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Corporations, associations, public institutions – as well as solopreneurs and subject matter experts who've never designed or delivered training in their lives – all are creating and selling online content at an unprecedented pace.

With a registration model, usage calculations can be based on any of several metrics:  how many users log into the LMS, register for an instructor-led class or webinar, buy content or earn a certification. 

The problem with the global employee learning solutions market is that the big, boring talent management LMSs we just mentioned are the standard for managing enterprise-wide learning complexity. 

When you want advice you can trust from learning tech blogs, where do you go? If you dismiss LMS vendor content, it's time to take a closer look. Here's why.

 These "all purpose" LMS platforms are used to deliver, support and measure online and classroom training programs for any combination of employees, channel partners, dealers, franchisees, customers, business prospects and others.

The LMS selection process isn't always easy or straightforward. To understand what works, check this slice of life from John Leh's life as LMS buying consultant

Among LMS technology trends to watch, I think there will be more innovation in mobile, social, badges and certification, as well as capabilities that attract new users and facilitate training content commerce.

One of the best things about being a learning technology analyst is that I get to meet so many smart, passionate people who are [...]

Organizations can sell proprietary premium content to their users, and also to any organization in the Knoitall ecosystem.

Selling accredited educational content to members and managing their other learning activities generates non-dues revenue -- which is increasingly important for association success.

If you have a room full of administrators, a more in-depth click, click, click approach works great, but that approach is shunned by most executive audiences who are more influenced by the bigger picture.

Extended enterprise learning is defined as any type of education a corporation provides to external audiences – including customers, prospects, channel partners such as dealers, franchisees, distributors and others.

Inexplicably, vendors make the most prose mistakes in these two areas of their proposals, yet these are the sections that every executive spends the most time reviewing. 

Google Analytics tracks a visitor’s access device, browser, previous website, pages visited, time spent on the page, next site visited, language, IP, precise geographic location, age and much more. 

One of the biggest mistakes LMS buyers make is not defining the level of help and support they will need to successfully implement and support their LMS.

The LMS Almanac defines corporate LMS market trends, types of corporate LMSs, business uses, feature and functions, hosting models, license models, service and support models, return on investment and provides real-life examples of all.

It is foolish to pay more than you have to and get nothing in return but it is impossible to know if you are overpaying if you first don't define your LMS requirements. 

Making sure your LMS selection team is on the same page in regards to implementation/configuration needs will allow a buying organization to quickly disqualify many vendor options without the labor of investing a ton of time.

Associations, training companies, corporate channel, customer and other extended enterprise buyers can create any number – hundreds of thousands even – of active ongoing accounts but a buying organization only pays for active usage.

 Common logic was flawed -- assuming training professionals and subject matter experts (SMEs) would regularly visit these social "spaces" and interact, keeping content fresh and learner engagement high.