Influencer Insights Podcast February News

This first episode of Kea Company’s Influencer Insights Podcast covers a number of interesting developments in the IT research industry including a number of prominent Forrester analysts leaving and an interesting move at Germany-based

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Equipping Sales for the MQ Effect: the Magic Quadrant and Tech Vendors (Part Seven)

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant can have a powerful impact on IT vendor sales cycles – anointing some vendors as a prime candidate for a sales opportunity while denying other vendors even

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Forrester Loses $90m and Josh Bernoff

Forrester Research’s management sounded confident when they announced the firm’s quarterly results this week, but shareholders are not.

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The Danger is Complacency: the Magic Quadrant and Tech Vendors (Part Six)

There is a certain amount of self congratulations that occur when a vendor achieves a favorable “Leader” position on a Magic Quadrant. Because they are in the “Leaders” block, vendors

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The Top Ten Analyst Firms For Business Growth

One of the most interesting discoveries of the Analyst Value Survey was that some demand-side firms have a very different idea from supply-side firms about which analyst firms are driving

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Create a New Market Category by Courting Analysts Your Customers Respect

Marketing is by far the most complex organization within a business. The same individuals tasked with building brand standards and designing websites are also architects of intricate demand generation programs

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Crunching the Numbers – Behind the Scenes of an Analyst Briefing Campaign

It is quite easy to talk about the qualitative aspects of analyst relations, but when it comes down to the numbers, things tend to get more confusing. Measuring has become

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Moving The Dot: The Magic Quadrant and Tech Vendors (Part Five)

Repositioning your ‘dot’ on a Gartner Magic Quadrant does not happen just because you have a great product or service. It takes information, a plan, Analyst Relations execution and avoiding

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