it’s time to do the 10-year challenge with your sales strategy. 2020 Sales Strategies. Invest in sales enablement.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

IT solution providers are quickly reacting to the pessimistic forecasts with a sales and marketing strategy rethink – trying to appeal to today’s more stressed and frugal buyer. There is more pressure than ever to improving customer relationships and competitive advantage via social, marketing, sales and service technology.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

AUGUST 19, 2009

Marketing programs in college often don't focus on inter-departmental relationships. On the other side, poor or non-existent relations between a sales and marketing team can mean leaving quality assets untapped. I am interested in the question for the the same reason why also CSO's (Chief Sales Officers) should be concerned.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

For marketers, the news is good overall. According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. In the current environment, marketers are still being asked to do-more-with-less, driving a significant change in strategies, campaigns and go-to-market channels.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

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Harte Hanks ROI Marketing Social Media 45

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.

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Factor 8

JANUARY 9, 2020

In the past ten years, most of the major advancements we’ve seen in sales have come from our customers, from marketing, and from technology. It’s made our inbound calls more critical and put more pressure on our sales reps and our product demos. Marketing tooled up you guys. Marketing tooled up you guys.

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Hiring Call-back Inbound Lead Rank 36

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

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Buying Cycle Marketing Comparison Vendor 45

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

As financial due diligence is a requirement, each marketing investment comes under more scrutiny for ROI measures, and understanding the true bottom-line impact of social media marketing becomes a requirement. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Latest Research.

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Social Media ROI Media B2C 60

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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ROI Social Media Analysis Microsoft 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ▼ February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. Latest Research.

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OpenSymmetry

MAY 23, 2016

While, incentive compensation administration is still a main piece, the broader SPM technology concept is expanding more holistically to include other key aspects which directly impacts how a sales team might perform, including talent development, sales enablement, and territory and quota management. About the Author.

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Territories Vendor Incentives Incentive 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. 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

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO Calculator Virtualization is one of the key cost savings initiatives that IT executives are implementing in order to tighten their belts in these uncertain economic conditions. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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ROI Social Media Microsoft Media 40

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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ROI Buying Cycle Social Media Webinar Metrics 49

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

But today, buyers put less trust in us than they ever have, market competition is fiercer than ever, and these traits no longer separate the best salespeople from merely good ones. These are the skills your sales team needs to survive. Later, I learned that the way I'd handled this objection demonstrated sales potential.

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Hiring Training Hubspot How To 98

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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ROI Social Media Decision Maker Survey 40

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. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi.

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ROI Social Media Media Campaigns 40

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2018

On the other hand, Chad Dyar , Director of Sales Enablement of OnDeck , recommends saving on new technology so you can splurge on upgrading your current tech stack. “ Our team is lucky enough to manage both the sales and marketing stack,” said Dyar. It happened in 2009. I’ve never felt so helpless in my life”.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. Latest Research.

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ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Using an Alinean powered ROI calculator, he explained how customers can combine the cloud with existing applications and infrastructure, achieving IT cost savings, flexibility and an ability to get ideas to market rapidly. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Latest Research.

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ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

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. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

I find this a valuable orientation to check whether the offerings of my practice are in line with market trends. Looking at the list of initiatives ranked in importance in the 2010 report and comparing it to the same list in the 2009 report, there are three trends catching my particular attention.

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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. The tool suite results in over 1,000 leads per month, with estimated 4 to 5% conversion rate of leads to sales. Good argument that B2B marketing needs ROI.

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ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

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ROI B2B Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

AUGUST 14, 2009

As landing pages are usually owned by the marketing department of the respective organization, these leads can therefore be considered to be generated by marketing. This searches will end on someones landing page and can be interpreted as a lead generated by unaddressed attraction.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 9, 2010

The market for enterprise servers is fierce, and with IT savings goals top of mind and the recent purchase of SUN by Oracle, many organizations are proactively developing strategies to modernization / consolidate legacy solutions. November 2009.

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Tools Sales Tools Campaigns Oracle 40

The ROI Guy

MARCH 2, 2009

A recent newsletter from sales and marketing best practices analysts at SiriusDecisions ( www.siriusdecisions.com February 2009; Knowledge Inflection Points) highlights that today’s buyers are more savvy, and gather more information than ever from public sources before they engage sales professionals.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I see basically channel resellers as an extension of our sales,”. explains Joan Morales, Senior Channel Marketing Manager for Nutanix. “. That means having the knowledge, the tools, access to the resources that they need, including marketing programs and training materials, so they can be successful in selling Nutanix.”.

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Sales Enablement Conversion Scale Channels 52

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I see basically channel resellers as an extension of our sales,”. explains Joan Morales, Senior Channel Marketing Manager for Nutanix. “. That means having the knowledge, the tools, access to the resources that they need, including marketing programs and training materials, so they can be successful in selling Nutanix.”.

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Sales Enablement Conversion Scale Channels 52