Guest post: “We had a Wedding”

I, Kea Company, take Lighthouse Analyst Relations, to be my partner, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in

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Is everything a service? Why analysts focus more on Salesforce and Atos

Is it still possible to talk about services firms as a meaningful category? Take a look, for example, at the 2012 Influence Quadrant for enterprise solutions, which we made for

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The 100 countries on the analyst influence map

The Analyst Equity blog had visitors from exactly 100 countries over the last six months. 42% of visitors are in the United States and a further 42% come from seven other counties,

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Survey: which analyst firms are moving up (or down)?

Everyone in or around the analyst industry knows that the four major firms are Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Ovum. But who are four after that, and the four after that?

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Is analyst relations an extension to public relations?

“Industry Analyst Relations – An Extension to PR”, the book by Dr Ralf Leinemann and I, has been the best-selling AR book on Amazon over the last five years. We’re

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Thought leadership must produce thought followership

Real thought leadership is about developing thought followership. This week I was speaking with a fellow Manchester Business School alum, Utpal Ghosh from Ipsos Mori, about our rare dual perspectives on

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Six steps to get value for money from your analyst contracts

While the Northern hemisphere is getting chilly, this is the one month when salespeople at firms like Gartner and Forrester really start to sweat. Many vendors sign off their major

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Analysts are treated inhumanely

Analyst relations (AR) programs have a substantial opportunity for improvement. This month I’ve been reviewing ten years’ worth of data from the Analyst Attitude Survey. Around 700 analysts have taken

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