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

JANUARY 20, 2011

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

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ROI Social Media Media Campaigns 40

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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ROI Buyer Buying Cycle Social Media 45

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

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. Latest Research.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft ROI Licensing Social Media 40

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

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. Tip #5: Prove Customer / Competitive Value: Each SMB has unique and growing customer and competitive challenges.

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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.&#

ROI 40

ROI B2B Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Buyers clearly want a solution that represents a high value, and will help drive bottom-line impact to the business – helping to drive revenue, reduce costs, streamline business processes or improve productivity. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Latest Research.

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Harte Hanks ROI Marketing Social Media 45

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

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

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

This post is based on a podcast on how Nutanix scales its revenue with channel partners. They rely on channel partners to scale their sales fast and effectively. “. I see basically channel resellers as an extension of our sales,”. The business has been expanding rapidly since its inception in 2009. he explained.

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Sales Enablement Conversion Scale Channels 52

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

This post is based on a podcast on how Nutanix scales its revenue with channel partners. They rely on channel partners to scale their sales fast and effectively. “. I see basically channel resellers as an extension of our sales,”. The business has been expanding rapidly since its inception in 2009. he explained.

Sales Enablement 52

Sales Enablement Conversion Scale Channels 52

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Most revenue benefits like improving lead conversion rates or reducing sale cycle length 2. Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Benefit Oracle 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

As well, the costs for hardware platforms, software licensing, management utilities and business resilience should be tallied, since these typically consume 40% or more of any database project’s cost. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

Oracle 40

Oracle Microsoft ROI Outsourcing Services 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Comparison Networking 40

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I’ve sold to the largest companies in the world on behalf of the largest companies in the world and now help entrepreneurs and small business owners create a B2B Sales Strategy to increase the revenue and value of their business. 8X published author, sales champion, passionate mentor.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Social Media 40

Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2019

It’s Sam Jacobs, founder of The Revenue Collective. Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Showpad is the leading sales enablement platform for the modern seller. Using the most comprehensive data on successful sales interactions, Showpad fuels AI to discover, replicate, and automate what works for top performers.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Lead Rank Social Media Lead Scoring 40

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

G2 Crowd Sales Blog. The Gist: G2 Crowd is a massive name in the software space. What some may not know is that they also have the best sales blogs to help those tech founders grow their business. Predictable Revenue. Why transforming your mindset before coordinating a sale makes all the difference for your numbers.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank Retail 98

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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Ideal Customer Profile B2B 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 49

ROI Social Media Vendor Buyer 49

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

With this mindset would companies have rigid return policies – such as the miserable penalties that existed at Blockbuster and forced me out as a customer, or the damage that short term aggressive telemarketing campaign might have on future loyalty versus short term temporary revenue gains. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Customer 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 45

ROI Social Media Discount Analysis 45

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Analysis Comparison 40