Association eLearning

JULY 27, 2016

That means there are a lot of options, with a lot of features, a lot of variations, and a lot of sales teams fighting for your sale. They wouldn’t twist yes or no questions on an RFP to try to find a way to interpret that question so they can say yes, right? Analyst John Leh says there are 700 LMS vendors in the industry.

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Paradiso

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It typically includes the scope of the project, the expected features and capabilities of the system, the selection criteria, the budget and timeline, and the terms of the contract. An LMS RFP is a document that specifies a client’s requirements and asks potential suppliers or contractors for information. Prioritize.

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Wahoo Learning

APRIL 28, 2023

In this blog, we explain what factors you need to account for when budgeting for training program development, how you can utilise a phased approach and how to generate an ongoing revenue stream by selling your courses. Read on for more… When Allocating a Budget For Your Training Program, What Should You Include?

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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. The organization issuing the RFP will suffer since very few software vendors will submit proposals.

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WBT Systems

JUNE 26, 2018

You finally got the budget to purchase a learning management system (LMS). Ask around for request for proposal (RFP) samples and send one of them to a dozen LMS vendors? You know the answer already if you read last week’s post : an LMS RFP is not the first step of the selection process, it’s the result of the first step.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2024

Stage Two Creating the RFP document These are the typical routes people go when creating the RFP (BTW, save time, use my template that said) Put in 90% that every vendor already has – but you are unaware. Write an RFP that is massive in size. Use Nobody loves or likes creating an RFP/RFI or whatever you do. It

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Talented Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Is the LMS RFP a Necessary Evil? A Request for Proposal (RFP) is one of the most widely used yet controversial tools for learning management systems buyers. The LMS RFP has developed a bad reputation because it is easily misunderstood. In college, I even took a course on how to respond to learning technology RFPs.

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PDG

MAY 15, 2023

More than a decade later, and on the coattails of a three-year global pandemic, sales leaders are now looking at adaptive strategies to accelerate growth during a potential economic downturn. Budgets are more scrutinized, and every dollar spent is put under a microscope. Every deal matters—especially in a downturn economy.

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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. It has been fascinating to observe the range of sales skills, styles, tactics and habits. LMS Vendor Sales Tips. For the last 2.5

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Talented Learning

JULY 16, 2019

That’s why we communicate requirements in a structured request for proposal (RFP). If qualified vendors want to be considered, they must reply to the RFP in full. Often they spend too much time meeting vendors and getting caught up in the sales process, rather than driving selection forward. 12) How should I budget for growth?

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 12, 2023

Let’s face it – RFI/RFP documents sent over to learning system vendors are massive tomes that confuse, challenge and even baffle some vendors. Then you have RFP/RFIs that lack substance. The fact of the matter is nobody loves creating RFP/RFIs. They can be 25 pages. 50 pages, even 100 pages or more.

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eLearning 24-7

MAY 9, 2022

Then there are those who won’t tell you, but simply decline or ignore your RFP. The thinking behind this strategy is the presumption that a larger user base equates to a higher budget, but that just isn’t true. I once had a client with 6,500 end-users (active) and their budget was 30,000 dollars.

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Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Ellen highlights the importance of taking a good look at using the Internet to replace the loss of revenue from declining face-to-face workshop sales. Here are some additional reasons you should consider purchasing her book : Guidance on how to best deliver your content and methods to get it done at a budget.

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Talented Learning

JUNE 7, 2016

The first instinct is to always blame the vendor and of course they carry the blame if they ever misrepresent themselves, don’t live up to their commitments or exaggerate their capabilities in the sales process. This leads to decisions made in haste as budget deadlines loom. So they send the RFP to too few or too many.

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learnWorlds

MAY 29, 2023

Our Request for Proposal (RFP) checklist narrows down all the key questions you must ask LMS vendors, so you can identify the one that meets your requirements without ending up wasting money on a platform that has too many features you don’t even need or too few that will jeopardize the effectiveness of your program.

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eFront

DECEMBER 8, 2016

If we feel we are suitable to the client, we will work towards submitting an RFP. The intrinsic nature of the RFP varies with each client. Of primary importance is fulfilling the requirements and complying with the RFP. This is obviously a sensitive yet vital component of the RFP, and therefore must be thought out carefully.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

As a culmination of our Corporate Track, students are required to answer an e-learning request for proposal (RFP), create a prototype of the proposed solution and give a 20 minute sales presentation to a group of representatives from various positons within the field of e-learning. Describing the rules of the exercise to CAC Members.

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The problem with asking random folks to recommend an LMS is that they have no idea on what specific functionality you need, nor your budget, nor your challenges or issues you are facing, nor your requirements, nor your training approach or L&D approach, nor your experience with e-learning. And many you can schedule a demo, send RFP, etc.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 26, 2023

Criteria you can just see when you check out a demo or blast over an RFP (after you take a look at the demo, although way too many people do it the opposite way). Currently, they work in sales, and is unsure what content/courses they will need to learn these new skills. That’s criteria. Because you want to grow that audience.

