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.

ROI 49

ROI Buying Cycle Social Media Webinar Metrics 49

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Presenting to a group of IT managers in the UK, Dr Richard Berglin of Dot Net Solutions, outlined the ROI of cloud solutions, the specific areas in which savings can be made, and the flexibility benefits of a cloud solution infrastructure. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Analysis Microsoft 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 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. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

Social Media 60

Social Media ROI Media B2C 60

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. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

Social Media 45

Social Media ROI Media B2B 45

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. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Microsoft Media 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 9, 2010

For each customer, HP uses the Alinean TCO analysis tools to validate and present these projections to frugal buyers. In fact, both of these organizations also use Alinean tools to help validate savings and present business cases for modernization / consolidation. November 2009. So why is HP stating superior migration results?

Tools 40

Tools Sales Tools Campaigns Oracle 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 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. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ► 2010 (118) ► December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media Campaigns 40

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2018

And with that, you are now making an emergency trip to the jewelry store at the mall at the last minute, like you now wish you had done in the first place, lest you give your niece a present that makes her look like a rip-off version of a Kardashian. Our team is lucky enough to manage both the sales and marketing stack,” said Dyar.

Discount 66

Discount Software Software Vendor 66

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Decision Maker Survey 40

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. IT Spending on the Rise, Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer ▼ 2010 (118) ▼ December (5) Social Media Hierarchy of Needs - Best Practices f.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

According to the 962 respondents, SMB IT spending on hardware, software and services has increased from an average of $108K per organization in 2009, to a planned $143K in the second half of 2011. This presents unique challenges for IT solution providers seeking to capture more SMB opportunities in the New Year.

Case Study 69

Case Study Marketing Proposal Hiring 69

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. Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marke.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft ROI Licensing Social Media 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. and Sales Rep 1.0.

Customer 40

Customer ROI Decision Maker Case Study 40

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. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

ROI 40

ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

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.&#

ROI 40

ROI B2B Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 40

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.

ROI 45

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

For example, this could include methodologies, presentations, white papers and assessment tools to help sales professionals identify and illuminate buyer issues, benchmark buyers versus competitors and best practice leaders, and create / drive solution roadmaps to help resolve the most pressing customer issues.

Buying Cycle 45

Buying Cycle Marketing Comparison Vendor 45

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.&# Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marke.

Harte Hanks 45

Harte Hanks ROI Marketing Social Media 45

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

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 40

ROI Social Media Benefit Oracle 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

1.38M in net present value (NPV) savings over 3 years (with a 10% discount rate) 4. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marke.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Comparison Networking 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

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.

Oracle 40

Oracle Microsoft ROI Outsourcing Services 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 21, 2010

In 2009, Alinean and IDC updated annual research conducted since 2003 on the ROI from implementing business value tools. Reduce discounting and increase deal size for direct sales by 20% or more by migrating sales from features, function and price selling to business value selling. d=222693735895213178.

ROI 40

ROI Campaigns Lead Rank Lead Scoring 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

In his book, and related articles and presentations, Mr. Carr’s main assertion is that the majority of IT investments have become a commodity – a utility that offers little competitive distinction and therefore no competitive advantage. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

ROI 40

ROI Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Social Media 40

Zendesk Sell

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Use nonmonetary strategies to motivate your sales teams. According to a 2009 survey conducted by McKinsey & Company , nonfinancial incentives were rated as more powerful motivators than financial incentives. Sales meetings are often seen as time-wasters, but they don’t have to be. Use this to your advantage.

Motivation 71

Motivation How To Survey Incentives 71

The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Once information is entered online, the TCO Tool provides very detailed reports for alternative vendors, including TCO, post-tax cash flow, pay-back period, return on investment, internal rate of return and net present value. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Lead Rank Social Media Lead Scoring 40

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

He became threatened and told me that I had to follow his ridiculously complex and impractical method that required presenting 60+ confusing slides. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. Sales leader within HVAC industry.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

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?

ROI 40

ROI Sales Enablement Lead Rank Social Media 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Demand Generation Agencies Survey 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Buying Cycle Sales Enablement 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Thursday, August 05, 2010 Risk-Adjusted ROI Defined A variation on the traditional ROI formula, Risk Adjusted ROI is calculated as the ratio of the net gain from a proposed project, divided by its total costs - represented in net present value terms to account for project risk. Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marke.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

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.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Ideal Customer Profile B2B 40

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

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. The Gist: Tackling topics that shape the next generation of sales.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank Retail 98

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Based on responses to profile questions on industry, location, size, stage in buying cycle, role / job function, goals and opportunities, the white paper is personalized to analyze the buyer needs and present relevant and personalized results. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

ROI 49

ROI Social Media Vendor Buyer 49

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. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

ROI 40

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Customer equity is the net present value of all the cash flows a company expects its customers to generate over their lifetimes. The formula takes into account the short term sales from customers, as well as factoring in changes to lifetime expectations. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

ROI 40

ROI Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Customer 40