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Tag: sales

Just-in-Time Learning for HP Global Sales Team

Submitted by: Carol Cohen, Learning Program Manager, Hewlett Packard

March 30, 2012 11:01 AM

HP’s global sales force is nearly 100,000 strong and, as you can imagine, we are challenged by keeping this increasingly mobile workforce well trained without sacrificing their productivity. They need to have access to precisely the information at the exact time that they need it.  We have created a just-in-time training structure that integrates into the daily lives of our employees, creating an invisible corporate training path that they follow, even without knowing... Read more

Tags: eLearning & training, internal communications, mobile, sales, sales enablement, testimonial presentation

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How I Made the Sale with SlideShark

Submitted by: Randy Lewis, Alloy Engineering Company

March 16, 2012 10:45 AM

I recently called on a customer and was discussing our capabilities. I had made a PPT with 105 pictures of different high nickel metal fabrications that we have done. While discussing their application, I jumped into my pictures in the SlideShark presentation on my iPad and showed him similar parts. He was so impressed with my pictures that he immediatly gained confidence in partnering with us on their new project. He said, and I quote "you just paid for that iPad with that prese... Read more

Tags: animation, iPad, SlideShark, PowerPoint, sales

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Large Manufacturing Company Gets Sales with Brainshark

Submitted by: Dominick, Manufacturing Company

February 17, 2012 03:51 PM

To be honest, I was a little hesitant to use Brainshark at first due to a bad past experience with (what I thought was) a similar service.  After giving it a chance, I have to say that Brainshark has totally changed how we conduct our database marketing. In my opinion, the true benefit to Brainshark is that everything is kept in the Brainshark page, enabling our customers to access multiple resources we have put on our portal. Additionally, the integration of Brainshark with our database r... Read more

Tags: eLearning & training, external communications, marketing, mobile, sales, sales enablement

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Electronic Direct Mail with Teeth: Meet Brainshark

Submitted by: Newsletter, EMD Millipore

December 11, 2011 12:26 PM

Shared with us from an internal communication at EMD Millipore. The Lab Water team is trying electronic direct mail with teeth to communicate with customers. They're using Brainshark. A type of electronic direct mail, a Brainshark presentation combines a short slide presentation with a voice over. Customers can access the Brainshark through a link that is contained in an e-mail message.  Customers can just click on the Play button, and then sit back and watch, making it an effort... Read more

Tags: external communications, marketing, sales

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Con-way Drives Significant Cost Reductions for Competitive Advantage

Submitted by: Tom Nightingale, Chief Marketing Officer, Con-way

December 07, 2011 04:50 PM

Con-way is a $5B transportation and logistics company. Historically, employee training was largely done in person, a hugely time-intensive and expensive endeavor for a company of Con-way’s size. With Brainshark, we can deliver high-standard corporate training materials to employees anywhere and on-demand. Additionally, we can track the training results to confirm employee compliance and define the resulting cost savings. Whether conducting and verifying the results of training 1... Read more

Tags: eLearning & training, internal communications, sales, testimonial presentation

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