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The IIAR> AR Professionals & AR Agency of the Year 2020

By on Thursday 22nd October 2020 in AR Best practices, IIAR Agency Of The Year, IIAR AR Professional of the Year, IIAR AR Team of the Year 0
Analyst Relations professional of the year award

The IIAR> is committed to recognizing the achievements of AR professionals who go above and beyond in their careers and to promote industry best practices. The IIAR> Analyst Relations Awards 2020: AR Professional, AR Teams, and AR Agencies are one of the longest-running awards run by an independent industry body for AR professionals.



The IIAR> surveys analysts to identify the best professionals in the industry. This year, we are also asking AR professionals to submit case studies to showcase the best practices and impact they drove in the industry. This survey uses the IIAR> 3R’s methodology of how AR should work with analysts to deliver results to their stakeholders.

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Who will be the IIAR> Analyst and Analyst Firm of the Year 2020?

By on Friday 16th October 2020 in AOTY, IIAR, IIAR Analyst Of The Year, IIAR Tragic Quadrant, Influencer Relations 0

The IIAR> Analyst Of The Year is a long-running industry award that uniquely compiles input from analyst relations professionals and aims at highlighting individual analysts, new analysts, firms and client partners who have impressed our community. In other words, it’s our way to reflect and share our appreciation for the best industry analysts in the business.

At the IIAR> we believe in taking a stance and recognizing greatness when we see it -an approach we find more impactful than sprinkling awards to dozens of “winners”. This survey is open only for analyst relations professionals and agencies. It uses the IIAR> SOSM methodology based on perceived sales impact and strategic insights, resonance in the media, and ease of doing business.

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IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with Forrester. Are you getting the best value from your contract?

By on Wednesday 4th April 2018 in AR, AR Best practices, AR debates, Forrester, IIAR Analyst Of The Year, IIAR Tragic Quadrant, IIAR UK, IIAR Webinar 2

Feeling the pinch in your negotiation with Forrester on your subscription contract?Do you feel comfortable in buying the multiple seats being pushed your way? Is Forrester covering the technology and business areas that are important for you?  You’re not alone – many of your peers and IIAR members have commented (see the IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2017)

IIAR negotiating with forrester. aniruddho Mukherjee, ludovic leforestier

Forrester seems to force sell multiple seats, TEIs etc during renewals. Forrester analysts may be amongst the top IIAR Analyst of the Year 2017 but is Forrester seeing an exodus of top talent? As per the IIAR Analyst Firm of the Year 2017 survey, AR professionals mentioned that they felt a flip flop in Forrester’s focus on various key topics and verticals. Also the research subscription costs seem to be increasing at 10-20% yoy. They also felt that while Forrester had some great visualisation of data BUT insights were focused on niche topics like Customer Experience, Business Technology, Software and Marketing. Many Wave’s have not been renewed while others are renewed in an irregular cycle. Continue Reading →

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IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with IDC. Are you getting the best value from your contract?

By on Friday 23rd March 2018 in AR, AR Best practices, IDC, IDC Financial Insights, IIAR Discussion Group, IIAR UK, IIAR Webinar 2

Feeling the pinch in your negotiation with IDC on your subscription contract? Do you feel comfortable in buying the various Customer Segment (CS) options being pushed your way? Are you confident that you are getting value from your contracts? You’re not alone – many of your peers and IIAR members have commented (see the IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2017)

IIAR negotiating with IDC with Aniruddho Mukherjee and Ludovic Leforestier

IDC may be amongst the top IIAR Analyst Firm of the Year 2017 but are you getting the best value from your relationship? As per the IIAR Analyst Firm of the Year 2017 survey, AR professionals mentioned that they felt a push by IDC for running joint events, buying new CS which themselves are granular subset of the larger IDC CS access. As the analysts manage the P&L, they too seem to want to push buying multiple granular CS. Continue Reading →

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IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with Gartner – is it the new seventies IBM?

By on Tuesday 6th February 2018 in AR, AR Best practices, AR commercial management, CEB, Gartner, Gartner Symposium, IIAR, IIAR Discussion Group 3

IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with Gartner Aniruddho Mukherjee and Ludovic LeforestierFeeling the pinch in your negotiation with Gartner on your subscription contract? Do you feel comfortable in buying the various seats options being pushed your way? Are you confident that you are getting value from your contracts?

You’re not alone -many of your peers and IIAR members have commented (see the IIAR Tragic Quadrant) on Gartner’s hard stance and cowboy attitude during negotiations: it maybe the IIAR Analyst Firm of the Year 2017 but also the hardest to work with.
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IIAR Discussion Group: Negotiating with Gartner

By on Tuesday 11th October 2016 in AR, AR Best practices, Gartner, IIAR Discussion Group 2

Successfully negotiating your contract with analyst firms to get the best business value from commercial relationships with industry analysis firms is a key activity for many analyst relations (AR) teams.negotiating-with-gartner

A follow-on from our first IIAR Discussion Group will review the outcomes document from the first meeting (IIAR members can download it <<here>>) and continue the conversation. As Gartner is the largest of the analyst firms we expect the discussion will no doubt focus here; this will not be to the exclusion of all (or any) of the other analyst companies.
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