I was delighted to host the IIAR (Institute of Industry Analyst Relations) forum yesterday in a very sunny and hot London. It is always great to see how many AR professionals are willing to come along and meet old friends, make new contacts, learn about best practice and share their own experiences. Fionnula Fitzsimons gave …
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Yankee’s Group’s summer repositioning and restructuring has, more or less, completed the firm’s evolution from a full-service analyst and consulting firm into a data-driven research and advisory firm focussed on mobility (which the firm defines as advancements that enable fluid access to any content, applications or services from any device, by anyone, from anywhere at …
The IIAR will be holding is first Virtual Forum in Asia/Pacific with a guest panel to discuss: What’s the value of social media to Asia/Pacific AR professionals? Steven Noble – Senior Analyst (eBusiness & Channel Strategy), Forrester Mandi Bateson – Director, Digital, Hill & Knowlton Dave Noble – Asia/Pacific Chapter Lead, IIAR (moderator)
The IIAR’s developing discussion on the crisis in AR (reflected by analysts’ declining comfort in recommending solutions) took interesting turn recently. In the the institute’s second conference call on the topic, I was asked to spell out suggestions for how analysts can reverse the falling quality of information sharing by vendors, which is the root cause of analysts’ lowering confidence. These are my four suggestions.
Quocirca published back in 2007 a report on out how not to treat members of the analyst community -it should certainly be compulsory reading for anyone entering the world of AR.
Senior Account Executive – Analyst Relations, Silicon Valley office (San Mateo) Job Duties Summary: The successful candidate will work primarily with the A&R Edelman InSight Analyst Relations Team to support key named AR clients (including Adobe and HP), in the day-to-day execution of analyst relations programs. Daily responsibilities include developing analyst plans and strategies in …
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Group Manager, Industry Analyst Relations Virtualization is the technology that is poised to change the way we think about computing. VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and …
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Waggener Edstrom is looking for a Senior Account Executive to join their Microsoft Windows Client team performing Analyst Relations
Level 3 part 1: How Vendors Leverage Analyst Subscriptions
EFFECTIVE ANALYST RELATIONS REQUIRES SUBSCRIPTIONS. There, I’ve said it. In capitals. Feel free to disagree with me, but please allow me to explain where I’m coming from…
In the world of ICT, analysts are a unique influencer, not only do they interact with multiple audiences, but also, in many cases, it is possible to pay to have access to their research and, with certain firms to the analysts themselves, through an analyst subscription.
There’s little doubt that online channels are important. I don’t believe that they are the whole story in measuring influence, but they are essential in reaching influencers.
So, are analysts influencing via online channels? How is influence really conveyed by analysts to decision makers? Has it moved mainly to online or is it still by telephone enquiries and face-to-face advice?
I received KCG’s newsletter recently and they’re organising free analyst relations webinars on the following topics, so I thought I’d share this: Top Ten Tough Time Tips Measuring your AR Program’s Effect Blogs and AR AR and Sales References – the life blood of AR Eight steps to world class AR Ranking and rating analyst …
Following a long week at Oracle Open World, I attended the West Coast IIAR meeting organised by Peggy O’Neil from H&K and hosted by Evan Quinn from HP, with several of my colleagues and a room full of AR peers. Carter from SageCircle interviewed me (and Annemiek Hamelink from Wagged) after that exhausting week:Oracle’s Ludovic …
The IIAR maintains a job postings page on its web site:The Institute of Industry Analyst Relations Posting is free for advertisers, just drop an email to our secretary: hkirkman at analystrelations dot org. Sage Circle also has a jobs page, mostly for US positions.
