Took a few days off to finalize some internal cleanup and do a technical seminar in South Florida, so here are a few things that showed up on my radar:
Eric Ligman’s Webcasts
Eric is the Microsoft smallbiz guy (or at least thats how I think of him) and he reports there are a few webcasts put together specifically for the SMB Partners:
Create More Leads, Close More Sales, & Make More Money In Small Business with Microsoft on August 11th
Effective Direct Mail and E-mail Marketing to Small Businesses on August 30th
Susan Bradley News
Microsoft released a bunch of SharePoint templates this week, 30 total. You can download them here.
Microsoft Innovation
Actually a part of the MSN Sandbox where Microsoft tests new software in much the same way Google does. It is interesting how these two “innovators” are copying each other over and over. Check these two out:
Even though start.com supports OPML, it loses this round to Google: simplicity is crucial. Microsoft has grown on features for decades, while “easier to use” competitors have been pushed to far, far, far, far distant second and barely hang on as walkman makers. The landscape is changing, people want instantaneous access to information. Will someone go over to MSN and slap this into them?
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