
Tag: Wave


Thinking about Gartner’s Hype Cycle

Analyst firms’ editorial calendars

Avoid like the plague – Using pseudo-Magic Quadrants in your analyst briefing presentations
Sorry ‘Net searchers, you will not find a Forrester Magic Quadrant

Gartner changes the date of the next Quarterly AR Call

Kleenex, Frisbee, and Magic Quadrant – what do they have in common?
![Equipping Sales for the MQ Effect: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 7]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Equipping Sales for the MQ Effect: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 7]
![The Danger is Complacency: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 6]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
The Danger is Complacency: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 6]
![Moving the Dot: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 5]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Moving the Dot: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 5]
![Homework – Talk to the Analyst: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 4]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Homework – Talk to the Analyst: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 4]
![Homework – Gather Background Information: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 3]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Homework – Gather Background Information: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 3]
![Common Mistakes: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 2]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Common Mistakes: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 2]
![Don’t Obsess, Don’t Ignore: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 1]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/icon-mq-130.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Don’t Obsess, Don’t Ignore: the Magic Quadrant & Tech Vendors [part 1]
![Training the sales reps: keep it simple, short, small words [Vendor Sales]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/01/icon-dollar-euro.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Training the sales reps: keep it simple, short, small words [Vendor Sales]

Be Analyst Centric, not Company Centric

You could end up buried deep in the “Niche” by insisting on being added to a MQ before you are ready
![Do your customers assume that Gartner or other analysts have done all the due diligence? [for Vendor Sales]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2008/01/icon-dollar-euro.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)
Do your customers assume that Gartner or other analysts have done all the due diligence? [for Vendor Sales]

Now that is not the way to exploit an expensive Magic Quadrant reprint

IT managers, it’s never, ever only about the upper right dot when it comes to Forrester Waves or Gartner Magic Quadrants
![Gartner’s Cool Vendor annual research note set [Startup Saturday]](https://i0.wp.com/sagecircle.wordpress.com/files/2007/12/rocket-for-startups.jpg?resize=450%2C450&crop=1)