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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Zilch joins PAC from Experton

One of Europe’s best-known analysts will switch firms next month. Experton Group director and lead advisor Andreas Zilch has joined PAC, the services and software firm which CXP Group recently

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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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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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Do tech CEOs take too much pay?

On Saturday, my comments about CEO pay were reported in The Independent, one of Britain’s major national dailies. As Merv Adrian’s article shows, industry analysts also recognise that CEO pay

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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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