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Moving over to the dark side.. :-)

Body: To the sounds of evil laughter, I've swallowed the blue pill :-) Well almost. Today I started working with Microsoft Australia. My role here will be Tech Specialist on SBS and EBS and I'll be helping very much with the launch of SBS 2008...

Small Business Events in Australia this week

Body: I didn't know about it until today, but the New South Wales government have labelled this week as Home Based Business week and they are running a host of seminars all around the state all related to home based and small business. Looking through...

Funny view on what Microsoft does conveyed by children

Body: Microsoft Australia are doing a cute viral marketing campaign which is aimed to raise awareness of it's Office 2007 product and at the same time donate money to charity. They have said they will donate up to $100,000 to charity based on this...

Microsoft learns from their mistakes with the SBSCs

Body: In a great example of Microsoft listening to the SBSC partners and learning from their mistakes, Robbie has advised that they are marketing to our SMB customers. http://blogs.technet.com/sbsaustralia/archive/2008/05/15/microsoft-smb-customer-profiling...

Are you running a business or a hobby?

Body: Interesting question huh. Many of us in the SMB IT Pro sector have more fallen into our business rather than actively planned our business. As such many of us treat it more as a hobby that we make money out of than a business that can sustain itself...

Business Blogs I read - Pt 2

Body: Another round of blogs that I read focused on the business side of SMB IT consulting. Some of these are not direct answers to your business problems, but ideas for future directions you might want to take. BlogStorm Online Marketing is one of those...

Business Blogs I read

Body: I get asked from time to time by many SMB IT consultants about which business blogs to read. Here's a few that have interesting stuff on them this week. I'd recommend you take a look and see for yourself if they strike a chord with you....

Vodafone blow it in the SMB Reseller channel

Body: Well - it does look like Vodafone are blowing their chance in the SMB Reseller channel here in Australia. Let's look at some of the issues that I've heard of / experienced over the last 3 months. First they provide wrong information to the...

A few good posts on the business side of SMB IT Consulting

Body: I read a number of business level blogs as well, and in the last few days I've seen a few good posts that are not directly IT Consulting related but there's a lot that we can learn from them. The first one talks to setting your price for...