Make Recurring Revenue With SonicWALL GMS October 26, 2009
Posted by Jim Locke in Alerts, Events.Tags: Managed Services, Sonicwall, Virtual Administrator
add a comment
From time to time, Virtual Administrator holds webinars about their products and how you can use them to generate recurring revenue. Their next webinar is this Tuesday, October 27th, at 2pm EST. They will be discussing their hosted SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS for short) and how you can use it to generate revenue. Jan Sijp from SonicWALL will be our guest presenter. Feel free to join us by going to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/803176467 and registering for the event.
I would also like to take this opportunity to intoduce you to Paul Barnett, the Marketing Director for www.VirtualAdministrator.com, an SMBTN Partner. Over the coming months, Paul hopes to familiarize you with Virtual Administrator and how they can help you grow your business. He will also offer you some bits of information and advice on how to effectively manage and market your enterprise. Finally, he will be following this blog and will answer as many questions as he can. So I encourage you to post your comments and ask him anything you like. If you would like to contact Paul directly, you can e-mail him at paul@VirtualAdministrator.com. In the meantime, I hope you will join me in welcoming Paul and Virtual Administrator to the SMB Technology Network.
Regards,
Jim Locke SMB Technology NetworkSMBTN Previews Social Network for SMB IT Providers October 2, 2009
Posted by Jim Locke in Benefits.Tags: Announcements, Benefits
add a comment
The SMB Technology Network (SMBTN) previewed the beta edition of the SMB Technology Network Community, a social network for SMB IT providers, at SMB Nation today. The new network will include forums, online communities, blogs, online chat, resource information and member profile information. Visitors may preview it at http://community.SMBTN.org. “While we still have some work to do, we think it is a great start,” said Jim Locke, president of SMBTN. “We hope to get a great deal of feedback from the community on the features, communities and resources that will make this a valuable tool for them.”
“I really think that the SMB Community will like what we have planned. For example, SMBTN affiliated chapters, will have the ability to post information to their own online community, host their own forums (which we plan to integrate with Twitter and LinkedIn), and be able to send weekly or monthly e-newsletters with minimal effort and at no cost to them,” he said.
The release is accompanied by the beta release of the new SMBTN Community Toolbar which is integrated with the resources found on the SMB Technology Network Community and has been updated to include new partners, tools, news feeds, podcasts, online chat, and much more.
Interested members of the SMB community may join the SMB Technology Network Community without delay by visiting http://community.smbtn.org/?xgi=7Qf8Lax by Sunday, October 4th, 2009. At that time SMBTN will begin moderating membership to ensure the privacy of its members.
SMB Technology Network Now Offering Standardized Managed Services Platform for Members October 2, 2009
Posted by Jim Locke in Benefits.Tags: Announcements, Autotask, Benefits, Cloud Services Depot, CoreConnex, OwnWebNow, Reflexion, Speakeasy, Virtual Administrator
add a comment
The SMB Technology Network™ (SMBTN) today announced it can now offer members a turnkey suite of solutions, including managed services, customer relationship management and billing, all standardized on Autotask’s IT business management platform. SMBTN has established partnerships with Autotask Corporation, Reflexion, OwnWebNow, Virtual Administrator, Cloud Services Depot and Speakeasy, making it possible for SMBTN members to purchase a pre-configured suite of services at a significant discount.
After several months of development, SMBTN president, Jim Locke, is pleased to offer members the consolidated product suite. “The needs of our members are best served by a standardized offering in which we can share best practices and experiences through a common application suite,” Locke says. “We have done the difficult work for our members and integrated various components and structured a best practices methodology to drive immediate ROI to our community.”
As part of this customized suite of managed services solutions, SMBTN members can purchase a single seat of the Autotask Go! Special Edition for SMBTN. This special edition, coupled with the other services offered by SMBTN, will allow members to immediately market, track and bill customers for managed services. SMBTN teamed up with Autotask to form a preconfigured database template with suggested services, workflows and price points, which is preloaded into the special edition. Autotask will also provide In-depth training and support, as well as a free copy of the Corelytics™ Lite, Autotask Edition financial dashboard to all SMBTN members.