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Talented Learning

JULY 31, 2019

Your sales team recently crafted a strong proposal in response to an LMS RFP , and the buyer has given your company a thumbs up. But after years as a software sales consultant, and now as an LMS selection advisor, I’ve learned how you can significantly improve your chances. Congratulations!

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Talented Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The cost of inaction will be high and sales will be low! 7) How can our education programs appeal to younger members on a limited budget? We have a tight tech budget. Bottom-line – technology costs are no longer a deal-breaker for low-budget continuing education providers. When to issue an RFP (or not).

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Talented Learning

JANUARY 9, 2018

Price-conscious buyers will need to pay closer attention to identify solutions that fit their requirements while satisfying their budget parameters. #15 Significant increase in sales effectiveness. 1 Good Sales Help Wanted! In addition, sales veterans are usually plagued by non-compete agreements. Reduced support calls.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

And you know, in certain fields—you know, sales is a really great example of it or, you know, a specific product training—there's very specific data points that govern the role and business performance. The ones that show up with that RFP of like, we're not looking for a tech vendor or, you know, a content solution.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

And you know, in certain fields—you know, sales is a really great example of it or, you know, a specific product training—there's very specific data points that govern the role and business performance. The ones that show up with that RFP of like, we're not looking for a tech vendor or, you know, a content solution.

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Talented Learning

AUGUST 17, 2017

If your approach is methodical and coherent, it’s easy to get budget authorization. Differentiation often starts with the target learning audience — employees, extended enterprise (customers, sales channel , contract workforce), academic institutions, association members , continuing education or commercial training.

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Sales Enablement Platforms which have a training and/or learning component – now slide into this category. Top Three LMSs when budget is extremely tight and you still want a very solid system. of 70% of my LMS RFP Template. . A coaching system which incorporate training/learning modality, fits here.

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Talented Learning

JANUARY 23, 2018

Aaron Olney, VP Sales and Marketing at eLogic Learning teamed up with me to share our best advice, based on what we’ve learned from a combined 40 years, 2000+ sales opportunities and $100,000,000-worth of selling and buying LMS solutions. #1 What budget parameters makes sense? When and how to use an RFP (or not).

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 23, 2018

Ask the questions on my LMS RFP Template. Give them you budget. Secondly, their are unscrupulous folks out there, whose pricing will be nearly your entire budget. Give them my latest LMS RFP template (click to download). This isn’t like handing out flyers to your garage sale. . Never an issue. More Do NOT.

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

There are two reasons behind this: Perceived revenue – Vendors often fall into the trap of believing that a customer who has 1,000 learners (internal) will have a higher budget than say 300 OR if they are targeting mid size, see a customer with 10,000 users have a higher budget than say someone with 1,500 users. Latest Files.

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Talented Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We participate in LMS demonstrations , study RFP responses and interview customer references. When organizations educate and certify their external sales channel and business partners, they often increase sales, create new revenue streams and improve customer satisfaction. LMS SALES STARS. eLogic Learning.

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

and tie it often to increased productivity, greater sales and other, but when it comes to showing the numbers to back it as such, it really doesn’t exist. . Sales drive business. LMS vendors had the option to create a video demo of their product without any sales pitch whatsoever. Video demos – You read right.

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Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

They needed to streamline their RFP response process. After using Azuqua to connect multiple apps, including Dropbox , Salesforce and Smartsheet , they sped up their sales process and are saving 40 hours a week of manual processing. But for startups that need to move fast, you may not have the time or budget.

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Web Courseworks

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

One of my sales people brought me in to talk one of his customers, a Midwest-based department store chain that had gotten off to a very late start in Y2K mitigation. My sales person had some unkind words for me in the parking lot later, but I’ll tell you how it turned out at the end of this blog post. “My The consultant’s experience.

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That said when it involves your employees (and retaining them) and your customers (and increasing sales), you may wish to think of another way to solve the problem, rather than just acquiescing. Aaron in sales, Frieda in Accounting, Paul in IT, Sandy in Marketing and so forth are not experts in training, L&D or HR. Yes, listen.

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Training Orchestra

JANUARY 10, 2022

Training Management System – used to manage live Instructor-Led Training (ILT) and Virtual Instructor-Led Training (vILT) operations such as session and resource scheduling, managing tasks, monitoring budgets and profitability, tracking attendance and much more. Do you want to boost compliance, increase sales or reduce customer churn?

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Training Orchestra

OCTOBER 19, 2023

If sales directors are saying that “the sales development team isn’t meeting their outbound leads” it may be wise to implement sales enablement software to develop a sales training program to help improve tactics. Partner companies in our supply chain aren’t understanding how to best utilize our product”.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 20, 2022

If you are buying your learning system, for your employees, your business case may be that you want to increase sales by 35% and reduce incidents by 12%. Your RFP/RFI. I have created two RFP/RFI templates, one for employees , the other for customer learning/education. Never tell the vendor your budget. Are they extensive?

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