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HP Help Desk Training

HP needed to train its global network of Help Desk Professionals on how to support the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 platform on HP laptops and Netbooks.

A blended learning course was developed and delivered which included self-paced, self-directed learning activities with a virtual classroom environment. The developed materials included instructional workbooks, lab exercises, narrated demonstrations and virtual machines.

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Novell Selling Skills Situational Awareness

Novell needed to reinforce product benefits and the business challenges they address with VARs and new sales people.

Through an instructor-led course, developed by Artifact3, these sales teams learn to identify business challenges and appropriate solutions in typical sales scenarios.

Since its initial delivery, it has been translated into German, Spanish (Latin American), French, Simplified Chinese, Russian, and Portuguese.

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Novell Selling Skills Market Immersion

Novell needed an impactful and cost effective means to train their global VAR network.

While comfortable with the technical attributes of the products, they needed confidence to articulate the relationship between the business challenges and solution benefits.

Through self-guided courses developed by Artifact3, VARs were educated on the dynamics and opportunities of the market along with which solutions addressed the primary business challenges.

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Artifact3 provides strategic channel and marketing consulting to IT channel organizations of all sizes. Our consultative methodology centers on understanding your current channel programs, business goals, inhibitory challenges and in-place resources. Our success is measured against your partners’ ability to:

  • Help customers achieve their full business potential
  • Increase their sales and technical staff productivity
  • Expand into new markets
  • Increase revenue while shortening the sales cycle

A3V Methodology

Enablement Program Development

Enablement Program Development is the creation, implementation and management of your channel program. We provide you with the best in class strategies associated with recruiting, on-boarding and nurturing the right ecosystem of partners to sell, position and implement your products and services.

Learning Program Development

Learning Program Development is the collection of the assets used to train your channel partners' sales and technical staff on your products and services. A cross section of these assets include, e-learning course-ware, live and virtual instructor-led courses, white-papers, selling skills clinics, sales guides, videos and podcasts.

Social Marketing Campaign Development

Social marketing is most successful when it is part of a holistic strategic marketing program tied to tangible business results. We assess your business and marketing objectives to then develop and deploy logical and sustainable social marketing initiatives for you and your channel partners.

Market Research and Analysis

We deliver market research and analysis from the perspective of the solution provider and value added reseller. Our value for the solution provider is determining which partners are most capable at positioning, selling and implementing your suite of products and services. For the value added reseller, our focus centers on determining which solution provider and program is the right fit for you, via your skill-set, business objectives and organizational structure.

Our A3V methodology is how we consistently develop high quality, customized content and activities.

Learning can elevate and differentiate your organization above the competition at both product and service levels. As a business leader, knowledge is imperative to your success.

We will help you determine how to:

  • Communicate your solution and market expertise to a broader audience
  • Increase the effectiveness of your network of partners and employees
  • Ensure the consistency of communications surrounding your brand
  • Improve customer satisfaction through better service and education
  • Attract new customers by bridging the knowledge gap between their needs, your services and market trends
  • Maintain adaptability in an ever-changing marketplace

Let Artifact3 help you leverage education to meet your business goals.

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Name: Amin Marts

Title: Principal/Founder

Job Description: I steer the ship, work in the engine room and serve meals in the galley. Primarily, my job is to ensure we meet our client’s expectations and stay on task as a studio to deliver high quality, impactful work.

What I bring to the table: Big picture thinking. The ability to distill complex ideas into bite-sized contextual stories.

Best way to contact me: Through our contact form or via email please

My iPod: This is an ever changing assemblage of old and new, classic and trendy, that I’m somewhat apprehensive to put to paper, but here it goes; The Afghan Whigs, Phoenix, The Kooks, Silversun Pickups, Metric, Etta James, James Brown, Rustic Overtones, Sweatshop Union, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco and Slick Rick.

Turn Ons: Smart design. Descriptive words. Deep snow. Simple solutions to complex problems. Focus.

Turn Offs: Sprawl. Ed Hardy and his t-shirts. Unclear messages.

Favorite Big Thinkers (& Cyclists): Seth Godin. Malcolm Gladwell. Lance Armstrong. Myself.

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