As a Small Business Specialist in the UK, you may have received an email from the SBSC programme team. For those who have yet to read it, here is a brief summary:
As of 25 October, the ‘Premium’ status (only available in the UK) will be removed from the Small Business Specialist programme.
Content previously available ONLY […]
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Yes that’s right reader, I want to share with you a story about how four men and myself spent the night with the man of our dreams…
Let me set the scene; imagine tripping up accidentally on a restaurant that we had talked about visiting at a time when we were hungry with nowhere to go. […]
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Find out what’s happening to the SBSC programme from the Small Business Team in Redmond.
Event Date: 26th September 2006
Presenter: Eric Ligman & Paige Boesen
Event Time: 10:30AM (Pacific Time) - that’s 18:30 for all UK and Irish SBSCers!
Duration: 90 minutes
Description: “Participate in the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community quarterly webcasts designed to serve as forums where […]
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If you’ve realised that a key part of building a long term relationship with your customer is to remove the common barriers faced in IT then here’s a link for you:
http://www.bcentral.co.uk/business-technology/office-expert/microsoft-office-expert-hints-tips-tutorials.mspx
Simona Milham is a great Microsoft Software trainer. I see her every so often in action and I never fail to learn something new.
And that’s […]
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And so it came to pass that Best Buy teamed up with Carphone Warehouse and sent forth an ‘army’ of computer ’specialists’ to ‘help’ consumers struggling with the digital revolution…
Armed with police-style badges, their Geekmobiles, and FBI type uniforms, the US squad declares it will “campaign across the country, infiltrating Best Buy retail locations to […]
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Okay, let’s do a little bit of role play, sitting comfortably? Then we shall begin…
Imagine you are on a yacht, your yacht, with friends and family laughing by your side (or by yourself if that’s your idea of a holiday!) as you sail onwards over the ocean as you toast to the good weather with […]
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So here I am, Saturday afternoon installing the B2TR on my home machine (in between doing the washing and tidying the house). Please don’t try installing the update on a live machine during working hours - you risk a relapse of madness…
If you are one of the lucky candidates who installed with no problems then […]
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It is my pleasure to shout about the success of the Small Business Symposium and especially about the presentation Mark, Tom, and I hosted!
We received an email from Robbie Upcroft (UK Small Business Marketing Manager) at Microsoft UK which goes as follows:
“I’m delighted to say that your slot was ranked 3rd highest out of all 26 presentations!
This […]
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This is really an open-ended post; I don’t have the answer for everyone but I know why we have a blue badge next to our corporate logo…
Many in the UK are looking to Microsoft to raise the awareness of what a MS Small Business Specialist means to the business community and Robbie Upcroft and the […]
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Fancy stretching the brain for a bit and get you and/or your staff on some free training? It includes any one Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) course and one exam towards the MCDST, MCSA 2003, MCSE 2003, and MCDBA.NET.
http://www.exchangegroup.co.uk/freemcp/
As you would expect, this is a first come first served event so good luck!
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