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Break it down! (No it’s not Hammer Time! Yet)

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I’m not saying that e-learning vendors who follow the “trial” and give us your credit card mantra are following this approach nor are they doing so in a nefarious way, I’m just giving you some insight in how companies that use this approach, see value in it. Demo Doomsday. No, just kidding. Guess what?

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LMS Ghost stories – The truth will scare you

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I have always stated that before any call, at a minimum look at the vendor’s web site, go through the page(s) and see what you can extract. Seek additional resources before just either blasting a RFP out to everyone or picking up the phone, because you saw their name. And let’s go back to that RFP for a second.

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Psst. You wanna buy some features?

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Desktop sharing (appears with a few vendors). DVD to video conversion for creating courses. Training – common includes online webinars, walkthroughs and tutorials, sadly sometimes vendors charge for online support. RFPs and Features. Virtual printer. One click SMB edition to Enterprise. Online book clubs.