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RT @SAP4SME: 900 million social media users worldwide. How can you manage your social media data? #SMB Webinar 2/23 http://t.co/s8RTGORB 13 hours ago

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Fear Factor Decreases for Cloud Computing Services http://t.co/mEVDGiGT 19 hours ago

Top Trends Most Evident at the 2010 Small Business Technology Summit

Posted on March 18, 2010 by lauriemccabe

Back in the beautiful Live Free or Die state after attending the 2010 Small Business Summit earlier this week. This is a fantastic event coordinated by Ramon Ray and Marian Banker, and held at the Digital Sandbox in the financial district in New York. Whether due to Ramon and team’s hard work and great marketing, or [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: cloud computing, Dell, Dell Managed Services, demand generation, email marketing, Infusionsoft, Intuit, SaaS, small business, SMB, social networking, social software, technology | 7 Comments »

SAP Aims for SME

Posted on March 15, 2010 by lauriemccabe

I dialed into SAP’s SME (small and medium enterprises) Global Business Update Call a couple of weeks ago. Jeff Stiles, SVP, SME, Volume & Ecosystem Marketing, provided analysts a recap of recent SAP SME highlights, and shared strategic directions for 2010. I’ve been following SAP in the SME market since it acquired TopManage (which later [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Business By Design, Business One, channels, cloud, cloud computing, email marketing, SaaS, SAP, small business, SMB, SME | Leave a Comment »

What is Social Media Management, and Why Should You Care?

Posted on March 8, 2010 by lauriemccabe

(Originally published on March 4, 2010, in Small Business Computing) What is Social Media Management? As described in the column “What is Social Networking, and Why Should You Care?” Internet-based social media make it easier for people to listen, interact, engage and collaborate with each other. But, as the volume of social media venues and [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Batchblue, cloud, cloud computing, cloudprofile, collaborate, contact management, email marketing, Facebook, hubspot, LinkedIn, marketing, on demand, SaaS, small business, Small Business Computing, SMB, social CRM, social media management, social networking, social software, Twitter, zooloo | 2 Comments »

NetSuite’s SP 100 Program: An Offer VARs Can’t Refuse?

Posted on March 2, 2010 by lauriemccabe

In a bold move to get traditional value-added resellers(VARs) off the SaaS fence, NetSuite announced its new Solution Provider (SP) 100 Program, which gives business application VARs 100% margin on the first year of license subscriptions they sell. The program requires a 2-year minimum license commitment from the customer, and after the first year, NetSuite [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: business solutions, channel, cloud computing, CRM, ERP, Microsoft, NetSuite, on demand, partner, Sage, SAP, VARs | Leave a Comment »

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