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Top 5 Reasons to Attend SMB VoIP
September 20-22, Washington DC 2010
5. The humidity will be gone from Washington DC. Admittedly – the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington DC (mid-July) was a bit overheated and humid. That all changes in the fall – it’ll be a glorious few days at the Gaylord!
4. Co-location is LEVERAGE! We are delighted to team with Channel Partners, a well-established telecom show. We believe that we’re better together. The typically Channel Partner’s attendee is a “sales agent” who is very good at promoting and selling telecom plans and cloud services. That allows our SMB Nation tribal members to actually “do the work” if you team up. It’s hand-and-glove folks!
3. SMB Subject Matter Experts! We’re bringing in the best in the business again. You’ll just have to click through to see who!
2. Be there at the Start – SMB VoIP community. Leading the parade and being ahead of the curve is a time-tested formula for business success. This is your chance to “own” the entire customer relationship that combines voice+data. This time the convergence is for real.
1. You Must! Home alarm system time folks – if you don’t VoIP your customers as a computer guy, someone else will. That is, the telephone grrl will come in and steal your client. Trust us – she’s already calling on your accounts!
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astro posted on July 30, 2010 09:18 
Folks - some breaking news - I'll get more details later and update this blog. These are two well=-respected Seattle firms that have joined at the hip. How cool is that?
Announcement:
I am pleased to announce that on July 1, X-BAR became part of JWCS, one of Seattle’s most highly regarded IT Services firms. We’ve admired the quality of service and the intense client focus of JWCS for quite some time and now, as part of JWCS, we have a significantly larger staff with broader and deeper technical expertise, plus greater resources to better serve the evolving needs of your business.
Founded in 1995, JWCS
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astro posted on July 30, 2010 08:55
 Folks - we sent this out vi PR Newswire yesterday!
Pocket MBA Online Program Developed for SMB Tech Providers
PR Newswire
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash., July 29
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash., July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SMB Nation (www.smbnation.com) and Aspen University (www.aspen.edu) announce training partnership for technical SMB channel partners.
"Being the best technologist is the easy part, thriving as a business is more of a mystery
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astro posted on July 30, 2010 08:33
 Did you know that I am honored to be a co-host of the popular Computer Outlook radio talk show? It’s created and hosted by John Iasiuolo out of Las Vegas NV. Please “listen on” as I think you’ll find the past show, just a click away, to be of great interest to you as you navigate technology in these changing times!
Listen Up!
Here are the past several shows that can be accessed HERE. The show segment is titled “BusinessSpeak”
07/22/10 Business Speak
Harry Brelsford - Show Co-Host - SMB Nation
Jason A. Davidson - Solutions Architect - Intel Hybrid Cloud - Intel Corporation - Corporate Architecture and Planning
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Holly_Jocoy posted on July 29, 2010 10:35
Join Calgary Consultant Stuart Crawford with Karl W. Palachuk, a business owner, entrepreneur, author, family man, father, speaker, publisher, Blogger, podcaster, and community builder, for a special Internet radio show on the power of Work and Life balance.
Karl has owned KPEnterprises, his Sacramento technical consulting company, has served the California Capitol since 1995 and Great Little Book, his publishing house has been providing services to the community since 2003.
Relax Focus Succeed is one of Karl's seven books. He has presented the message of Relax Focus Succeed to audiences from Las Angeles, CA to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. And now he will be on the Small Business Radio show.
Check out what Karl and Stuart Crawford have to say about the benefits of maintaining Work and Life balance live on Thursday, August 5 (11 AM Eastern/8 AM Pacific) or download the show via iTunes.
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astro posted on July 29, 2010 08:34
 I was briefed late last week on changes at Virgo Publishing involving senior management. As you may know, Virgo is our partner in crime in the telephony area. We host a show-within-a-show at its Channel Partners conference. Our effort is the SMB VoIP workshop (the next one is September 20-22, 2010 in Washington DC – sign up HERE)
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astro posted on July 28, 2010 15:27
Folks - I've just been advised that thousands of Microsoft employees have descended on downtown Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center for an internal Microsoft conference called TechReady 11.
 Think of this as a "internal" TechEd for blue badges. It's meant to be a gathering of Microsoft field and HQ folks to learn about product road maps in a technical vein, see new products under development, etc.
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Needless to say, when I complete my normal meetings today, I'm going to try and crash this gig - I'll keep you posted. You might need to bail me out of jail.
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Holly_Jocoy posted on July 28, 2010 08:21
Enabling small business owners to manage their entire business in the Cloud, myERP.com solution is the only one that lets small business owners manage their entire operation without the complexities of integration. Small businesses typically use Excel, QuickBooks and some form of CRM to manage their client data.
Start using online options, and you might find scaled-down functionalities or expensive/complex solutions such as CRM grand-daddy Netsuite, which is targeted more to mid-market than small business companies.
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Holly_Jocoy posted on July 28, 2010 05:40
Microsoft Corporation will indeed be holding its 2011 MVP Global Summit Feb. 28 - March 2 at the Microsoft West Campus in Redmond.
Details on the MVP program itself can be found here.
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Holly_Jocoy posted on July 27, 2010 10:27
On-demand data center services provider SoftLayer Technologies® has announced solid financial and operational growth through the first half of 2010.
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astro posted on July 27, 2010 08:50
Folks - On a recent trip to Bend OR and Denver CO, I spoke with leading CMIT players about the recent acquistion by Jeff Connally of this well-respected Austin, TX-based franchise. Here are my video reports. Kindly not that I'll meet with Jeff on August 11th at his CMIT HQ for yet another update. But so far - this appears to be the acquisiton that roared, not whimpered!
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