Comments for SageCircle Blog http://sagecircle.wordpress.com Creating a community focused on the IT Industry Analysts Fri, 16 May 2008 02:50:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Who is attending the Forrester AR Council meeting next week? IT Forum? by sagecircle http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/who-is-attending-the-forrester-ar-council-meeting-next-week-and-it-forum/#comment-398 sagecircle Fri, 16 May 2008 01:41:39 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=366#comment-398 Frosty! I'll make sure to keep an eye open for Mary. Thx. Frosty! I’ll make sure to keep an eye open for Mary. Thx.

]]> Comment on Who is attending the Forrester AR Council meeting next week? IT Forum? by Gerry Van Zandt http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/who-is-attending-the-forrester-ar-council-meeting-next-week-and-it-forum/#comment-397 Gerry Van Zandt Thu, 15 May 2008 22:34:01 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=366#comment-397 Mary Oskirko I believe will be there, Carter. Or as Mary says "Cah-Tuh".. Mary Oskirko I believe will be there, Carter. Or as Mary says “Cah-Tuh”..

]]> Comment on Best practice for responding to analyst draft research by sagecircle http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/best-practice-for-responding-to-analyst-draft-research/#comment-396 sagecircle Thu, 15 May 2008 21:44:19 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=365#comment-396 Hi Jonathan and Jonathan, Thanks for the comments. Great point about having some facts to back up any suggested changes. Hi Jonathan and Jonathan, Thanks for the comments.

Great point about having some facts to back up any suggested changes.

]]> Comment on Best practice for responding to analyst draft research by Jonathan Block http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/best-practice-for-responding-to-analyst-draft-research/#comment-395 Jonathan Block Thu, 15 May 2008 15:54:15 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=365#comment-395 Excellent post. I find most vendors to be prompt and realistic, but there's always some that try to transform the analysis into PR content. Excellent post. I find most vendors to be prompt and realistic, but there’s always some that try to transform the analysis into PR content.

]]> Comment on Best practice for responding to analyst draft research by Jonathan Eunice http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/best-practice-for-responding-to-analyst-draft-research/#comment-394 Jonathan Eunice Thu, 15 May 2008 15:37:37 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=365#comment-394 A few others: Don't Rewrite - We just *love* it when "X doesn't work well for Y" comes back to us as "X is a strong choice for Y, with outstanding functionality and market-leading capabilities that are unmatched by any competitor." Factual Foundation - We're submitting for accuracy, so if you think we got something wrong, better have some facts, proof points, data, evidence or *something* to back your points up, not just "we didn't think the tone was right" or "here's how our marketing department would like to see this written." Btw, for Illuminata, prompt = 2 business days. A few others:

Don’t Rewrite - We just *love* it when “X doesn’t work well for Y” comes back to us as “X is a strong choice for Y, with outstanding functionality and market-leading capabilities that are unmatched by any competitor.”

Factual Foundation - We’re submitting for accuracy, so if you think we got something wrong, better have some facts, proof points, data, evidence or *something* to back your points up, not just “we didn’t think the tone was right” or “here’s how our marketing department would like to see this written.”

Btw, for Illuminata, prompt = 2 business days.

]]> Comment on What is the definition of “analyst”? by Duncan Chapple http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/what-is-the-definition-of-analyst/#comment-393 Duncan Chapple Wed, 14 May 2008 11:28:18 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=341#comment-393 Merrill's solution seems like the right one here. Some of the replies here focus on respondents' feelings about what a good analyst would be like. Many, if not most, analysts would fail such criteria. As a result, the definition would fail to be adopted. Merrill’s solution seems like the right one here. Some of the replies here focus on respondents’ feelings about what a good analyst would be like. Many, if not most, analysts would fail such criteria. As a result, the definition would fail to be adopted.

]]> Comment on Social media inputs need to be added to analyst opinion monitoring programs by Incorporating social media into your measurement program « SageCircle Blog http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/social-media-inputs-need-to-be-added-to-analyst-opinion-monitoring-programs/#comment-392 Incorporating social media into your measurement program « SageCircle Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 18:20:22 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=313#comment-392 [...] Analyst Opinion Monitoring - This item is the most important because analyst commentary in social media can negatively or positively impact ongoing sales deals. For more information please read Social media inputs need to be added to analyst opinion monitoring programs. [...] [...] Analyst Opinion Monitoring - This item is the most important because analyst commentary in social media can negatively or positively impact ongoing sales deals. For more information please read Social media inputs need to be added to analyst opinion monitoring programs. [...]

]]> Comment on Social media should not be a “special” activity for AR, just part of the overall AR plan by Incorporating social media into your measurement program « SageCircle Blog http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/social-media-should-not-be-a-special-activity-for-ar-just-part-of-the-overall-ar-plan/#comment-391 Incorporating social media into your measurement program « SageCircle Blog Mon, 12 May 2008 18:14:30 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=345#comment-391 [...] networks, podcasts and so on into their measurement programs. However, because social media is just another form of communications, AR teams should not get too stressed about the implications of this step. Rather, they should just [...] [...] networks, podcasts and so on into their measurement programs. However, because social media is just another form of communications, AR teams should not get too stressed about the implications of this step. Rather, they should just [...]

]]> Comment on Analyst Twitter Directory by Roy Illsley http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/analyst-twitter-directory/#comment-390 Roy Illsley Mon, 12 May 2008 09:54:36 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/analyst-twitter-directory/#comment-390 You should add richard.edwards@butlergroup.com sarah.burnett@butlergroup.com as both are now twittering You should add

richard.edwards@butlergroup.com
sarah.burnett@butlergroup.com

as both are now twittering

]]> Comment on Random notes on Twitter by Top analyst twitters / micro-bloggers… updated « Technobabble 2.0 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/random-notes-on-twitter/#comment-389 Top analyst twitters / micro-bloggers… updated « Technobabble 2.0 Mon, 12 May 2008 07:22:02 +0000 http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/?p=348#comment-389 [...] More comments can be found on SageCircle’s blog on this topic [...] [...] More comments can be found on SageCircle’s blog on this topic [...]

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