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Business Solutions Hits a Home Run with Channel Transitions

Mike Monocello Mike Monocello Mike Monocello is the editor-in-chief of Business Solutions magazine, a monthly publication dedicated to helping IT solutions providers grow their businesses by selling complementary technologies and moving into…

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Drawn to Learn: Visual Practitioner Brings Conference to Life

One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen at a conference is a “Visual Practitioner” summarizing the event via large scale drawings. I talked to Jackie Forbes at the recent MAX 2015 conference. She is with Drawn to Learn (). Her…

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Marketing, Sales, and Great Reports – More Interviews from MAX 2015

Back at the vendor hall . . . I talked to four folks about taking your business to the next level. Two of them are directly in sales and marketing (helping you with S&M), one who helps you generate reports to make more sales, and an industry…

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Security Reports, Analytics, and Coaching – A Report from MAX 2015

While in DC for the MAX 2015 conference, I wandered down to the vendor hall. Of course I took my trusty recorder along for the stroll. Here are three quick interviews with vendors I met.   Carl Banzhof from iScanOnline talked about “data…

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Joe Panettieri Spills the Beans on #E2E – Almost

I always love working with Joe Panettieri. He’s a very smart guy, very fun to talk to, and totally tuned into the channel.So I had to grab him for a quick podcast when I saw him in DC this week. Joe Penettieri at MAX Joe and his partner Amy Katz…

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Value Selling and More from ChannelPro SMB Forum

I love the ChannelPro SMB Forums. There’s always something new and different going on. Even the panels change from city to city. Here’s a quick report from the ChannelPro SMB Forum in Chicago last week. You can still sign up for the last show…

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Business Solutions Presents “Channel Transitions” Conferences

Earlier this year I spoke at the Retail IT VAR of the Future Conference, sponsored by Business Solutions Magazine. In this interview, I talk to Jim Roddy, President of BSM, about the upcoming conferences called Channel Transitions. The conferences…

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Sell My MSP – from Amy B and Rayanne B

Sell My MSP! What a great idea! I love the new project from Managed Service rock stars Amy Babinchak and Rayanne Buchianico for a number of reasons. Their new project is called Sell My MSP and the web site is . It’s a new clearinghouse for…

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Network Detective and ASCII Down Under

While I was down under at the MAXfocus partner conference in Melbourne, Australia, I talked to a couple of the sponsors in the back of the room. Mark Winter Mark Winter from Rapid Fire Tools was promoting their Network Detective product. Rapid Fire…

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MAX on Big Data

While I was in Australia for the MAXfocus Partner Conference, I was quite impressed with their plans to data mine their own tools. Dave Sobel I caught up with Dave Sobel, Director of Partner Community for LogicNow (MAXfocus). Dave’s team is…

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