So, you have heard of SBSC, you have probably joined the programme and now you are beginning to hear about the Premium partners.

Why do SBSC members become premium partners, especially since there is not always the external recognition around this?  1st off, ask the members of your user group who are premium why they do it.

The 1st thing I notice is that many small business partners ask for help in the sales and marketing area.  SBSC definately delivers here - the one day course can be an eye opener for opportunities on improving profitability or opening up new service areas.

This increases as additional content is made available to you through the process to help with CRM and other areas and the list will continue.

Then there is marketing support and telephone pre-sales technical support (T-PTS) - all designed to get other people running doing things you don't have time for,  Want someone to hunt down the answer to a technical question - get the T-PTS to do it for you.  Want some campaing help or assistance, look at Campaign Builder or the marketing bureau.

Then of course, when we need to ask a small number of people to look at future solutions, while we prefer to start with the whole of the SBSC, sometimes we need to restrict the numbers further - this is where the Premium group come in.  And this is all just what is available today - the future looks even brighter.

If you want to attend the training, they can be booked on the following URL - it is probably one of the most valuable cash sums you have spent with Microsoft, after your action pack subscription - it does cost £99+Vat.

http://www.microsoft.co.uk/events/net/EventDetail.aspx?eventid=8357

Locations currently available:

ttfn

David