TechValidate Research on The Skills Connection

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"Specifically to assist us through our first Magic Quadrant"

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Yes certainly - I have no doubt that TSC's involvement with our MQ materially improved the result."

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"Gartner MQ submission"

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Yes, I would strongly recommend The Skills Connection. It is impossible to have and maintain this kind of in-depth and authoritative knowledge within your organisation. "

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"We used The Skills Connection to help our placement improve on a Forrester Wave. Our placement was what we wanted. "

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Highly. They are skilled and know what they are talking about. They improved our work and our submission with every call, and challenged us to do better. The results speak for themselves. "

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"MQ help"

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"yes, strongly"

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"We invested in The Skills Connection to support our efforts to set realistic goals for our first MQ. The expectations were set with our executives, and we achieved our goals with great momentum for the subsequent MQ. We engaged The Skills Connection to help us strategize and deliver our content effectively to the analysts in a way that would resonate with them. They also reviewed and provided feedback for all our content including questionnaire responses."

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Yes. The real-world experience of The Skills Connection team provides a level of credibility and insight that can't be matched by any other consultant or expert. Setting realistic internal expectations is half the battle when participating in MQs, and there isn't a more credible source to educate participants about the facts regarding process, methodology and scoring for MQs. Not only did our Skills Connection consultant help us build and deliver content effectively, but he also made himself available to join calls that were convenient for our team, but not convenient for him with respect to his time zone. We were very impressed with the level of expertise, professionalism and availability that was delivered by our Skills Connection consultant."

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"The Skills Connection is guiding us through analyst relations and product reports, such as Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave"

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Yes. Very professional, competent and friendly team who delivered results above our expectations"

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"TSC has touched every analyst interaction we've had. From assessments to business update briefings, TSC has been both part of the team and an valuable outside voice with a different perspective to ensure that we are being honest with ourselves and our target analysts."

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Wholeheartedly! Every organization, from 10-person start-ups to large enterprises, can benefit from a relationship with TSC. They are client-focused, proactive and diligent in helping organizations inintiate and/or improve their AR strategy. "

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"Advice on how to engage with and communicate to analysts."

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Yes. Especially to help companies navigate Gartner and their process."

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"To better respond to the Gartner MQ process."

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"Yes, They act like owners, they are very committed with the result and they are always available"

How our organization uses The Skills Connection:

"- Coaching on analyst relations management. - Insight into analyst perspective. - Industry expertise. - Assistance building our 'story' and creating the vendor briefing presentation."

Would you recommend The Skills Connection?

"I recently had the pleasure of working with a Jeff Comport, an extremely effective Analyst Relations consultant. His expertise, professionalism and deep industry knowledge was apparent from the start, and he took the time to learn the details of our business. Jeff used a tailored approach, backed by thorough market research, to create a targeted plan of engagement with analysts. Using his deep Gartner expertise, he anticipated potential challenges and turned them into advantages by showcasing them as strategic opportunities. Creating a narrative from our data was invaluable in our ability to deliver an exceptional briefing to the analysts. Throughout our collaboration, it was clear our success was Jeff's success. He coached our employees on Analyst Relations strategy from the perspective of the analyst's expectations, which enabled us to better respond to the RFI. If you are seeking an AR consultant who consistently achieves exceptional results, I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Comport. "