News & Views for Australian SBSCs

First up in an ad-hoc series of guest authors on the Australian SBSC Blog is the newest member of our Breadth Partner team - Julia Askin . You may have already spoken with Julia as the main organising force behind the recent SBSC Roundtables & I'm...

The Australian Partner Conference is only 6 weeks away & so now's the time to register & get your networking boots on. Note - APC is open to Gold & Certified partners only. The Connect tool is also open for business meaning you can: Check...

The second series of Australian SBSC Partner Roundtables were held in May 2008 as a follow-up to the events of November 2007. The 22 attendees across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney were a mix of new partners & those that had been involved in the earlier...

Good news - the entries deadline for the Australian Partner Awards has been extended to July 2nd. That means you've got just over two more weeks to get your submissions in. Details here: https://partner.microsoft.com/Australia/40043064 Cheers & looking...

The Worldwide Microsoft Partner Awards were announced overnight & will be handed out at the Partner Conference in Houston in early July. I was on the judging panel for these awards & it was fantastic to see all the work that SBSC partners are...

One of the common themes running through our recent series of SBSC roundtables was that most partners rely almost exclusively on word of mouth to generate new business, but that most didn't have a process in place to help maximize it. What about you?...

The June 16th deadline is looming & so why not take 10 minutes now to get your entry in for the Australian Small Business Specialist partner of the year award. Gotta be in it to win it. :-) Robbie

As per our earlier announcement , we've appointed a new Small Business Specialist Partner Area Lead ( SBSC PAL ) for Australia - Hilton Travis . Although not officially picking up the mantle from Dean Calvert until July 1st, Hilton has already made his...

We've now completed the May series of SBSC Partner Roundtables . My colleague Athena Thompson and I would like to say a big thank you to the partners who gave three hours of their time to provide thoughtful, in-depth feedback, and give the wider SBSC...