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[This commentary comes from guest contributor Gerry Van Zandt ( Twitter handle ) , AR manager with HP Services.
AR belongs in Marketing - a dead idea
Public policy wonk and Fortune Magazine columnist Matt Miller’s new book The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity got us at SageCircle thinking “Hmm, are there dead ideas holding back analyst relations?” Of course there are!Should vendors be investing in analyst conference sponsorships i
It their Q4 and full year 2008 earnings calls, both Gartner (2/5/09) and Forrester (2/11/09) commented on how the recession is impacting enterprise end user attendance at their events.
Posted on December 4, 2008 by sagecircle
Take a deep breath before responding to analyst commentary « Sag
Two weeks ago I crossed the one year mark as an industry analyst, in retrospect, I approach the role differently than others before me. Recently, Forrester published a report signaling evolution to the Connected Agency , and states that agencies of yesteryear will evolve from ‘pushing’ messages to ‘pulling’ interactions and faciliating conversations.
The 7 Tenets of the Connected Analyst
Jim Sinur — A member of the Gartner Blog Network
Jim Sinur Research VP 2 years at Gartner 42 years IT industry Jim Sinur is a vice president in Gartner Research after a short stint with a BPM vendor. Prior to that, Mr.
Welcome Gartner Analyst Blogs
As of yesterday, Gartner analysts are now able to blog about topics related to their industry, judging by their posts, this looks like an internal battle they were finally able to win, fantastic news.(After an interesting Twitter-based conversation with Illuminata’s Gordon Haff and former IDC analyst Ida-Rose Sylvester over the use of the word comprehensive, we have decided to use the word all-inclusive instead. )
Why analyst relations matter - Analysts do not have time to do c
What Do Analysts Do?
Well of course I have my answer, but I’ve come to realize there’s a lot of misconception out in the market as to what we really do. Rather than me tell you, I’d want to first learn what you think, so perhaps we, as an industry can better explain our value –and place in the market.
Like the music industry and the publishing industry, the writing on the wall is bold, capitalized, and neon for yet another industry reluctant to change in the face of Web 2.0 forces far too powerful to ignore. Officially, IT analyst firms are a $2.5 billion dollar business, of which about $1 billion belongs to the industry behemoth Gartner. As impressive as this number might seem, it represents only a fraction of the total IT analysis actually being traded.
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THE TOP 5 Common Mistakes that Analyst Relations Programs Make «
5. Vendors approach analysts with an undifferentiated message and lack of thought in their vision and strategy. Downside – why should an analyst pay any attention to a boring, me too vendor, especially if the market is crowded and fragmented?I have this notion to write a series of columns from time to time under the title "Reality Check" -- columns intended to explain how the world of Information Technology actually functions.
I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Reality Check
May 16, 2008 Slightly edited June, 2010 to strike out passe’ parts. In a good new trend, analysts are putting up explicit “How to pitch me” notes.
How to pitch me : Strategic Messaging
Over on Twitter, there is a conversation starting about the definition of “analyst.”