Talented Learning

JULY 11, 2016

With almost 700 LMS vendors in the world, competition for every sales opportunity is fierce. years, I have leveraged that software sales experience as an independent LMS selection consultant. Along the way, I have seen more than 100 salespeople from multiple vendors compete to win legitimate business opportunities.

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vendor Sales LMS Tips 67

Docebo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

In B2B sales training, there are always pain points, and a lot of them typically come back to information, or a lack thereof. But with those pains come an opportunity to ease them with effective sales training and a strong learning strategy paired with a great learning platform. Up-to-date Information When Needed.

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Sales Diversity Training Docebo LMS 115

BigTinCan

JUNE 10, 2020

Sales Enablement isn’t just a hot business buzzword. At its core, it means equipping your sales team with the strategic resources they need to succeed. Businesses today are on the hunt for new solutions to today’s sales challenges, and increasingly, are turning to Sales Enablement software as a long-term solution.

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Sales Platform Coaching Blended Learning 100

Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With that, here’s January’s round-up of free webinars to get you thinking for 2021. PT: Leading with Optimism in Challenging Times (Free for ATD members) Two decades of research shows that the greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain, especially during crisis and suffering. Join Wayne St.

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Brandon Hall Free Diversity Training Compliance Training 140

Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you’re worried about keeping up, why not check out a free webinar? PT: A Futurist's Guide to Complexity (Free for ATD members) The pervasive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how ill-prepared our organizations and leaders are for the increased systemic risk of our globally connected world. Thursday, Oct. Friday, Oct.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 25, 2022

We weren't sure if we should wear masks or go free. I was late to this session as I had a meeting, so be sure to check out some of the great research reports produced by the Guild (available with a free Guild Membership - well worth the cost, I might add!) And they've done it as a sales enablement team of two with virtually no budget.

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Summary Conference Solution Compliance Training 189

Paradiso

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You can contact the vendor to go through a specific plan of action for your requirements. Address- 2810 N Church St PMB 73030, Wilmington, Delaware 19802, United States. +1 800 513 5902 2. In addition, the SkyPrep free trial makes it simple and cost-free to have a firsthand look at the platform.

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LMS Solution Companies Compliance Training 170

Talented Learning

MAY 29, 2018

LMS vendors, I owe you a post. Then we recommend 4 highly qualified, matching vendors to evaluate in a formal RFP process. Learning systems buyers are always more successful when they invest time upfront qualifying vendors for their specific business situation). The LMS Sales Process: What Counts? What do I notice?

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vendor Association Learning Management System Learning System LMS 68

Appsembler

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As a result, many organizations ultimately drop the ball and lose out on potential new customers and increase sales with existing customers. Reaching customers requires that vendors know their customers well and invest the time, research, and budget necessary to reach them on their preferred buyer channels and terms.

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Adoption Adopt Productivity Product 105

Paradiso

DECEMBER 13, 2022

An LMS RFP Template is a document used by organizations, institutions, and other entities to solicit proposals from Learning Management System (LMS) vendors. The template is designed to give vendors the information they need to create a proposal that meets the needs of the organization and its stakeholders. Request A Free Demo.

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RFP Templates LMS Organization 91

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2024

An LMS can do everything an LXP can do (depending on the vendor), and the combo LMS/LXP angle is a mish-mash of whatever a vendor thinks an LXP is (in reality, there are only a few that are legit combo – Juno Journey is one). A Some weird concoction that a vendor has devised is another. Mentoring

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Learning System System Compliance Training vendor 71

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Next, there are vendors of all stripes pitching AI. If you are a learning technology or learning system vendor, I offer a service around Gen-AI, and AI – again, going in-depth – either online or on-site, presentation, 1/2 or full-day. Don’t assume the vendor will get back to you on this – I find it very rare.

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Guide vendor Learning System Scanning 100

Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 26, 2015

What if you design the best learning game ever, or work with a vendor who creates a great one for you, and no one plays it? Free Webinar) appeared first on. We love creating games at BLP and try to share that enthusiasm as much as we can. But we’ll also be the first to admit that designing a learning game is only the beginning.

