Forrester Research principal analyst R “Ray” Wang recently wrote this note with Christopher Mines and Emily Van Metre. In it, Wang hopes to pursuade analyst relations professionals, technology marketers, sales

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The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations met earlier this month to refine its priorities and elect a new managing board. I thought it would be worth sharing some of the

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Now the dust has settled, we are starting to get a closer look at the impact of Orbys Consulting’s purchase by Ovum. Some key details are: In the short term,

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Ovum’s purchase of Orbys Consulting seems to have all the right strings attached. The deal extends Ovum’s client base of large user organizations and gives Ovum clients access to Orbys’

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We recently mentioned that budgets for AR have risen to 28% of PR spend. I’ve had an interesting question from a reader. Do increased budgets mean anything? Effective analyst relations

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According to BtoBOnline, IDC has found that spending on analyst relations has risen to 28% of the spending on public relations by technology suppliers. The report by Kate Maddox (ex-@d:tech

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It’s slightly surprising to many that there is no simple rule of thumb for the cash value of AR. Of course, there are complex systems to look at the cash

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Lighthouse’s measurement work often provokes interesting questions. Recently, one client asked if we conducted any research that could give a ballpark figure on how much analyst coverage is “worth” in

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