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Week-in-Review Newsletter
Updates to
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"Subject Matter
Expert"
Program Launched to Learn from the Best (and help SMEs earn
business)
For over 15 years TA's executive director (and
active agent) Dan Baldwin has written most of the content published
by TA for the benefit of TA members and vendors. Beginning in
February, TA will be primarily publishing the stories of TA members
who are subject matter experts or "SMEs" in one category or another.
The SME content will all be viewable at TA's
end-user site www.Telp.Biz in the
form of buyers guides that business end-users and lead partners can
download to educate themselves about different sorts of telecom and
technology buying decisions.
Are you interested in being listed as one of TA's
subject matter experts? Visit
TAexpert2010.com to view
the public page or the
admin program page at read the SME admin program details.
2010 TA Award
Process Improved
In an effort to maintain the highest integrity of
TA's fifth annual "Members Choice" awards, TA has elected to create
a "campaign period" to educate TA members about the different
categories and the nominees before the official voting period.
TA will publish all the categories and all the
nominees on March 1st. "Campaigning" will be conducted by having TA
interview all nominees in all categories for the benefit of
educating TA members about the strengths and weaknesses of all the
nominees.
Voting will commence October 1st and close October
29th. Winners will be announced on November 1st. For more info visit
www.TAvote.com.
Qwest Annual
Event Summary
The first agent event of the year is always the
annual QMarketplace event in Denver where Qwest shares with their
agent and partners a review of the past year and their vision for
the new year.
If you don't quote or sell Qwest you should take a
serious look at them. It's a must in the 14 states where they're the
RBOC and just a really good idea everywhere else. While they don't
position themselves as the low price leader, you can anticipate that
they'll do what's necessary to "get the deal" especially in
multi-location or mid-market business.
Click here to read the summary of the Qwest event and then
contact Qwest or a Qwest master agent to get an invitation to next
year's event.
TDM to IP Migration Training
TMC is hosting this free interactive lunch & learn
2/17/10 in Los Angeles from 12p - 4p.
more...
Advoda Wins Qwest Award
Denver master agent Advoda won Qwest's QMOE award for the partner
selling the most metro optical Ethernet at last week's Q partner event.
more...
Multi-Location Account Expert?
TA's first end-user and lead partner buys guide will feature how
to "buy or sell" multi-location enterprise ("MLE") solutions. TA's looking for a
few good MLE sales experts to interview for the content piece.
If you're interested in getting 15-minutes of fame and being
listed on TA's directory as a MLE "Expert" then please contact TA's Dan Baldwin
at Dan@TelecomAssociation.com to
arrange an interview.
Can "Equipment Finance Leases" Prevent the Next
"Norvergence"?
Those of you paying attention six years ago may remember how
Norvergence conned customers into signing 5-year equipment leases, sold the
leases to banks and then went out of business. Eleven thousand small businesses
got royally "you know whated".
Click here to read how an attorney believes an "Equipment Finance Lease"
could have prevented the debacle. Be sure and read this before discussing any
contract with your customer that combines equipment & service. Be especially
carefull around the new HaaS or "equipment as a service" agreements.
more...
TA's "Professional Member" Launched
Looking for warm business end-user
customer leads, IT VAR leads, member only reports or a badge of
professional accreditation?
TA's Professional Member program puts you in a league of your own.
Click here for more info
2010 Member Choice Awards
Update
2010 Members Choice Awards Nominations Now Open!
It's time to honor the best vendors in the industry.
Click here to nominate a vendor. Nominations are open
through 1/29/10.
Experts Needed to
Help Approve Members Choice Nominees
Are you a "Subject Matter Expert" or "SME" when it comes to choosing
telecom vendors? If so, TA needs your help to ensure
only qualified vendors are nominated and voted on in TA's 2010
Members Choice awards. If you have experience choosing amongst
multiple vendors in multiple telecom categories then TA requests
your assistance.
Click here to get more information
about TA's "Subject Matter Expert" member panel.
Register to Vote for the 2010 "Members Choice" - Annual
Registration Required
Voting will be conducted via email from February 1st through 12th.
Winners will be notified February 15th. Only approved registered
voters will receive a ballot. You must re-register even if you voted
last year. Click here to
register to vote.
Questions? Visit
www.TAvote.com.
TA's Telemarketing Team Update
First Project to Start in January
Thanks to everyone who
responded to this posting by adding their names to TA's
telemarketing
interest list. I have been assured by the vendor that initiated
this project that they will be moving forward with it in January.
Add your name to the
interest list to get the latest updates.
Looking for Telemarketers?
TA has over 40 experienced members looking for good projects to
dial. If you've got a project you need dialed please contact
Dan Baldwin at 951-251-5155 or
email.
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InterCall.. Why?
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951-251-5155
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