Nutshell

JUNE 22, 2020

To be clear, we aren’t suggesting that you quit calling your prospects or give up on email marketing. Just like with email marketing, there are software tools available to make your SMS sales efforts more effective and efficient. EZTexting: EZTexting is a leader in the SMS marketing and sales industry.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

JULY 18, 2018

Conway show you how to not only survive, but thrive and dominate selling software in the new digital landscape. help our customers meet the changing market demands). In working with the best and brightest technology and software firms across the globe from the largest top 10 Enterprises to startups, we are seeing a massive shift.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2010

In a recent article on Sandhill.com, Selling Software to the C-Suite, Stephen J. Ever since the bursting of the tech bubble in 2001 buyers have fundementally changed. We call this change in buying attitude Frugalnomics, and sales and marketing needs to change to address these new market conditions.

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Gong.io

JUNE 23, 2022

Both have marketing and sales teams, but Company B’s teams are both 10% better than Company A’s. Company A’s marketing team brings in 1,000 leads, and their sales team closes 20% of them. Company A’s marketing team brings in 1,000 leads, and their sales team closes 20% of them. By the end of 2001, eBay’s market cap was $18.54

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Greenville, SC – November 7, 2018– Proficientz announced today the availability of Product Management University On-Demand, an online training and certification program that offers the convenience of learning B2B product management, product marketing and sales enablement skills anywhere, anytime.

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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.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. On average, how much do IT firms spend on marketing?

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Without further ado let’s jump into the latest edition and meet some of our favorite Spiffers: Rachel Cravit, Marketing Content Writer. Rachel is an experienced content writer/marketer, specializing exclusively in B2B SaaS for the past 4 years. She’s excited to join Spiff’s marketing team! Brandyn Bennet, Software Engineer.

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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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SalesLoft

JANUARY 31, 2019

Salesforce was founded in 1999 and has been selling software for less than 20 years since. Concur, one of the oldest SaaS companies , only moved from selling CD-ROMs and traditional on-premise software licenses to a SaaS model in 2001. Sales cycles became more transactional, enabling repeatable approaches.

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Xactly

JUNE 20, 2018

As the market races to deliver AI products targeted at sales users, it’s just a matter of time – a few years, if not a few months – before AI becomes a trusted part of the sales professional’s daily technology stack, giving useful advice and admonitions throughout the rep’s day. They’ll have to be phased out.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 25, 2017

One way CPQ (configure-price-quote) software improves sales is by helping to identify buyers for products and services. When product design and planning discussions are taking place, it is up to Marketing to make sure this part of the plan is fully evolved, considered and built into the overall product development process.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Drift provides a conversational sales and marketing platform that allows businesses to better connect with prospects and customers. Klaviyo is providing better email marketing solutions for ecommerce stores. HubSpot, a leader in inbound content marketing software, is perhaps Boston’s best-known startup. Founded 2014.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 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. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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Velocify

JUNE 2, 2017

In the classic sci-fi film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” two astronauts find their lives in jeopardy when an onboard ship computer thinks it is smarter than the humans that built it and takes over their space mission. Lenders that can strike a balance between technology and human touch will prosper in this rapidly evolving market.

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

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

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. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 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.

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Sales Hacker Training

DECEMBER 8, 2020

If you missed episode 137, check it out here: From Marketer to CEO: The Power of Brand as a Growth Amplifier with Jake Sorofman. It’s all about understanding when people are in market versus in funnel. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher. Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:09].

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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.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. In 2001 77 percent of all training was classroom style. In some verticals where millennials dominate, such as information and software, it’s down to 37 percent.

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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. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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.

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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. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).

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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

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.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2020

Jay has spent 30 years in the financial services industry; holding various roles in sales, direct marketing, online marketing and cross-selling strategies. He has an MBA in marketing from Temple University and still resides in the Philadelphia area with his family. So UiPath is a robotic process automation company software.

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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. Good argument that B2B marketing needs ROI. My post, which ran at ww.savvyb2b.com argued that B2B marketing is dull and boring - it lacks personality.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

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. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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ROI Social Media Oracle Benefit 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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.

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Microsoft ROI Licensing Social Media 40

OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

Convertkit uses simple straightforward tiers based on subscriber volume for their email marketing automation platform. One way to do this is to talk about the real-world value your product will deliver – If your HR management software can help your client save $200k on recruitment, use that as your price anchor.

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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.

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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 ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

When we look at marketing budgets however, we find that spending is not aligned with this financial decision making criteria in most cases. Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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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. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 7, 2010

To no surprise, a substantial decline occurred following the bursting of the technology bubble and recession in 2001, with a second more severe decline into the Great Recession in 2009. This was not the case with many other groups like sales and marketing. The good news is that most analysts are predicting 4-5% growth for 2011.

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

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