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. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

ROI 45

ROI Buyer Buying Cycle Social Media 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. Assessing the savings quarter by quarter, in minutes a VMware sales professional or channel partner can develop a report card on the value VMware has delivered.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

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

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

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. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

ROI 40

ROI B2B Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft ROI Licensing Social Media 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Survey participants indicated that although prevalent, promotional e-mails, direct mail, sales representatives and general advertising were less effective at raising awareness of new solutions. The research implies growing skepticism over sales pitches and marketing fatigue make these once effective channels less so at raising awareness.

Harte Hanks 45

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. The tool suite results in over 1,000 leads per month, with estimated 4 to 5% conversion rate of leads to sales. But up-front purchase price isn’t everything.

ROI 45

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle.

ROI 40

ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Most revenue benefits like improving lead conversion rates or reducing sale cycle length 2. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Benefit Oracle 40

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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Comparison Networking 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This represents substantial growth when compared to 2009 cut-backs; however, even with the 2010/2011 snap-back in spending, most marketing budgets will remain below pre-recession levels. For marketers, the news is good overall. navigation, placement of content, imagery, etc.) co-registration, email list purchases, etc.)

Marketing 40

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Advertising 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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

Oracle 40

Oracle Microsoft ROI Outsourcing Services 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Projects in this category include supply chain management, human capital management, ERP, sales force and marketing automation and other business process automation projects. 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 Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Social Media 40

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

ROI 40

ROI Lead Rank Social Media Lead Scoring 40

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

We have prepared the roundup of the best sales blogs just for you! 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.

Top of Funnel 98

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 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 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 17, 2010

Survey results indicate that over the next 2 to 3 years, 67% plan to increase spending on social media, and 64% continue to increase spending on digital and online marketing. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Ideal Customer Profile B2B 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Using this content, buyers are taking control of the buying cycle from direct / channel sales, making the content that marketing delivers more important than ever in driving shorter sales cycles and increasing the number and value of transactions. Do White Papers Still Rule?

ROI 49

ROI Social Media Vendor Buyer 49

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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Transform and elevate customer relationships - Helping prospects diagnose their issues, uncovering problems they didn’t even know they had, and creating a best practices roadmap can open up doors to executives and help sales engage earlier in the decision making cycle. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

ROI 40

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Too often we see company’s focusing their investments on quick payback periods – implementing projects and initiatives that in the short term may tyield a quick ROI –saving the company money or driving short term sales – but in the long run yield strategic issues. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

ROI 40

ROI Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Customer 40

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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

ROI 45

ROI Social Media Discount Analysis 45

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. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Analysis Comparison 40