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Case Study Games Free Blended Learning 100

E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

15 inside tips for sales reps five years ago, I braced for a backlash. One sales manager even distributed my article to each of his team members for mandatory reading. So if you are a sales rep, please refer to my additional tips below and use them to your advantage. I read it, but I get emails from sales reps daily.

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Sales Tips Write Blog Offline 0

BrainCert

MAY 3, 2024

Step 3: Explore Free Trials and Demos Identify Your Goals for the Trial/Demo: What aspects of the LMS do you want to test? Schedule a Demo Talk to Sales Sign Up for Free Trials: Utilize the free trial periods offered by LMS vendors. Vendor Reputation: Research the vendor's track record and user feedback.

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LMS Authoring Tools Business Compliance Training 52

Talented Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

This is a moment your sales team should relish. But vendors have more control over RFP outcomes than you may think. Sounds obvious – but you’d be surprised how many vendors ignore requested input. As a vendor, you can demonstrate leadership by seeking clarification. You greet the news with a mix of excitement and dread.

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RFP vendor Learning System System 61

eLearning 24-7

MAY 22, 2024

I bring all of this up because if you look at the early days of the LXP, what was once unique, different – in many ways to other systems, explicitly learning platforms, and yes, LMSs (albeit some had those capabilities early on, but never leveraged them in their marketing or sales pitch), turned into a not even mature yet, MTV.

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vendor Docebo Cornerstone Compliance Training 72

Cloudshare

DECEMBER 5, 2019

From user experiences to cloud provider developments, trends in training to the rise of the sales engineer, here’s a bit of what Zvi sees. In sales, that means a faster, easier ability to create more powerful demos and proofs of concept (PoC) pre-sales, with virtual labs accelerating customer training and support post-sale.

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Sales Virtual World Oracle vendor 67

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Seriously though, there were plenty of vendors making their first debut at the show, and that went from great to, uh, yeah. The biggest aspect, well, at least from my writings about the show, and vendors who need a course in how to do a trade show with you know prospects walking about; was something I will get to shortly.

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DevLearn Scanning vendor Docebo 83

KnowledgeAnywhere

JULY 1, 2021

?There are many vendors in the Learning Management Systems industry - in fact, there’s such a plethora that it can be difficult to select the right LMS provider for your organization. What does a vendor have to adhere to in the Customer Excellence Pledge? Maintain high ethical standards in sales, service, and business.

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Knowledge Custom vendor Examples 97

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 23, 2023

This is because many vendors behind the scenes use “range pricing,” and the ranges often end at 2,500, before moving up to the following range. This is not universal, and there are vendors who will get a better deal if you swing up to 3,000 – and your actual user base is 2,600 or 2,200, for example. Think about that.

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vendor Metrics Pipes Scanning 88

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not a typical word that comes up when you decide to purchase whatever type of learning system, whether it is an LMS, LXP, Learning Platform, Talent Development Platform, Employee Dev Platform (a tiny market, but it exists), or whatever a vendor spins their learning system as. Send to the vendors.  Blast to the vendors. 

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Learning System System RFP vendor 69

Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In years past, the same dozen or so vendors competed for all the LMS market share. Nearly every vendor earned its bread and butter by selling to employee-minded buyers in HR. We have spent the last three years meeting more than 125 vendors — learning who they are, what they do, why they are unique, and who their customers are.

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Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 0

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 16, 2023

Grabbed your Vendor’s Jersey or garb they give you and are raring to go? Now, vendors are either saying, “Customer training and education,” or “Customer Training,” or “Customer Education,” or, in the case of one vendor, “Customer Learning.” Are you sitting down? Standing up?

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Metrics Custom Education White Label 77

Wahoo Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

came onto the scene promising hands-free use, the brand expected users would have trouble visualising how it works. has since won numerous awards and is now sold in 30 countries, largely through external sales channels. Low sell-through on the distributor side translates to fewer sales once the time comes to order again.

