April 15, 2006
so…the discount offers posted here at the funcave yesterday still aren’t enough?
well here’s some more news…
your friendly neighborhood happyfunboy will be in attendance at smb nation east in may!
that’s right kiddos…
yours truly is publicly committing to being there, or being square.
yeah yeah…i know
obviously that will cause a stampede, right?
doesn’t matter.
you should take the opportunity to find out the best ways to grow your business.
and…that doesn’t normally happen with your head down in the trenches.
that happens best when you take a day or two, get away from the office, and give yourself some breathing…and thinking room.
so…i guess…
i’ll see ya there, right!
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April 14, 2006
one of our good pals called via the funphone just moments ago…
there are now two special offers available for the smb nation east conference, slated to take place just 3 short weeks from today.
what?
you didn’t know about smb nation east?
well then…for those of you who’ve been sleeping under a rock for the past couple of months…
smb nation is having their first ever east coast conference!
and if you think this will be some kind of lightweight, half-baked, weak imitation of the redmond conference…you couldn’t be more wrong.
check out this list of presenters, if ya don’t believe me!
and thanks to the call your friendly neighborhood happyfunboy just received…
the funcave is one of the first places either of these offers have been posted…
- use the promo code community when registering for the conference to receive a $50 discount
- conference fees for sbs user group leaders are waived! if you are an sbs group leader, e-mail nancy or kristal to sign up.
so now you’ve got no excuse for not knowing, or not going.
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April 12, 2006
oh man…that is such a better title for your friendly neighborhood happyfunboy’s previous blog post, now isn’t it?
especially since alan moore hails from blighty.
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April 11, 2006
lady firewall and your friendly neighborhood happyfunboy were kicking over a couple things tonight via im.
commiserating on common frustrations, talking about stuff coming up, sharing ideas, etc.
that’s community, baby!
now she and yours truly, last week, had kicked around some talk about the initiative mothership has running concerning the small business technology assessment toolkit.
that’s right…you know the one.
the toolkit was supposed to be sent out on disc, to all small business specialists. it’s also available for download.
and ms is right now running a webcast series…attendance at which qualifies you to potentially receive leads upon whom you would be required to use the assessment tool…gratis.
but that got me thinking…why wait?
think up a catchy name for such an assessment, and send out a postcard mailer, or something else.
make your own opps & leads, and tie them to your business, not the mothership.
not only that…but it also got me thinking…
show of hands…who out there has run this toolkit on themselves?
oh c’mon…that should be an automatic one, people.
now…it does take a fair amount of discipline to be open and honest with yourself about your business, since…in most cases out there, sbsers themselves are their business.
and no one really enjoys taking a long hard look at their own failings and weaknesses.
so let me suggest this…
why don’t we all pick somebody…with whom we don’t compete…and run the toolkit on each other?
talk about a mountain of potential benefits…but at a minimum
- deep knowledge about the toolkit
- an instant second opinion about the toolkit to boot
- knowing the process fully from both sides of the table
- practicing your delivery before you get in front of a lead/prospect
thinking how much more effective all that will make you at using the kit with prospects almost boggles the mind.
but, prolly most of all…
- a natural “incubator” for new ideas
seriously…folks
i can’t believe that i…mr. knucklehead-o-rama…am the one to have to be saying this…
but mastermind is utterly and completely right.
we need to communicate more!
i mean…this is really a no-fracking-brainer here…
there is no community whatsoever without communication.
and…quite frankly…there is no communication when either one side or the other has nothing to say.
so let’s get something fracking meaningful going in terms of discourse already.
in the immortal words of mr. t…
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April 10, 2006
when someone uses the term meatbag to describe ms’ licensing terms, and it actually makes more sense than anything that has ever come out of the mothership on the issue…
all of you should be running to sign up for that!
plus, it evokes fond, fond memories of my absolute favorite sidekick from knights of the old republic…
that good ol’ morally-and-ethically-challenged homicidal assassin droid…
hk-47
give it up for that lovable servobag, folks!
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