TA Week-In-Review - January 14, 2009

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January 14, 2009

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Vote Now for TA's 2009 "Members Choice" Awards

Visit www.TAvote.com to vote, see who's been nominated in which categories or make additional nominations.
Voting closes 2/20/9 and winners are officially announced 3/1/9.

Job Board submission instructions
Jobs Seeking People
Line Systems is Hiring Channel Managers 12/24/8
Intelisys Seeks National Channel Manager 12/19/8
One Communications Looking for Agent Managers 9/16/8
People Seeking Jobs
Project Manager Krista Lenn Pacheco 951-310-2120 California kristakoi@yahoo.com	Resume LinkedIn Audio Introduction

Channel Manager Dwight Beagle 817-470-7650 Texas dwight.beagle@yahoo.com	Resume LinkedIn Audio Introduction

Agent Confidential Blog By Agents for Agents Submit Blog index
The 12 Hottest Telecom Services for 2009? Learn which ones were picked during TA's "12 Days of Telecom" last month. By Dan Baldwin 11/17/8
Does Master Agency Size Matter? When selecting a master agency, do you need to know their sales volumes? By Dan Baldwin 11/10/8
Vendor Agnostic -vs- Vendor Agency? Which approach is best for your business and your clients? By Dan Baldwin 11/3/8
Does WiMAX Threaten Fixed Wireless Broadband Internet Sales? Many agents now lead with fixed wireless solutions. Listen to audio podcast with Color Broadband CEO Fran McGrath. By Dan Baldwin 10/27/8
Master Agent WTG Provides "Hands On" Training to New & Experienced Agents TA drops in on Vince Bradley's quarterly agent training seminar featuring wireless training, promo updates & an equity plan. Click here to view two videos from the training. By Dan Baldwin 10/13/8

Industry News
NEW Skype thrives amid tough economy The sinking economy has actually been a good thing for Internet telephony service Skype. 1/13/9 CNET
NEW Hoover's lays out mobile apps for business pros If knowledge is power, then salespeople in the field and roving business execs can now wield their share of it thanks to two new mobile apps. 1/13/9 CNET
NEW Obama Tunes the FCC In to Broadband With Julius Genachowski's background as a New York media exec and venture capitalist, the new chairman will be a strong force in Obama's tech strategy. 1/13/9 BusinessWeek
NEW Clearwire's Oregon WiMAX Launch Clearwire's mobile broadband service performed well at top speeds during its debut in Portland, Ore. But will consumers want to shell out for the service? 1/13/9 BusinessWeek
AT&T to test in-home cell phone boosters AT&T Inc., the country's largest wireless carrier, is testing "femtocells" technology that can improve the signal available to cell phones in subscribers' homes, and plans to make it available in a trial market next year. 1/6/9 AP
Broadband pricing holds steady Consumers are benefiting from competition between phone companies and cable operators when it comes to broadband pricing, but the same can't be said for pricing on TV services. A report attributes this trend to more competition from Verizon's all-fiber network, Fios, which offers superfast broadband at competitive prices. 1/6/9 CNET
iPhone users love their Wi-Fi A new report from the mobile advertising company Admob says that 42 percent of iPhone Internet requests came from Wi-Fi hot spots rather than AT&T's 3G wireless network in November. This is quite a bit higher than most Wi-Fi capable phones, which typically average about 10 to 20 percent. CNET 1/6/9

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About TA
Originally founded in 1995, TA is a membership organization for telecom agents, channel partners and vendors that provide the telecom and technology business services. Of TA's 2,000 members, about two-thirds are distributors and the rest are providers. TA collects, creates, publishes and distributes information and content that TA members need or desire to help make their businesses more efficient and profitable.

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Kathleen Brown Executive Director 951-296-3870 tel 951-848-9062 fax
Dan Baldwin TA Founder 951-251-5155 tel
Nancy Baldwin President 619-572-0094 tel 951-345-3585 fax
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New TA Announcements

Quarterly TA Vendor Testimonial Contest

"Sure, you were great last year, but who loves you today?" To answer that question on an ongoing basis and to assist TA members trying to choose between vendors, TA is sponsoring a quarterly TA vendor testimonial contest to see which vendor can generate the most agent and customer testimonials. Quarterly winners in each category will receive special recognition that proves they stand out in their respective categories.

Visit www.TAtestimonial.com to view testimonial and for instruction on how to generate testimonials.

Get Covered in TA's New Newsletter, "How to Sell Telecom in 2009"

Beginning next week, TA is retiring it's "Agent Confidential" blog and "Week-in-Review" email newsletter to focus on a single weekly publication called "How to Sell Telecom 2009".

Each week, usually on Wednesdays, TA will publish what TA members want to know most - the best ideas from TA's members and vendors about how to sell telecom successfully in 2009. Click here to view an editorial calendar for what topics will be webinared over the next several months. To add your information a webinar go to www.TalkToTA.com and follow the instructions.

Right now we need input that answers the following questions:

How does your company help new agents get started?

Do you have a special program for consultants & auditors who take no commission? Tell us how it works, how long you've had it and how it's been received by the consultant & auditor community.

Why does your company deserve to win one of TA's Members Choice Awards?

How do you help agents and channel partners that specialize in selling to the professional services vertical market (lawyers, accountants, etc.)?

How does your company specialize in working with network integrators?

What will you be showing and telling at the Channel Partners show in Vegas?

For more information about these webinars visit www.HowToSellTelecom.com. To provide input to any of these topics go to www.TalkToTA.com and follow the instructions. If you have questions please contact Dan Baldwin at Dan@TelecomAssociation.com or 951-251-5155.

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Vendor Program

TA's paid vendor member program allows telecom and business technology service providers the opportunity to share information about their products and services with complimentary TA members.

Since 1995, telecom & technology service providers have patronized TA with their vendor member dues to support the channel, maintain prime visibility, and directly contact the most successful telecom agents, channel partners and distributors in the industry.

To learn more visit www.TAvendor.com or contact Dan Baldwin at 951-251-5155.