Situation Adobe Systems needed to develop engaging product training for its channel partners and external product sales professionals in the US, Europe and Asia. Many of these sales people had no direct experience with Adobe products and had no particular reason to recommend Adobe's solutions over those of the competition. Adobe wanted to give them a reason.
Solution
Little Planet produced a series of 30-minute courses
designed to provide a quick overview of a particular Adobe product
and to occupy the "mind space" of their external sales representatives.
The Little Planet courses addressed the questions these sales professionals
were most often asked, such as:
- "What does this product do?"
- "What are the product's key features and benefits?"
- "Who is the competition and what is the product comparison?"
The courses identified how answers to these questions might differ
depending on the individual customer’s needs. And the questions
were presented and answered in a manner that took advantage of all
of the benefits of a multimedia presentation, including layered graphics,
animations and role simulations.
Results
Feedback about these courses has been extremely
positive. External sales people like the fact that they can take a
course over a lunch hour and that the courses focus on the types of
questions most frequently asked. They appreciate how the information
is delivered in a way that they can understand. They especially like
the job aids that they can keep with them to answer detailed questions
about areas such as specific features and licensing options.
"Little Planet continues to provide the
best in quality when it comes to the work they do for Adobe. Not
only is the end product awesome, but the working relationship that
we have makes it all worth it."
Lance Lew
World Wide
Sales Project Manager
Adobe Systems
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