View back the recording of Michael Coté’s talk early 2014 on dealing with analysts, narrowed down to startups.
(I feel like I should apologize, one for the length, and also because there’s some vital points missing below that I can’t see in the bird’s entrails. Nonetheless, this “novella” has been haunting me for several months and I need to eject it.)
Almost 500 industry influencers have already taken our Analyst/Advisor Attitude Survey, which closes this week. Their responses reveal analysts’ deepening future orientation. They told us that the three main challenges for the providers they follow are: to innovate business; to change markets and to better articulate their value. We’ll be running a webinar to discuss Read more about 500 analysts say innovation, markets & value challenge major vendors[…]
Looking through the responses for our survey of Cool Vendors, It’s interesting to see how location matters. We invited every firm that won the Cool Vendor award over a five year period, and it’s interesting to see which countries have the most Cool Vendors. Not every firm really considers itself has having one national location, but Read more about Does location matter for Cool Vendors?[…]
Thanks to our partners at ARinsights, a replay is available of Carter Lusher’s fascinating webinar last week: IT Industry Analysts in 2023: Evolution, Revolution, or Disruption? Carter Lusher is long-time player in the analyst game: IT manager end-user client, Research Fellow at Gartner and Ovum, co-founder of analyst-of-the-analysts firm SageCircle, and AR professional. In a Read more about Replay for IT Industry Analysts in 2023: Evolution, Revolution, or Disruption?[…]
Industry analyst relations is an essential, if underutilized, tool in the marketing and positioning of software and IT services companies. Because of their relationships with buyers of technology, analysts like Gartner, Forrester and IDC hold tremendous power over vendors of IT products and services. They interact with existing and potential customers, employees and financial analysts. Read more about Leveraging the Power of Analyst Relations[…]
The 2017 Analyst Firm Awards for Analytics and Big Data seem to be rewarding firms that are most deeply engaged in conversations with clients. The top ten firms are notable for the strong combined performance of all three CXP Group brands (PAC, le CXP and BARC) and of two giant business advisory firms (Deloitte and Read more about CXP Group advances in Analytics & Big Data Analyst Firm Awards[…]