Blog entries from Dan

Scholarship Materials

Daniel Hand — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:22:23 +0100

The scholarship materials have been sent to all Premium members. If you have not received them in your e-mail drop us a line.

Webinar 18 March

Daniel Hand — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:51:34 +0100

We have a new webinar scheduled for 18 March at 9p.m. All Association members should of received an email about it, if not you can read about it in the forums.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Paradigm Shifts for Techs: Educational Marketing

Daniel Hand — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:53:35 +0100

I am not going to put the entire article here due to it being on another blog posting but take the time to read Paradigm Shifts for Techs: Educational Marketing here .

This was written by Derek R. Ianneli from Progressive Integrations and Derek is also a member of the Association.

I really enjoy reading the Derek writes and I am sure you will also.

TechSupportQA.com

Daniel Hand — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:56:02 +0100

Due to the recent survey, and wanting to build the Association into a larger source for all members for sources of information we are proud to announce our newest site TechSupportQA.com "Technical Support and Questions & Answers". Unlike your typical forums, this site is simply for "Questions & Answers", no smaRead More...

Association Scholarship

Daniel Hand — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:02:39 +0100

Within the next few weeks all "Premium" Association members will be directed to the information pertaining to the Scholarship that we will award this year.

Once that is published that will be the time to market it in your respective area of coverage. Looking forward to the submissions.

Survey Results

Daniel Hand — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:33:14 +0100

I would like to thank all Association members that took time out to fill out the survey. The results have now been published in the Fourms "IT Industry" section.

Again Thks Much!

Request Service

Daniel Hand — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:03:23 +0100

We have added a new menu option and it's called "Request Service". This is for all consumers, businesses and nationals that would like to have work performed or requested from an Association member.

This is one way to make it easy on the consumer and that is for them to submit the problem they are having, the requirements they are looking for or just general information and we will put them in contact with correct Association member.

Survey Results

Daniel Hand — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:06:09 +0100

Hopefully within the next week will be getting the recent survey that was conducted all put together and online for all members to review.

So far a great response to the survey and some valuable input. Appreciate all the input and if you have not had a chance to fill out the survey yet you still have a few days.

TechSiteBuilder

Daniel Hand — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:20:40 +0100

We now are offering TechSiteBuilder at a discounted price for all ACRBO members. All members can see the package in the "Prefered Vendors" section of the site.

If you have not checked out this new package from Steve Cherubio over at Podnutz.com then you should. Great idea, great concept, and something everyone can benefit from.

Membership Cards

Daniel Hand — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Well after months of going back and forth with a local printer we finally have received our Association Membership cards. I am pretty impressed..

January “Windows 7 Deployability” – Guidance and Assets

Daniel Hand — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Very good read from the Global IT Community Association

Chapter 1: “Choosing the Path to Windows 7”

A successful deployment of a desktop operating system begins long before the first client machines are touched. The collection of information about your client machines forms the basis for creating a successful deploymeRead More...

2010

Daniel Hand — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Everyone says about New Year’s resolutions which I always find amusing that someone would have to wait for the New Year in order to make a resolution. Especially when I hear people saying things like "my New Year’s resolution is to stop drinking"...That is typically the best. My answer is "why"?....Why not just make a New Year’s resolution of "I am going to drink better liquor this year than in the past"....To me it makes no sense to make a resolution.

Why not add a resolution instRead More...

ACRBO on Plaxo

Daniel Hand — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Join our new group on Plaxo here:
http://acrbo.plaxogroups.com

Paradigm Shifts for Techs: Managed Services Part 1

Daniel Hand — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Paradigm Shifts for Techs: Managed Services Part 1
by Derek R. Iannelli, IT Strategist, Progressive Integrations, Inc.,

When I ‘closed’ my first M&S agreement (maintenance & support), I thought I finally figured it out, and if I could sell enough of them, our business would making the American Dream come true. That was 10 years ago.
Until this past year, I still had the same thoughts regarding M&S agreements until our economy started to affect our clients too. Instead of thRead More...

Marketing Webinar

Daniel Hand — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Please sign up for the webinar that is going to be hosted next week. Will not cost you a penny but i've reviewed the material that is covered and well worth the 30-60 mintues of time that it takes. Look forward to seeing everyone online.

“3 Critical Marketing Elements Every IT Business Must Have To Finally Put An End To The Frustration, Struggle, And Up-Hill Battle of Generating A Predictable Flow Of New Clients, More Sales & Bigger Profits”

FREE Webinar With Technology MarketingRead More...

Social Networking Connecting

Daniel Hand — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

The Association is growing and we would like to keep in touch with all our members in every way possible.

Join us on:

Linked In

Facebook

Twitter

Company Lookup Update

Daniel Hand — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

We now have a way to add your business to the Company Lookup if you had registered previously on the old site. So now when you login please look to see if your business is listed and if so you will be able to edit your entry. Feel free to put as much information in there as you'd like.

Add Your Business Company Lookup

Daniel Hand — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

If you have not added your business to the "Company Lookup" please do so.

Have had emails sent to us such as this:

"I was looking for a repair shop. I came here to verify the membership of Company Name Removed repair and found that they are not listed as they claim to be. If this is in error, please let me know so that I may proceed in my dealings with them."

The consumers are looking in the Company Lookup and not seeing the business they are searching for listed.

Business Reviews

Daniel Hand — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

We not have added a "Reviews" section to the "Company Lookup" section. If you have been provided service from one of the listed businesses please feel free to leave a review.

Business Directory

Daniel Hand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Looks like the Business Directory is now fixed and you can submit your business through IE. Any problems let us know.