intelsat

A two-day messaging workshop was used to build compelling messaging that created the buying vision and lead to a documented POV, conversation roadmap, and solution whiteboard. Create Value Skills training was then deployed to equip sales teams with the skills needed to keep customers focused on Intelsat differentiators and value—not price.  After these activities, Intelsat engaged CVI’s Content Services to produce materials that reinforced the new messaging, including a sales playbook and customer-facing eBook.

Intelsat leveraged Corporate Visions’ Create Value Messages to change the way it developed and delivered their go-to market messages. A big part of that meant infusing an insights-driven approach and a distinct point of view into their messaging DNA. The positive impact of the investment in a common, repeatable approach to message and content development was felt first in the company’s demand generation programs, according to Simmons.

“Everything is trackable, and as we looked at the programs we’ve put in place, from open rates, to clickthrough rates, to actually filling leads into the funnel, it’s made a huge impact,” she said.

The insights-driven approach to message differentiation, as well as the company’s key positions and market messages, was something Simmons wanted all marketing team members at Intelsat to be fluent in. By getting her team steeped in their key differentiators, as determined by the cross-functional approach, this was something they achieved much faster than anticipated. In addition, Intelsat teams—and not just marketing—were required to attend Corporate Visions workshops that were critical to message development and delivery. Since then, increasing numbers of Intelsat executives are using the point of view (POV)—plus CVI brain science-based techniques—to have more engaging customer conversations.

“By partnering with Corporate Visions we were quickly able to train an entire marketing organization on the methodology and get to the finish line quickly,” Simmons said. In less than one year the entire team was following the methodology and executing 100 percent on their own.”

Simmons added: “[Corporate Visions] was awesome. Our facilitator helped us achieve cross-functional agreement on our messaging direction and made sure the team could support it with relevant business insights. And the related content CVI produced was beautiful and delivered as promised. We’re confident that we have the foundational skills to refresh [Corporate Visions] messaging so that it continues to resonate with customers. At the same time, we know we can look to CVI as an ongoing resource for messaging and content development.”