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Exclusive research and insights for Emblaze community members. This is where breakthrough revenue ideas go from spark to sales‑ready story.
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  • Checklists
    Checklist: How to Design and Deliver Your Next Sales Presentation
    The promise of AI to be just as good as people at designing and delivering a sales presentation is alluring. But in reality, can it be as persuasive as a human?
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  • Research Report
    Article: Rethinking Discovery in the Age of the Self-Informed Buyer
    Discovery used to be straightforward: a buyer reached out, shared their needs, and you worked together to find the right solution. But today’s buyers are coming to the table with a head start—or at least, they think they are. What’s a sales leader to do?
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  • Training Replay
    Training Tuesday: Overcome Buyer Objections
    Even when you deliver a knock-out sales message, you won’t always get the result you want right away. Why? Because your prospects raise objections. Watch to learn how to overcome your buyer’s most deeply-rooted objections.
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  • Video
    Member Story: Chris Kingman, NielsenIQ
    In a sea of never-ending requests, enablement leaders need a North Star to guide their efforts. Chris Kingman from NielsenIQ and Revenue Enablement Society uses Emblaze as that North Star in charting his career and the way that he practices enablement. With Emblaze, he has ongoing access to his customers—sales leaders.
  • Checklists
    Checklist: Assess and Reset Misguided Buying Decisions
    Use this checklist to spot signs your buyer might be overly committed to their approach during your next discovery conversation and learn how to get them back on the right track.
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  • Video
    Growth Spark: Scaling Processes when Resources are Tight
    Hear from sales leader Lori Harmon why being clear on your company’s value proposition and taking an omnichannel approach are the keys to scaling at any size.
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  • Video
    Member Story: Hannah Pencek, Vonage
    Revenue leaders need community with one another to grow professionally. Whether meeting on a local, national, or global level with fellow Emblaze members, Hannah Pencek from Vonage credits her membership with meaningful long-term relationships and bold new ideas.
  • Video
    Growth Spark: Hiring Right = High Retention Rates
    Knowing what qualities to screen for when interviewing sellers is critical to creating a high-performing team. Learn what IBM leader Aaron Carman looks for when he’s adding to his team.
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  • Research Report
    Research Report: Is AI Ready to Design and Deliver Sales Presentations?
    Currently, the evaluation of AI image-to-text tools is based on heated opinions. In this report, you’ll get neuroscience-based answers to the question: What is the impact of AI design compared to human design on the buyer’s brain?  
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  • Video
    Growth Spark: How to Better Support Sellers with Lower Performance-Based Pay
    How can leaders and organizations help ease the stress and mental load for sellers who have lower performance in a given time period for any number of reasons? Watch to learn how to ameliorate the stress of lower performance-based pay.
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  • Article
    The State of Sales Productivity 2024
    Gong surveyed hundreds of sellers to identify how AI is transforming how they spend their time. Discover AI adoption rates, use-cases, and what organizations need to do to maximize their sellers’ productivity and return on investments.
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  • Video
    Member Story: Carolin Schollmeier, Siemens
    Revenue leaders rarely have time to start strategies from scratch. With her Emblaze membership, Carolin Schollmeier, Lead of Digital Sales Enablement at Siemens, cherry-picks from the Idea Lab to infuse her own approaches, along with insights and ideas gleaned at the annual Emblaze Summit.
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