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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Sales Enablement Webinar: Starting to Enable Sales

Over the course of 2014 we hosted a series of webinars on the topic of Sales Enablement. In this edition, Bram Weerts and SageCircle co-founder Dave Eckert go in-depth on

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Of course they do. Didn’t we just manage to convince the first 50 customers to buy our solution? Yes, you did. But now ask yourself what the reasons for closing

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Content is Key! – Leveraging Influencer Marketing To Gain Market Mindshare

In a world that is dominated by “push-advertising” and that includes an overwhelming choice of products and services that need to be evaluated by the buyer, it is increasingly hard

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Analyst Consulting Days: The Top 4 Reasons Why

Analyst consulting days (aka SAS or strategic advisory service in Gartnerese) have a high risk/reward profile for vendor analyst relations (AR) teams. We often receive questions from AR practitioners asking

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“Best Practice” Ingredients in Analyst Relations

In any business environment the phrase ‘best practice’ sooner or later comes up when people are talking about planning, execution and measurement of business activities. According to Wikipedia “a best

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Increase Investment in AR: What Would It Take?

Analyst Relations (AR) programs typically do not have sufficient resources (e.g., spokespeople bandwidth for analyst interactions, AR headcount, and budget) for the tasks at hand. Kea Company see underinvestment in AR

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Coffee Talk with Eva Hörtrich

For this Coffee Talk we spoke to Eva Hörtrich, Senior Manager, Global Analyst Relations at Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications).

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