Millie Blackwell

Millie Blackwell

Millie Blackwell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Showcase Workshop. She shares her thoughts about sales enablement and digital presentations. After hours she's a pencil and cycling enthusiast.

Wellington, New Zealand •
184 posts •
Sales & Marketing Articles

Stop Dealing With Rejection – Do This Instead

> “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” -- Thomas Edison Successful salespeople are tenacious … but we’re not immune to the hurt of rejection.

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

50% of Your Leads Are Getting Lost

I know I don’t have to sell you on the fact that response time affects sales. But I’m going to anyway – because it’s that important. * Up to 50% of sales

  • Millie Blackwell
    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

Is Your Sales Team Supporting Your Brand … or Squashing It?

Your brand will outlive your products. Let me say that again. Your brand will outlive your products. Brand communicates the promise of your company. It signifies uniform experience and quality. Your very credibility

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

This Smart Retailer Got Managers Out of the Back Office – and Back onto the Floor

Smart retailers pay a lot of attention to merchandising because it can make a huge difference to a customer’s experience in the store – and their likelihood of buying. Imagine, if you will,

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

Custom App or Customizable App? The Answer May Cost You

What’s the cost of developing a custom app? When he was transitioning the sales team from print to digital materials on iPads, Ray Whitley, Multimedia Manager of Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) [http:

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

Why Sales Jobs Aren’t Going to Disappear (Despite What You Hear)

Let’s face it. For certain industries, face-to-face interaction is crucial for the business and for the customer. The auto industry is one of them. No matter how much information a customer has

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

5 Ways to Overcome Technology Failures in a Meeting

So you're in an important meeting about to give a presentation. You're dressed sharply, feeling confident and ready to knock this out of the park. You open your laptop

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

6 Sales and Marketing Quotes to Fire You Up Today

Inspiration. Motivation. We all need it. I think sales and marketing professionals need it more than most. Rejection is part of our job description. For every successful campaign or closed sale, there are

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

What Is Sales Enablement? (And Why Should You Care?)

In my previous post The Missing Link Between Sales Enablement and the Sale [https://blog.showcaseworkshop.com/the-missing-link/], I pointed out that sales enablement isn’t just industry jargon anymore. It’s a

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

10 Reasons Why You Should Stop Spending Money on Print

This post was produced as a guest post for the Whizard Strategy Blog [http://www.seethewhizard.com/blog/building-materials-waste-money-on-printing/] with the title Building Materials Waste Money on Printing [http://www.seethewhizard.com/blog/

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    Millie Blackwell
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Stop Shooting in the Dark: Use Data to Drive Your Sales Enablement

It’s time to dispel a myth – and give you a little kick in the pants while I’m at it. The myth is this: As a small business, you don’t have

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    Millie Blackwell
4 min read
Sales & Marketing Articles

How to Use Your Mobile Devices to Give Effective Sales Presentations

It’s a magical time for salespeople. Mobile devices allow you to present from anywhere – cord-free. (Cue the angels singing.) Mobile devices and mobile apps support selling in so many ways. [https://blog.

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

The Missing Link Between Sales Enablement and the Sale

Are You Placing Your Sales Reps on a Two-Legged Stool? What?! Bear with me... We like the Brainshark definition of sales enablement as “A systematic approach to increasing sales productivity, by supporting reps

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    Millie Blackwell
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10 Ways to Make More Sales With Your Mobile Device

Mobile devices have revolutionized everything from making a phone call to finding a date. It’s no surprise that they have revolutionized sales, too. Top sales organizations know that mobile sales apps are

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    Millie Blackwell
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5 Steps to Avoid “Death by Powerpoint” and Make Your Sales Meetings More Profitable

Buyers are skeptical of sales meetings today. And there’s a good reason for it. Sales reps often waste their time with irrelevant, rambling Powerpoint presentations. Think about the last time you met

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

Give your sales team superpower tools for sales enablement!

Everyone has seen the huge influx in new cloud-based tools designed to help sales teams with every known aspect of their day. Choice is good. The right tools used well free sales teams

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

Design of the month: B&D Doors Australia

Since the unveiling of the first B&D Roll-A-Door in Sydney in 1956, the B&D brand has grown to become an Australian icon. B&D (a part of DuluxGroup)

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

I never update my apps... and other tales.

I know, I know! Updating your device’s operating system and apps is like eating vegetables, drinking eight glasses of water and showering regularly: mostly feels like a hassle, but good for you

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    Millie Blackwell
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Release Notes

Our new 'Add User' experience

We've redeveloped the Showcase 'Add User' experience and today we offer you a gentle, guided walk through the updates - because who doesn't love an autumnal stroll?

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    Millie Blackwell
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Inside Showcase Workshop

Showcase Training, Tutorials and Helpdesk

New for 2016 we've introduced free Showcase Workshop training [http://showcaseworkshop.com/tutorial/]. I won't promise this will be free forever but for now you can book sessions with

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

Showcase Design of the Month: Pride & Joy Icecream

Pride & Joy [http://www.joyicecream.com/] is not your average franchise company. Established with a vision to give the unemployed and underemployed a start in their own business, Joy Icecream is here

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    Millie Blackwell
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Inside Showcase Workshop

Summer Reading 2016

One of the best things about summer holidays is the extra time you have for reading books. When the Southern Hemisphere team returned to the office for 2016 I asked around to see

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    Millie Blackwell
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Sales & Marketing Articles

Zoom Video Conferencing

There's the odd time when business tools are so good you feel like you have to share them with others. Products that are not just ok, but seriously good and you

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    Millie Blackwell
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New Features, Release Notes & How-Tos

Feature Focus: Email Users

Here's a recent Showcase customer email asking us about a feature that would allow Showcase Admins to email their users and give them more detail about updates. Just thought I’d

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    Millie Blackwell
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Customer Examples & Case Studies

Showcase Design of the Month: Jackson Estate

Since planting it's pioneering vineyards over 30 years ago, Jackson Estate [http://www.jacksonestate.co.nz/] has developed a reputation for fine wines which express the unique flavours of their Marlborough

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    Millie Blackwell
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