SMB Community Podcast

This article was originally posted April 20, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday April Podcast Posted – US / UK Edition This program was recorded and is posted here . Do I Really Need to Try to Sell SBS Essentials into My Client Base? We had a good show today (45 minutes). Four people posted questions live and we had a good email question to kick us off. The kickoff question was, &qu...

This article was originally posted April 19, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Freeday Friday Podcast Posted – Oceanic Edition This program was recorded and is posted here . How Do I sell if I'm Not a Salesman? We had a quick show today (35 minutes). Just a few questions. The kickoff question was, "How do I upsell clients when I don't want to be the salesman?" I give a little advice and...

This article was originally posted March 19, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. This program was recorded and is posted here . Robin Talks About What's Next, Cloud and BDR Promotions, Perennial Campaigns, and More I had a nice chat with Robin Robins this morning. For those of you unfamiliar with Robin, she's the genius behind the Managed Services Blueprint , as well as marketing programs geared to...

This article was originally posted March 16, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. First Freeday Friday March Podcast Posted – US/UK Edition This program was recorded and is posted here . UK Partner Challenged with Time Management. US Partner Wondering About Hiring Techs. The first UK/US show went off pretty well. Lots of questions. Totally different topics from the Oceanic edition yesterday. We star...

This article was originally posted March 16, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. First Freeday Friday Podcast Posted – Oceanic Edition This program was recorded and is posted here . Well, the Aussies Kicked Off Freeday Friday with a Great Show When it's Thursday afternoon here, it's Friday morning over there. So at 3PM Pacific time today, I launched the Aussie/New Zealand/Oceanic edition of Freeday...

This article was originally posted March 5, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Interviews with Chris Bangs from SMB Nation and Dal Gemmell from Symantec As MVP Nation was winding down in Redmond, I was able to grab Chris Bangs and Dal Gemmell. Chris does a variety of things at SMB Nation, and plays a big role in getting vendors on board. Dal Gemmell is a Principle Product Manager at Symantec. 1) D...

This article was originally posted March 4, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Greg Starks from HP Gives a Great Intro to iQuote What do you need from HP? What have you always needed from HP? A "Configuration" Quoting Tool! Well, in this member podcast, Greg Starks from HP shows us the great stuff you can do with HP's new iQuote tool. There are three ways to use the tool . . . including using thei...

This article was originally posted March 4, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Interviews with Jeff Middleton on IT Pro Conference and Tom Poole on SMB Nation I caught up with a few more folks at MVP Nation in Redmond. After two days on content, content, content, I managed to talk to a few community members about what's next. Then I nabbed Jeff Middleton again to give us the low-down on his June c...

This article was originally posted March 3, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. Member Podcasts from MVP Nation – Part 1 I ran into Arnie Mondloch and Dave Sobel in Redmond this week. I was there for the MVP Nation show. Arnie's in charge of Windows Evangelization program worldwide and has some great information on how partners can get involved in the development of Apps, Apps, Apps for the new Win...

This article was originally posted March 3, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. I'm having a great time at MVP Nation in Redmond. We're on the Microsoft campus and I had a chance to catch up with a number of great people. I recorded six short podcasts yesterday. The first two podcasts are under the category of "SMB Community Podcasts." That means they're free and open to the world. First,...

This article was originally posted February 22, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. This program was recorded and is posted here . Harry Brelsford Announces Webcast of MVP Nation I had a phone call with Harry two days ago while he was in the Bay Area. He gave me a lot of updates: – Cloud Connect Conference – MVP Nation – Windows 8 and the MVPs – Hotel information for MVP Nation Harry also announced...

This article was originally posted February 22, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable. This program was recorded and is posted here . Jerry Koutavas / ASCII Updates I caught up with Jerry K from The ASCII group to talk about ASCII Success Summits for 2012, the ASCII Cup, and more. Find out how to contact Jerry for a free pass to one of the ASCII Success Summits. Links mentioned in this podcast: – www....

This article was originally posted January 19, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable This program was recorded and is posted here . Dave Sobel Joins Level Platforms Podcast posted – A free-flowing discussion with Dave Sobel. I caught up with Dave this week while he is in London, in a sweet little flat he rents by the week. As you may know, Dave has been a powerful member of the SMB community for some...

This article was originally posted January 15, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable This program was recorded and is posted here . Part One of this Interview is posted here . Interview Continued: Joyce Blonskij – Own the Clouds: The First Guide To Investing In Cloud Computing Companies This is Part 2 of my interview with investment advisor and author Joyce Blonskij. Joyce is the author of Own the Clo...

This article was originally posted January 10, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable Interview: Joyce Blonskij – Own the Clouds: The First Guide To Investing In Cloud Computing Companies I had a great interview with Joyce Blonskij, author of Own the Clouds – The First Guide To Investing In Cloud Computing Companies. This book will be released on January 31st, 2012. For more information on the big &quo...

This article was originally posted January 5, 2012 on Cloud Services Roundtable Karl's State of the Union Address for Cloud and SMB Posted In case you missed the live broadcast, you can download my 2012 "State of the Union" address here: http://smbcommunitypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/201201_Palachuk.mp3 This one-hour program includes my perception of where we are as a community and where w...