Analyst Firm Awards to be announced on November 20th
The Annual Analyst Firm awards will be announced in Boston on November 20th. The awards reflect responses by several hundred users of analyst firms…
2019 Analyst Value Survey now open
Now in its 19th year, the Analyst Value Survey is a unique resource for the tech and telecoms industry. The Analyst Observatory at the…
Training and tools are central to sales enablement
Sales enablement has to include bringing in salespeople, who are either new salespeople, or veteran sales reps who have not brought our solutions forward…
Cherry-picking and lemon-squeezing takes time
Generally, tech industry analysts tend to ‘cherry-pick’ their recommended options more than they warn people off picking a lemon. As a result, I’ve been…
It’s better for analysts to mention you than not
A common question for analyst relations people is: should we keep on responding to influential analysts if we know they won’t put our solution…
Story sharing helps vendors & analysts co-create business futures
Analysts, vendors and investors need to improve the way they shape stories about the future. That’s the message I was sharing in three talks…
Retail tech: The pitfalls of not knowing what you need, but thinking that you do
In this guest post, retail industry consultant Vijay Modha on what CEO panic-buying tells us about how to influence retail technology buyers
Analyst Launchpad event: Analyst Relations to Enable Sales
18 JULY 2019BRIEFING Analyst Launchpad Series: Analyst Relations to Enable SalesTIME: 15:00 – 17:00Hear from experts on how to utilise analyst relations for increasing…
Five steps after Informa grab of IHS tech analysts
How to respond to the year’s biggest shakeup Late yesterday we heard the biggest analyst industry news in years. By rolling up four notable…
Nom Nom Nom. Informa grabs IHS Markit Technology
Informa (INF.L) has acquired IHS Markit’s (INFO) TMT business. Informa Tech, which includes Ovum, will have revenues similar to Forrester’s $350m. It represents a dramatic shift in the analyst…
Sales enablement: Dave Eckert on winning sponsors and success
In the third part of Duncan Chapple’s interview, Dave Eckert explains winning sponsors and creating sales enablement success. Earlier installments are on getting started…
Dave Eckert: Five things analyst relations must provide to sales
In the first part of my three-part interview with Dave Eckert, he outlined the foundations for the sales enablement of analyst relations. In this…