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 to provide that word of mouth? Well that is where marketing comes in. I've been look at different ways to marketing my upcoming SBS … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
Strange folder names during SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 migration?
I was doing an SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Migration last week and had something very strange happened. I had a directory called Network Data that literally disappeared. Below you can see the Windows Explorer view shows no trace of the Network Data directory. I initially thought that I had some disk corruption or something else, that is until I dropped to a CMD prompt and did a DIR … [Read more...]
Pay peanuts – you get monkeys….
So I'm trying to help promote the SMB Pre Day for TechEd Australia on September 2nd and I thought I'd reach out to two community leaders Susan Bradley and Vlad Mazek for some extra help in getting the message out. My request - simple - help let the community know about the event so we can drive registrations and get the latest/greatest. So both Susan and Vlad decide to take … [Read more...]
OfficeDevCon Australia – one more event you need to be at
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 Office platform and will be one not to be missed. http://www.officedevcon.com.au/ … [Read more...]
21 Days to go – will you miss out?
Yes - that's right there are only 21 days to go now before TechEd Australia kicks off, that means that you have to make up your mind NOW if you want to register for the SMB Preday which will really kick ass with international guest speakers flying from the USA to share with us the latest and greatest in content on SBS 2008 and EBS 2008. RUN - NOW - this this site … [Read more...]