Category Archives: SMB

Office Space Moment of Smallbiz IT Consulting

SMB
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I must admit that I am more of a fan of conversations that happen out there than I am of the “original” posts, so for a few people I subscribe to the blog comment feeds in addition to the article … Continue reading

CEO Gig: Optimization vs. Interaction

Friends, IT Business, SMB
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This week was supposed to be my first full week of work at the Atomic Tangerine studios.. Monday was a holiday, Tuesday was a sick day and week was more than half over by the time I finished hanging the … Continue reading

SMB IT Shops Need A New Messiah

IT Business, SMB
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.. and I ain’t him. Not a day goes by that I don’t talk or chat with someone that doesn’t say “I miss you doing ___”, fill in the blank for “saying it how it is”, “the SBS show”, “calling … Continue reading

Guest Post: Community CEO, Do you GET it?

IT Business, SMB, Web 2.0
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It’s Friday, and I figured it was as good of a time for a guest post as any. This time, however, we have someone that obviously doesn’t get it. But that’s not all, while this guy seems to be in … Continue reading

Off to the new Atomic Tangerine Office

SMB, Vladville
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I’m off for the first full week of work in my new downtown office, and it’s Atomic Tangerine room! Smack down in the middle of downtown Orlando, “The City Beautiful” (our founders couldn’t speak English good) and off to start … Continue reading

No more forwards, please.

IT Culture, SMB
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To all my friends and colleagues in the SMB IT space: please stop forwarding me messages from Yahoo groups, other SMB forums and discussion networks. While I wholeheartedly appreciate that you have my back and are bringing things to my … Continue reading

How do you sell to SMB?

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Yesterday I was the quintessential business owner. I was looking at the future of my small business, not quite sure what the best decisions were, and I took advice from knowledgeable (but at the end of the day, in my … Continue reading

SPFNation

SMB
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Untitled document Ok, so one of the joys of having a big mouth and a popular blog is going back and looking over the posts that I have been right and wrong about. Few months ago many of you questioned … Continue reading

Shirts and Coffee

Microsoft, SMB
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How to market your blog on the cheap – Eric announced a “free gift” for people that pinged him off the Microsoft mssmallbiz.com blog. People start talking about what may be coming, what it could be.. Well, here it is: … Continue reading

Case of Mondays: There is no such thing as an SBS community

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I feel awesome, however: Here there be truths to which thee might not find comfort in. I’ve said last year and I will say it again: There is no such thing as an SBS community. Now, don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading