Torsten Sewing, who led Lighthouse Analyst Relations’ work in mainland Europe for eight years, shared these thoughts with us.   The Institute for Industry Analyst Relations white paper on “Making the case for Analyst Relations” is one in the series of guides written for IIAR members. Many of its members are in large companies where Read more about Torsten Sewing: The case for AR has to be tactical[…]

Our friends at ARInsights have this important news: Carter Lusher, Director of Analyst Relations at Informatica, SageCircle founder and former research fellow at Gartner, will present a thought-provoking webinar on Tuesday, July 31st @12 ET/9 PT. Please save the date, registration details will soon follow.   Analyst 5-Year Scenario: Implications for AR of Acquisitions and Read more about Save the date for Carter Lusher webinar[…]

  Tiering and ranking analysts is a topic of growing interest this season, with webinars on the topic announced by our friends at the IIAR and Spotlight. The basic reason for ranking analysts is clear. Rather than rank analysts emotionally, or just point to past meetings, we need to have analyst lists which are ranked Read more about Analyst ranking must start with service level tiers[…]

Many public relations agencies decelerate both their growth, and that of analyst firms, by failing to show the value created by analysts and by analyst relations. That’s the finding from what is almost certainly the most extensive research project studying the international analyst relations market. To share the insight, and to help grow our own market, Read more about PR agencies can boost analyst relations value[…]

  Cool Vendor and Hot Vendor winners from around the world will gather in Orlando on October 18 to discuss how the Cool Vendor title and similar designations make start-ups more successful. In this preview webinar, a former Gartner research director will join two experts in the impact of analyst recommendations will discuss the impacts Read more about Webinar: How Cool Vendors stay cool[…]

Our book Influencer Relations: Insights on Analyst Value has an expanded second edition with a new chapter on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. As a thank you to our newsletter subscribers we’ll be offering them a discount on the book. If you want a discount, sign up here. The book’s first edition quickly became the best-selling influencer relations Read more about Influencer Relations book: 2nd edition spotlights Gartner’s MQ[…]

Given the scale of the surprise, the 11% fall in Forrester shares on April 27 was a vote of confidence by comparison. Although the firm has been consistently profitable in recent quarters, it has often surprised many many (and sometimes all) Forrester watchers with its earnings. This first quarter of 2018 has been, in some Read more about Forrester declares a loss, shares fall 11%[…]

Tech firms preparing their pitch to analysts spend too much time crafting the story about their own solution, and nowhere near enough time thinking about how to build a relationship with the analyst. As one of the CMOs I work with put it to me: “my spokespeople know our plan, but they don’t know their audience”. That doesn’t Read more about Pitches to analysts can learn 8 things from start-up pitches[…]