Amway

Background

Around 2016, Amway needed to review its content authoring environment as the in-house team was doing a great deal of time-consuming custom development. There was also a large use of Flash which needed to be addressed for browser reasons. They looked for a partner that offered an authoring tool that would enable them to customize content in order to match the user interface of their existing content.

Solution

With its industry-leading Learning Pool Authoring, Learning Pool was the right partner to carry out the adaptations to allow Amway to create content with the same user experience as their existing content. An initial five licenses to the authoring tool were purchased and, in partnership with Learning Pool, they set out to create content to support their Artistry Brand and product lines. The brochure-style content pieces are known as Product Conversation cards and they are designed to act as both self-paced learning, a tool to support a sale and a leave-behind presentation for the potential buyer. It allowed the business owners to talk intelligently and accurately about the products and ensure the brand is protected and presented properly. The content incorporated the six-step selling process the business owners needed to walk through, from identifying a need to pricing, an area that was identified as problematic and often left out of the conversation. Learning Pool worked with Amway’s partners and developed additional functionality to allow for social selling and specific video content. There are now approximately 140 content pieces of this kind, across various product ranges. The content is translated into 25 different languages to support Amway’s global markets. 

Licenses for Learning Pool Authoring have now been extended to 100 authors and over 10,000 content modules have been created. 

Results

The feedback from the business owners to the authored content has been extremely positive, both from a content point of view, the speed in which the training for new products is released and the ease in which they are able to access the material without a separate sign-in. Uptake on the content is excellent and the content receives millions of views.