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Igniting the Revolution...
Partnering with a LAR or a CPLS
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If you are a service partner, one of the best things you can do for the event you are hosting is to join forces with a training partner (CPLS in MS lingo- Certified Partner for Learning Solutions ) and a LAR (Large Account Reseller). This will do a few...
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What events are available?
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71% of slots through the end of the calendar year have been taken. To see what's left, click on Available MPE Events
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Need help finding content for your event?
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We have noticed that a lot of our partners are having trouble finding the event resources. Mary wrote some instruction that are below, that may help. Mary Madrigal is in charge of content on the www.MicrosoftPartnerEvents.com (aka MPE.com) site. She writes...
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Do your own event...
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Robert Schnell writes in: We are planning on doing a series of quarterly ‘technology breakfast’ meetings beginning in September (ideally). From the seminar in Reston a couple of weeks ago, I know that MS has tools to assist with planning and even providing...
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A/C back online..
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over 6 years ago
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Gotta love service contracts. Thanks to the $30/month I pay, when the A/C repairman showed up today, I paid nothing and he fixed it. It's another one of those "how do you feel experiences?" I felt great because I was getting value for the money I had...
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Air duct cleaning...
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over 6 years ago
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Every time we get one of those coupon books, there's an offer for air duct cleaning service. Being the OCD guy that I am (and knowing that it was highly unlikely that the previous owners had done it), I figured...what the heck? $260 later, my ducts are...
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Virtual Blitz
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over 6 years ago
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For partners outside of the DC area who can't make it into the office for one of our bi-monthly "Shark Tank" blitz activities, we've got a solution for you!! We blitz virtually...You get email templates invite templates call scripts a customized website...
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Event Slots
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over 6 years ago
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68% of the slots through the end of the calendar year are filled. Partners are seeing some nice results. Solutions Developers has an oppty with a 1,000 person company following their SharePoint/Collaboration event yesterday. To get yours, email gemaa...
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Need help with Microsoft Partner Events?
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over 6 years ago
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Anything you can't find or want from www.microsoftpartnerevents.com , you should feel free to email: mpeask@microsoft.com They (and we) are here to serve you. Demand what you want!!
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Leveraging Assets…
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over 6 years ago
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The Problem: Adam from Solutions Developers writes in: Who would I talk to for handouts on Communication & Collaboration specifically SharePoint, Office Communicator, Office communications, Exchange server 2007, and Round Table (if possible)?...
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EZPass...
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over 6 years ago
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It's no secret that I love efficiency. That should surprise no one that knows me. What may surprise them, however, is long it took me to get an EZPass . Last month when I took the kids to Sesame Place, we forgot to borrow the EZ Pass (my mom has one)...
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Partners Partnering…
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over 6 years ago
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Few things (in the business world) bring joy to my heart more than seeing partners partnering to drive a successful event. Steve Found of Competitive Innovations sent this in: I wanted to let you know that everything is going very well for our event...
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Are you asking questions the right way?
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over 6 years ago
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Great post here on making sure you are.
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Marketing done right…
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over 6 years ago
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I love when I see great marketing efforts. Here’s an example of what appears to be fully integrated marketing engine, designed to get the most “share of wallet” from customers as possible. The company is BGE Home . I’m a satisfied customer for some...
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How long should an event be?
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over 6 years ago
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You don’t need to do a 3 hour event. You also don’t need to make an event fill a specific time. Guidance…if you’re going to do an event, figure out how long you need to tell the most exciting, compelling story and just do that. Don’t get stuck with a...
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Knockout Presentations part 2
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over 6 years ago
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It’s posted here
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What events are available?
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over 6 years ago
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Go to the Mid-Atlantic Partner Portal and look under Available MPE Events Then email gemaa@microsoft.com to sign up for yours!
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Use Microsoft Facilities for Your Events…for Free
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over 6 years ago
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As Get Engaged partners, you can request the use of Microsoft facilities for your events (subject to availability, of course). Email v-tennj@microsoft.com with: Date Time Length of Event Number of People Expected (They can also help coordinate...
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How does it make the customer feel?
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over 6 years ago
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I got a great offer from Verizon today offering me their FIOS high-speed Internet service for $34.95 plus one month free. Great! Thing is...I'm already a Verizon FIOS customer.Hmmm...once upon a time this would upset me. " How could they not know this...
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Knockout presentations…
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over 6 years ago
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In case you missed the fantastic presentation last Friday (part 1), you can view it here: https://www123.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=knockout1
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Can I use MPE for my own events/Webinars?
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over 6 years ago
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Paul Gannon of TMA Resources knows how to leverage his Microsoft partnership: We already have a seminar/Webinar series planned for the fall. However, I would greatly appreciate being able to manage registrations through the Microsoft partner registration...
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More on Word2007
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over 6 years ago
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This product makes formatting a hell of a lot easier, that I’ve got to say. There are two big reasons for this. The formatting changes as you roll over the options in the menu so you can see exactly what the changes might look like The context sensitive...
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Are you event ready?
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over 6 years ago
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Kudos to Alex Norko of Okron Data The guy knows BI/SQL really well and wanted to leverage the Microsoft Partner Events machine for a September-focused discussion. He realized, however, that he had too much on his plate. He’s rebuilding and rebranding...
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Marketing Readiness Training for Mid Atlantic Area Partners
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over 6 years ago
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If you haven’t yet, you need to sign up for this. You’ll get ALL of the info about co-marketing w/MSFT in one session. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032301300&Culture=en-US
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What is an “Event in a Box…”?
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over 6 years ago
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Dennis Christmas…thanks for keeping us honest. He writes: I am looking for something called event-in-a-box. Is that correct? If so, I don't see anything like that in the Resources section. Ah…good ol’ Microsoft internal-speak filtering over...
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