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SMB Nation Announces Fall MSP Tech Talk Agenda - Join Me!

MSP Tech Talk

Fall 2017 

Tickets are Complimentary........

All you have to invest is your time.

This multi-faceted event gives technology providers the opportunity to learn from industry experts with no travel, hotel cost, or extensive time away from your business.

The Fall Agenda includes presentations by Harry Brelsford, Jamison West, Amie Seisay, Mark Scott, and me.


THE AGENDA

Sept. 13th
12:00 pm
5 Steps to Implementing Analytics in an MSP Practice

Harry Brelsford 
In this session, Harry Brelsford, the CEO of SMB Nation, will walk you  through the five steps of implementing digital marketing and analytics  as a way to convert leads to closed sales.

From using webinar  analytics as a form of predictive/behavioral lead scoring to A/B testing  via email campaigns to using HootSuite analytics for social media  measurements, he'll explore how best to use specific tools that you  likely already own or subscribe to and the most cost-effective methods  you can implement immediately. As a bonus, you'll also discover the  dirty little secret about the effectiveness of social media in B2B.

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Sept.  20th
12:00 pm
The true paradigm shift to becoming a “Cloud Service Provider”

Jamison West
Have you fully embraced the cloud? Do you use the cloud fully in your own environment? Do you sell and deploy the cloud first, or better yet cloud only? If not, have you fully examined the blocking issues? In order to truly make the leap to becoming a Cloud Service Provider you must understand the root of the paradigm shift. Join Jamison West as he shares his vision of what must be embraced and learned to transition your business.

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Sept. 27th
12:00 PM
Pricing Strategies: Break/Fix, Managed Service, and Cloud

Karl Palachuk
One of the most common topics for service providers is pricing. How should you price your services? By user or device? In bundles? Should you include hardware? What's covered and what's not? And how do you set an hourly rate?

While the questions never cease, managed service author Karl Palachuk provides some great guidelines to consider as you structure your pricing.

Join us for an entertaining and educational webinar - September 27th.

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Oct. 4th 
12:00 PM
Embracing Change as an Organization with SharePoint

Amie Seisay
Technology changes at a rapid pace. Business processes should align with the changes that are happening in the world. This of course, impacts how people perform their job functions. The days of waiting for IT to build web applications have shifted, empowering business users to develop their own websites and dashboards to showcase information. IT can shift their focus to developing high powered solutions that will provide even greater business value. This session will cover business solutions in SharePoint involving approaches to Change Management. We will also discuss pointers for allowing SharePoint to deliver true business value.

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Oct. 11th 
12:00 PM
It’s not getting to the Cloud it’s about a safe journey

Mark Scott
Cloud this, cloud that, “take your business to the cloud”. The age of cloud computing is upon us and with it a dizzying array of tools, templates, platforms, services, subscriptions, API’s, and applications. We can now build applications and easily share data with virtually everyone on the planet -- intended or not. In this session, we’ll cover

Business Drivers
Architectural Concepts
Design Requirements
Data Classification
Cloud Security
Cloud Application Security
Operating in the Cloud
Legal Considerations

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Oct.  18th 
12:00 PM
How to Align Your People

Jamison West
Are your teams performing at their full potential? Are people on each team aligned with each other – values, personalities, and interests? Are they aligned with their roles and objectives to fully maximize the potential of their talents? Join Jamison West as he shares why his new business was created to improve company and team culture and performance.

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About the Author

Karl W. Palachuk, is a technology consultant, author, speaker, trainer, and coach. He is the author of fifteen books. He has built several successful businesses, including two managed services companies. His books include Managed Services in a Month and The Network Documentation Workbook. Karl is a frequent trainer and speaker in the SMB Community. His popular blog can be found at SmallBizThoughts.com. He has more than twenty years experience as an I.T. professional and serves on advisory panels for several hardware and software companies.

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