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Redefining Enablement: How Productivity and Readiness Are Shaping the Future of Sales
Enablement is evolving into readiness. In this episode of In the Spotlight, Kari Neidig explains how productivity, clean data, and workflow-native AI are transforming how go-to-market teams drive revenue impact.

Lolita Trachtengerts
11 hours ago4 min read


Chapter 4 - BVA Confidence for All
Most reps don’t fear selling — they fear the math. Chapter 4 helps every seller move past BVA anxiety with simple frameworks, practical language, and a live, collaborative approach that builds buyer trust. Learn why modest ROI wins, why confidence beats complexity, and how to guide—not impress—your buyer through the numbers.

Lolita Trachtengerts
2 days ago5 min read


Spotlight.ai in USA News: The Self-Driving Future of Sales
Spotlight.ai was just featured in USA News as the “self-driving future of sales.” The article highlights how our Autonomous Deal Execution Platform moves beyond copilots and dashboards into true autonomy — with AI agents that qualify deals, forecast with evidence, and keep teams aligned at scale.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Oct 11 min read


Chapter 3 - The Anatomy of a Strong BVA: Tactics for Every Tab
A strong BVA isn’t a form — it’s a co-creation framework. Learn tactics for each tab to build buyer trust, credible ROI, and faster consensus.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Oct 14 min read


Chapter 2 – How to Run a BVA Discovery Session Without the Interrogation
Learn how to run a Business Value Assessment (BVA) discovery session that feels consultative, not like an interrogation. Chapter 2 covers how to set the stage, do smart pre-call research, ask value-driven questions, and co-create a business case buyers can defend. Backed by research showing buyers complete 70% of their journey before meeting sales, this chapter helps you make discovery impactful and credible.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 124 min read


Why MEDDICC Succeeds When Leadership Leads
In this Spotlight News feature, Bill Norberg of Sales MEDDIC Group joins Roi Carmel to break down why MEDDICC is more than a checklist — it’s a language for leadership, RevOps, and reps. From avoiding “hope-casts” to aligning with the customer’s compelling event, Bill shares how organizations can replace storytelling with evidence-based execution and drive predictable growth.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 114 min read


Chapter 1 - What is a BVA (and Why It’s More Than Just an ROI Calculator)
A Business Value Assessment (BVA) is more than an ROI calculator. It is a collaborative sales tool that connects your solution to executive priorities and quantifies real impact. This chapter explains what a BVA is, how it differs from pitch decks and calculators, and why co-owning it with your champion drives deal credibility. Learn the ROI ranges that matter and how to run BVAs with curiosity and confidence.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 104 min read


Business Value Assessment (BVA) Overview
This guide explains how sales reps can run Business Value Assessments (BVAs) — also called business case or ROI assessments — to win bigger, more credible deals. You’ll learn how to align to executive priorities, create compelling events, and build ROI ranges that hold up under scrutiny. Designed for AEs, SEs, sales leaders, and value consultants, Spotlight the BVA makes value selling practical, credible, and repeatable.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 103 min read


QBR-Ready Dashboards in Salesforce: Why RevOps Needs Truth, Not Spreadsheets
RevOps loses days each quarter exporting data and stitching spreadsheets for QBRs, only to present numbers leaders still question. Spotlight.ai solves this with QBR-ready dashboards that live inside Salesforce. No more manual prep or offline decks — just inspection-ready, evidence-based dashboards that save RevOps time and give CROs confidence in the boardroom.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 53 min read


Execution Intelligence: From Endless Research to Real Action
Research is wasted if it doesn’t drive execution. Spotlight.ai surfaces account intelligence inside CRM, eliminating blind spots and accelerating deals.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 52 min read


AI Deal Forecasting: Why Revenue Leaders Must Replace Gut Feel With Win Data
Revenue forecasting is broken. CROs still walk into board meetings with forecasts built on opinions, not evidence. Spotlight.ai changes that. By auto-scoring opportunities against real win/loss data, revenue leaders replace gut feel with hard signals they can defend. Forecasting isn’t about hope anymore—it’s about credibility. Win-data execution is the only path forward.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 53 min read


Co-Pilot or Autopilot?
AI co-pilots—nice to have, helpful, even necessary. But they don’t close deals. Autonomous, self-driving-level execution is the leap sales teams need now. Here’s why, and how Spotlight.ai brings it to life.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Sep 32 min read


The New Sales Math to Master
Sales leaders are redefining how they measure success. From win rate to pipeline health, today’s CROs are recalculating the numbers that truly matter.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Aug 272 min read


Stakeholder Blind Spots Are Killing Enterprise Deals
Enterprise deals are increasingly complex, involving 10+ stakeholders across multiple buying cycles. This post explores how poor stakeholder visibility slows deals, stalls execution, and silently kills revenue momentum.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Aug 223 min read


When Everyone Promises ROI, Nobody Believes It
When everyone promises ROI, buyers tune out. This post unpacks the breakdown in trust around ROI, why hard vs. soft distinctions matter, and how sales leaders can make value credible again.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Aug 113 min read


The Email Privacy Backlash Is Coming
As sales tools increasingly mine inboxes for insights, enterprise buyers are pushing back. This post explores why “always‑on” email surveillance undermines trust, adoption, and data quality—and what modern buyers demand instead.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jul 313 min read


From Deck to Deal: Why Most Value Propositions Die in the Last Mile
Most business cases die after the meeting — not during it. This blog explores why value propositions fail in the final stretch of enterprise deals and how sales teams can build cases that win behind closed doors.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jul 252 min read


The Business Case Bottleneck: How to Speed Up Value Assessments Without Losing Credibility
Speed kills in sales—except when it kills trust. Here’s how modern revenue teams can accelerate value assessments without cutting corners.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jul 222 min read


Pinpoint Search Group and Spotlight.ai Partner to Bring Autonomous Sales Execution to Cybersecurity Vendors
Pinpoint Search Group has partnered with Spotlight.ai to bring autonomous sales execution to cybersecurity vendors. The collaboration helps sales teams close complex enterprise deals faster by combining value selling rigor with real-time execution intelligence — all embedded directly in the CRM.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jul 173 min read


Why Your Business Case Isn’t Changing Minds (and What to Do About It)
Most business cases don’t fail because of bad math — they fail because they ignore the real decision-making dynamics: politics, psychology, and misaligned priorities. Learn why static ROI models fall flat and how to build business cases that evolve with the deal, resonate with every stakeholder, and actually change minds.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jul 162 min read
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