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SMBNation – Keynote Day 2 - TrendMicro

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:04:20 GMT

Body: Dal and TJ from Trendmicro have the unenviable task of kicking off the day this morning with the keynote at 8am. This is after a couple of massive parties last night which I understand finished with an open bar sponsored by bandwidth.com. I’m sure...(read more)

SMBNation – Session 4 – SBS 2008 Real World Requirements

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:01:51 GMT

Body: Lunch is over – and it was really nice food – good one HarryB. Susan Bradley and Ofer Shimrat are now onstage presenting a session on The Gotchas of SBS 2008. They have defined a gotcha as a “feature” of SBS 2008 that we may not have uncovered as...(read more)

SMBNation – Session 3 – Firewalls – What to choose

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:01:11 GMT

Body: Session 3 brings with it the one and only Amy Babinchak – ISA Goddess. Amy’s extremely quiet manner often puts people at a sense of false impression. Her quiet voice makes them think she does not have much to say, nothing could be further from the...(read more)

SMBNation - Session 2 – Migration – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:56:57 GMT

Body: Session #2 – Jeff Middleton, the self proclaimed King of Swing, is up on stage now talking about SBS 2008 migrations. He listed all the features of SBS 2003 and then in one click turned it into SBS 2008. He then blew away the myth for everyone that...(read more)

SMBNation - Keynote

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:43:31 GMT

Body: Ok – so it’s 8am on Saturday morning here in rainy Seattle. The legendary HarryB has opened the keynote with a overview of what’s happening and passed the baton over to the Intel Dude (sorry missed his name). They started with a video in which they...(read more)

Small Business Marketing Unleashed - Review

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:25:27 GMT

Body: The Grand Poobar of Search Engine Guide – Jennifer Laycock has posted a summary of the recent Small Business Marketing Unleashed event in Columbus, Ohio. http://www.searchengineguide.com/jennifer-laycock/recapping-fall-small-business-marketing.php...(read more)

How to make friends and influence people

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:32:19 GMT

Body: Today is Wednesday here in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm sitting here by the pool doing some work after the Small Business Marketing Unleashed conference wrapped up last night. This is the second time I've been to this event, the last time was...(read more)

I'm on my way....

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:13:33 GMT

Body: In a few moments, I board my first of three flights today to get from Sydney, Australia through to Columbus, Ohio. This is the start of a 3 week trip in which I'll be attending 2 conferences and 2 weeks of solid long day training on the new...(read more)

Small Business Marketing Unleashed Event

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:06:38 GMT

Body: Ok - so we all know about Microsoft investing $300M to promote their new products. We in the SMB space don't have that kind of money which is why I'm going to the 2nd Small Business Marketing Unleashed event in 2 weeks time in Columbus,...(read more)

SBS 2008 / EBS 2008 Training and TechEd Australia

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:01:25 GMT

Body: Well guys - it's the end of an insane week this week. TechEd is finally over - well for me at least. I've been preparing for TechEd and the SMB PreDay now for a number of weeks and I think by and large it was successful. I know that there...(read more)

Posse, Posse, Posse, I want my Posse!

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:47:02 GMT

Body: Ok, so at the SMB PreDay yesterday, one of our attendees, Greg Lipshitz decided to start a website during the day. He built and pushed live www.techedlive.com whilst sitting up the back in the sessions "listening". Anyway - he decided...(read more)

Rollup Rollup - the show is about to start.

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:51:31 GMT

Body: No - I'm not talking about the fabulous SMBPreday at TechEd Australia (but hey it's only a few days away now). What I'm talking about is the one and only Harry Brelsfords SMBNation which is in October in Seattle. Harry could easily be...(read more)

Marketing your Small Business cheaper and smarter!

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:49:36 GMT

Body: One of the things that we all face in the SMB market is the way in which we attract new customers. Most of the business we get is via word of mouth, but what about customers that you do not know, or markets that you do not yet have a contact in...(read more)

OfficeDevCon Australia - one more event you need to be at

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:44 GMT

Body: Graham Seach - local MS Access MVP and all round nice guy is running Australia's 2nd OfficeDevCon event. He's just launched the website and is keen to drive attendance. The event will cover all manner of things relating to the Microsoft...(read more)

Planes, Helicopters and Geeks

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT

Body: Well - it's the final day here at the Microsoft Australian Partner Conference and there has been a lot of interest in the new versions of SBS 2008 and the new EBS 2008 due out on November 12th. As one of the fun things for the event, Robbie...(read more)

Small Business Marketing Unleashed - Day 2

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:19:37 GMT

Body: Day 2 of the Small Business Marketing Unleashed event and I'm not supposed to be blogging or twittering about the content as much of it is so deep and personal to many of us - but hey - I can't resist. Naturally - I won't blog about...(read more)

Twitter me...

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:25:57 GMT

Body: Ok - so I've got to admit that I still don't quite get twitter, but hey - it's in use by ALL the top people here at the Small Business Marketing Unleashed conference here in Houston, so I figure it MUST be good. I'm on twitter now...(read more)

Who's Susan Bradley? - aka Small Business Marketing Unleashed - Day 1

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:16:09 GMT

Body: It's funny actually - I'm attending an conference focused on Small Business and IT here in the USA and NO ONE know's who the heck Susan Bradley is. It's certainly a first to me for sure. Susan is well known in the SBS IT Pro community...(read more)

Small Business Marketing Conference - The Night before

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:37:21 GMT

Body: I arrived today at this conference here in Houston, TX. I found out about it on their website here I wanted to come to this event as I've not seen anything like it in Australia and I really want to learn more about how I can go about marketing...(read more)

Mark - wish I could be there - but I can't.

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:08:45 GMT

Body: Mark Crall - a massive influence on the SMB/SBS community in the Carolinas region of the USA has questioned "Why are there no MVP's at the SMB Summit" Honestly Mark - I was not wanted or needed. When the event was announce, and I found...(read more)