AcceptedSolutions.com a software and services tryout network makes it easier to evaluate and select software and services for any sized organization. Professionals looking to purchase software or services in our four main categories: Collaboration Hosting Big Data Analytics Social Media Marketing may interact with like-minded peers looking to arrive at an 'Accepted Solution' for their organization. Using peer review and outcome sharing, they make use of our rating system to quickly size up products in a social curation setting. Users are encouraged to share their LinkedIn profile when posting in order for peers to be recognized as bona-fide professionals. Visit: www.acceptedsolutions.com

1. Why tryouts are cool
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2. 0
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1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Growth
of
Internet
Users
(millions)
Stats – Just for perspective
$53
Billion
Will be
spent on
subscription
software in
2016
994
Million
Number of
websites
there is on
Earth
3.5+ Billion Now

3. So what exactly is a tryout
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* Self-Service * Subscription * On-Demand

4. Why do a tryout?
It’s the newreality: B2B buyers are conductingmore research
before they purchase software.
More importantly, they’re relyingless on information from
marketers and salespeople, and more on advice from their peers
when they make a buyingdecision.
Peer Recommendations Make Buyers 5X
Happier With B2B Software Purchases
[marketeer.kapost.comb2b-buying-process] Ryan Law
§ Brand research: Over 70% of B2B buyers use social
media as a research tool.
§ Peer discussions: More than half of B2B customers use
social media networks to engage their peers in
conversation.
§ Social proof: Roughly 22% of all B2B buyers explicitly
use the recommendations of their social media
networks to inform their purchasingdecisions.
What You Need to Know about the
Changing B2B BuyingProcess
Cassandra Jowett[influitive.com]

5. 50%-90%
Most B2B buyers are about
50-90% done doing
discovery on products
before contacting the
vendor

6. 70%
of B2B software or
service decisions
leverage social media for
their discovery and
research

7. 50%
of B2B software or service
purchase decisions involve
social media conversations
with peers.

8. 22%
of final decisions include
recommendations from
their peers to help them
decide.

9. You and your
peers carry on a
conversation
about a product
while you are
evaluating
Abby
Jennifer
Kyle
2
Hours
ago I
am
still
in
the
trial.
So
far
nothing
jumps
out
which
isn't
working
properly.
Others
on
my
team
have
asked
about
features
that
are
coming
the
next
release.
12
Checks
10:45
a.m. We
successfully
completed
our
trials.
We
are
providing
a demo
to
stakeholders
soon.
We
will
let
you
know
how
that
goes.
19
Checks
Our
trial
had
some
hitches.
We
found
that
stated
features
were
not
as
specified
and
some
did
not
work.
We
will
put
our
findings
in
this
thread
when
done.
10
Checks
8:45
a.m.
Member
since
2015
Member
since
2015
Member
since
2015
Acme
Widget
Tryout
16
Comments
My
Rating
So
Far
My
Rating
So
Far
My
Rating
So
Far
Martin
1 Hour
ago We
installed
the
trial
and
ran
it
for
a
month.
Most
users
reported
no
issues
except
time
to
first
response
from
support.
Otherwise,
the
trial
went
well.
24
Checks
Member
since
2015
My
Rating
So
Far
Crowd sourced Evaluations

10. Curation is done by bona-fide
experienced [ ] users
or administrators – your peers
Ratings on tryout posts and
comments keep it real

11. Read what others say
about products
Whittle down your choices
Run your own trial
Share your findings
Martin
1 Hour
ago We
installed
the
trial
and
ran
it
for
a
month.
Most
users
reported
no
issues
except
time
to
first
response
from
support.
Otherwise,
the
trial
went
well.
24
Checks
Member
since
2 0 1 5
My
Rating
So
Far
?
?
?
Peer Recommendations

12. We Recommend
ü Tryouts
ü Meet Peers
ü Learn and Play
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