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IIAR Webinar: Join us for a Webinar with Paul Reynolds from ISG on Thursday 7th February

By admin on Friday 25th January 2019 in IIAR Webinar, IT Analysis Firms 0

Please join us on Thursday February 7th, 2019 at 15.00pm GMT / 16.00pm CET/ 10.00am EST / 07.00am PT for a presentation and discussion with Paul Reynolds, Partner and Chief Research Office at ISG.

ISG is the leader in market research for the 45B Outsourcing Industry. Join this IIAR Event to better understand ISG’s position in the research market, and how you can work better with their advisors.
Paul Reynolds from ISG will be our host. Paul leads Momentum, a division of ISG that provides research services to help service providers better target, win and retain business. Paul has 25 years of market research experience with specific expertise in methodology development, data analytics and research process design. Having found many service providers’ Advisor Relations functions to lack appropriate analytics, Paul is working to develop innovative new approaches that allow for data-driven programs based on the unique needs of each client. His approach benefits Advisor Relations, go-to-market functions, sales, strategy, marketing, and market/competitive intelligence teams.

Join the IIAR for a one-hour Discussion Group. The discussion will be co-hosted by Paul Reynolds (@PaulLReynolds LinkedIn) of ISG and Beth Torrie (@bethtorrie, LinkedIn) IIAR USA Board.

This webinar is free for members. To register for this Webinar please click to here

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IIAR Discussion Group on “The Future of Analyst Relations” on January 30th

By Gerry Van Zandt on Thursday 24th January 2019 in AR debates, IIAR, IIAR Discussion Group, IIAR Webinar 0

What is the future of Analyst Relations looking like? How is our field evolving?

Have you recently thought about:

Whether AR is evolving into “Influencer Relations”?
How AR is changing to meet the evolving IT industry analyst firm landscape?
How AR can adapt to — and adopt — new ways of measuring AR productivity and effectiveness?
What the “next chapter” in the AR field will be?

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IIAR Discussion Group: negotiating with Gartner

By admin on Monday 12th November 2018 in Gartner, IIAR Discussion Group 0

Time to renew your Gartner subscription?

Our members have indicated a few interesting plays by the industry analysis market leader, almost two years after its takeover of CEB. including a continued drive to multi-year contracts and aggressive drive to sell their $150k executives offerings, effectively mirroring the EXP strategy for vendors. Those offerings causing much confusion with users in vendor organisations are Gartner for General Managers, Gartner for Sales Leaders, Gartner for Marketing Leaders, etc.

Following our latest discussion group on the subject, the IIAR is conducting a discussion group for members to exchange the issues they face when being sold bundled products. This will enable members to discuss ways to get the best value without disclosing individual price. IIAR will then present these findings to Gartner for their feedback and help Gartner sales teams improve client satisfaction. Continue Reading →

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

By Aniruddho Mukherjee 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 1

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)

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 Aniruddho Mukherjee on Friday 23rd March 2018 in AR, AR Best practices, IDC, IDC Financial Insights, IIAR Discussion Group, IIAR UK, IIAR Webinar 1

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)

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 Aniruddho Mukherjee on Tuesday 6th February 2018 in AR, AR Best practices, AR commercial management, CEB, Gartner, Gartner Symposium, IIAR, IIAR Discussion Group 1

Feeling 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 Aniruddho Mukherjee on Tuesday 11th October 2016 in AR, AR Best practices, Gartner, IIAR Discussion Group 1

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.

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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IIAR Discussion – Negotiating with Gartner – 22nd Jan 15

By trevoriiar on Wednesday 3rd December 2014 in AR, AR Best practices, AR debates, Events, Gartner, IIAR, IIAR Discussion Group 2

What – IIAR Discussion Group – Negotiating your Contract with Gartner
When – Thursday the 22nd January 2015 @ 4pm GMT, 5pm CET, 12 Noon – New York
Where – IIAR Webinar
Who: Discussion initiated and will be chaired by Aniruddho Mukherjee (Head of AR and Branding Manager, Europe for HCL Technologies)
Register Here – To attend please REGISTER <<HERE>>, now

Successfully negotiating your contract with analyst firms and gaining best advantage from your contract is a key activity for all Analyst Relations teams. This second meeting of a IIAR Discussion Group will review the outcomes document from the first meeting (available <<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.

Held under Chatham House Rules the discussion will be chaired by Aniruddho Mukherjee (Head of AR and Branding Manager, Europe for HCL Technologies). The aim is to (ultimately) produce an IIAR Best Practice Paper that combines the knowledge of all participants.

Of course, by attending you will not only have the opportunity to give your knowledge and opinions but also gain from that of others and have the advantage to submit questions directly. Lets have a lively discussion, the more of you that join in the better, so please don’t forget to REGISTER <<HERE>>. Attending IIAR Events is free for all members, there may be a small charge for non-members.

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IIAR Webinar with Gartner’s Nancy ‘Ombudsman’ Erskine

By Ludovic Leforestier on Friday 28th June 2013 in AR Best practices, Gartner, IIAR Discussion Group, IIAR Webinar 0

It’s Friday night and your exec / stakeholder / boss (tick all that applies) walks into your cubicle / desk / office brandishing what clearly is a Gartner report in his hand. Alas, it’s clear it does not mean kudos and a promotion -she’s clearly fuming, probably after being lambasted by the higher echelons. She’s getting closer and you’re guessing it’s about that magic quadrant. Yup, the dot moved down a little bit. The analyst won’t explain, you’ve tried his boss, send some emails and it feels you’re out of options.

Time to play the trump card. Continue Reading →

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IIAR APJ Teleconference – Linking AR with Sales

By iiarsecretary on Thursday 4th October 2012 in IIAR, IIAR Discussion Group, IIAR Webinar 0

Following on from the popular discussion held at the UK Forum in September last year, the IIAR will once again be hosting a discussion on how to link analyst relations with sales but this time focused on the Asia-Pacific / Japan (APJ) market.

The call will be held on Thursday 18^th October at 4pm Sydney / 1pm Singapore & Hong Kong / 10:30am India lasting one hour to include member Q&A. Continue Reading →

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