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Management Metrics Training Train 52

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 8, 2021

Depending on how the vendor pitches it, will get you quite excited because it sounds so much like a pay-per-user aspect based on monthly use. Here is how it works: Vendor says how many “active users” will be in the system in a given month? The vendor goes thru their whole approach, and I listen.

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Learning System System vendor Microsoft 105

eLearning 24-7

JULY 1, 2021

Join the group, ask questions, from how to develop a top-tier e-learning program to generating sales and long-term revenue with customer education/partner training, to establishing and building mass use with repeat learners. E-Learning Coach is a free service. Why then are so many vendors saying it is?”

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Association Learning Management System vendor LMS Association LMS 101

Limestone Learning

JANUARY 30, 2019

Well, the world of learning and development is loving showing you some love, with a bouquet of free webinars on everything from instructional design to performance consulting , plus tons more. Free webinars are like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get each month, but you can bet it’ll be good.

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Free Webcast Adobe Captivate Compliance Training 61

eLearning 24-7

MAY 9, 2022

On top of that, there are vendors out there who change the type of system, repetitively. One vendor called their system for the longest time a “micro-learning platform” Now? Another vendor calls their system nearly every keyword for SEO purposes (you can see it on their web site). They call it something else.

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vendor Micro-Learning Enterprise Learning System 71

Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Innovation was stagnant and most vendor effort was invested in stealing customers from one another. The cloud enables new LMS vendors to create and support one product that all customers use providing economies of scale in research, customer support and required investment capital. The 2015 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Award Winners

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Association Learning Management System vendor Association LMS LMS 40

Docebo

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

recurring costs/pricing, obsolete technology, after-sales support, poor adoption, outdated user interfaces, lack of authoring tools/capabilities, etc. You must ensure most of these challenges are well thought out and are discussed with the respective vendors. See how to supercharge your learning platform with our free 5-step guide.

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LMS Docebo Compliance Training Tips 130

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 16, 2023

He stated that a company must be willing to take a risk, knowing the financial implications of using Gen-AI (assuming it is not 100% free, even then, though there is always a cost) and that risk-averse companies should hold. Some vendors just went with ChatGPT to avoid paying fees, which is about as valuable as peanuts with CrackerJack.

Learning System 81

Learning System System vendor Docebo 81

Appsembler

JULY 9, 2021

Since we weren’t based in the same location as the software vendors at the time, we watched them demo the system over Skype. But, when we implemented the software, the vendor reverted back to Skype for implementation and training. a sales-focused approach) is also important because developers despise being sold to.

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Develop Course Skype Examples 98

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 11, 2016

A Good RFP The best RFPs consist of a list of required features, typically in a spreadsheet, and an easy way for the vendor to mark `Yes’ or ‘No’ next to each requirement to identify which features are present or absent in their product. Software vendors love these good RFPs because they don’t take long to complete.

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LMS RFP Learning Management System Podium 190

eLearning 24-7

JULY 29, 2021

Why, would a system that pushes heavily around the customer education/partner training segment, acquire a vendor who does the complete opposite? If Valamis wanted to push heavy and truly commit to the CE segment, they would have acquired a vendor who has capabilities or features or even themselves plays in the CE side. That’s it.

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Learning System Market System vendor 115

eLearning 24-7

MAY 5, 2021

Sure there are vendors who do an exceptional job, but the fact still remains that the number one reason, people leave one learning system vendor for another is support/service. I talk to vendors all the time, who say publicly they have great support, but privately acknowledge it is either poor or below average.

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Custom vendor Examples Learning System 89

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2014

” Seriously though, a lot of people ask me what vendors to see or what vendors I look at, etc. The vendors that I list below in my guide, are across the board. Hopefully this will be fine with ASTD, but if this “bullet” changes to the vendor’s site, you will know why. LMS Vendors.

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vendor Guide ASTD Association Learning Management System 68