I was having a chat with Gareth today who helps run the Kent Group and over the last few months, they’ve really taken some serious steps towards achieving a respected and professional organisation that will help support small businesses in the local region.
The Kent gang didn’t do this overnight, it’s taken a lot of time, […]
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I’ve been fortunate to have a job which allows me to move up and down the Channel from the end-user right up to those in control at vendor level such as Microsoft, HP, and Symantec. I get the opportunity to engage with lots of different people and spread what, when you distill it, is pretty […]
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There are a series of one-day events running from November until March 2007 specifically for women wanting to find out more about working for yourself. Although I’m not keen on women-only events (are men not allowed to know the same things as us?), I know from presenting at previous events these are hugely successful.
“This one-day […]
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Hi Guys,
A thread has already started up regarding an event a Small Business Community event that we (as in me and the guys at Westcoast) will be hosting. So I thought I would talk briefly about it here just to give you the heads up.
Although the finer details can’t be released to you just yet, […]
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Looks like Mac lovers will have to wait a bit longer for the release of Office 2008.
In the run up to January 2008 when O2K8 is expected to hit the streets I’m sure the focus on this particular product line will be much bigger so it maybe a good idea for Partners to think about […]
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For the last few months Microsoft and in particular their Partnership Manager for SMB, Sarah Hughes, have put together an IT Manifesto which recommends a four-point action plan which, if adopted by the Government, should ensure that ’small busineses continue to grow and contribue to the knowledge economy through IT’. Microsoft propose the creation of […]
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Susan has just posted on her experiences on cold calling and it prompted me to tell you something that I’ve been meaning to for a few days now.
Firstly, I don’t think cold calling is the most succesful way to market your business, it works but the return on effort (ROE) isn’t very high. If you […]
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The New York Times recently posted an article (by Eric Sylvers) about mobile phone companies reducing the number of mobile Operating Systems that they choose to support technically.
“Two operating systems run more than 95 percent of the world’s computers, but dozens of systems are behind the 2.5 billion mobile phones in circulation”
One of things I […]
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It’s only mid-week and I’ve had my fill of problems with distribution (more than one channel partner). As with all business relationships, you have your ups and downs but in the last few weeks I’ve had so many problems because of their poor account management that my job has been made significantly harder and less […]
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Hands up all those who get the same feeling about not blogging when they haven’t been to the gym in a while? For me, I spend time thinking about what I should post about and am careful not to repeat what many others post about. As a blogger, I like to talk about all things marketing/IT with a dash […]
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