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Spotlight.ai in CEO Times: Why Every Deal Needs a Credible BVA
Spotlight.ai’s Spotlight the BVA handbook was featured in CEO Times, showcasing how credible Business Value Assessments (BVAs) drive trust, win rates, and deal size. The article highlights the handbook’s community-driven approach to helping sales teams operationalize value and close with confidence.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Nov 61 min read


MEDDICC Analysis and Mastery
AI is redefining how sales teams qualify and close enterprise deals. This guide explains how to master MEDDIC and MEDDPICC using automation, analytics, and real-world U.S. sales data — turning proven methodology into measurable growth.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Nov 49 min read


Sales Strategy and Technology: Complete Guide for Sales Teams
Sales technology has evolved beyond simple enablement. This guide explores how modern sales teams integrate AI, automation, and strategy to improve forecasting, collaboration, and win rates. Learn how digital sales rooms differ from deal execution platforms and how to future-proof your GTM stack.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Nov 48 min read


Value Management and Value-Based Selling Strategies: Tools, Frameworks & Best Practices
The definitive guide to modern value management and selling — featuring real data, best practices, and platform comparisons. Learn how Spotlight.ai enables autonomous value orchestration across every buyer stage.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Nov 46 min read


Chapter 5 - Arming the Champion with a BVA That Sells Internally
When the deal leaves your hands, your champion becomes the seller. This chapter explains how to arm internal champions with a Business Value Analysis (BVA) that sells itself — simple, credible, and CFO-ready. Learn how to build one-slide summaries, prep scripts, and assumption sheets that survive executive scrutiny. Featuring data from Forrester, Salesforce, and Pavilion, plus real insights from Sysdig CRO Gary Olson, this chapter helps sellers turn value stories into interna

Lolita Trachtengerts
Oct 195 min read


AI in Sales Automation
In 2025, sales automation is no longer about sequences and reminders — it’s about autonomous agents working directly inside your CRM. Spotlight.ai integrates natively with Salesforce, connects to HubSpot through its secure API layer, and even offers its own native environment for full-cycle execution. No more switching tabs or chasing data — just intelligent agents that qualify, inspect, and advance deals in real time.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Oct 157 min read


Data Unification: Strategies, Best Practices, and AI-Powered Solutions
Spotlight.ai’s 2025 guide to data unification explains how enterprises unify sales, pre-sales, and customer success data inside their CRM to create measurable value. Covering unified revenue intelligence, automation, and value realization, the guide outlines a step-by-step approach and real use cases that show how AI-driven unification accelerates growth and reduces manual effort.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Oct 155 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
Oct 65 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 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


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


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


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


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


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


The New Rules of Sales Excellence in Cybersecurity
Explore the new rules of sales excellence in cybersecurity. From value selling to MEDDICC to adaptive discovery, veteran GTM leaders break down what it takes to win in a noisy, high-stakes market—and how AI is changing the game.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jul 73 min read


How to Master Value Discovery with MEDDICC
Too many sales teams treat value discovery as a one-time step or a static ROI deck. In today’s enterprise deals, it needs to be continuous, collaborative, and baked into every stage of MEDDPICC. This guide shows how to turn value into your competitive edge—from identifying pain to winning over the CFO.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Jun 303 min read


The Hidden Pain Points of Sales Execution and How to Overcome Them
Discover how autonomous AI agents close the sales execution gap, drive pipeline predictability, and empower reps to win more deals.

Lolita Trachtengerts
Apr 153 min read
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