Augment your customer conversations with information from the Microsoft Business Hub

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By Ron Grattopp ronaldg-001_thumb2_thumb…..

If you aren’t subscribing to our Business Insights Newsletter, you may have missed this.  We launched this site a couple of months ago and, as you can see, it’s still in beta, but you can use it as a quick reference location for information about our products, news, and offers.  If you haven’t explored this site yet, I highly encourage you to do so, I’m sure you’ll find something worthwhile.  And it’s focused on the SMB space.  Here’s the link to the homepage: Microsoft Business Hub (which you see below).

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Just quickly, here’s some highlights of the things you’ll see on this site.

Our Customers – as you might expect, this page had descriptions and links to various customer case study documents and videos

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Our Products – as mentioned above, this is an SMB-focused site so the products here are the ones most pertinent to the SMB space, yet, as you see from the drop-down, it’s a pretty comprehensive list.  Did you also notice the 50% savings links next to Windows 7 and Office 2010 Smile?

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How to buy – this section helps you quickly get licensing information pertinent to the size of the organization.  As you see, you can select licensing options for 1-4 PCs, 5-249 PCs, or 250-500 PCs.  This shot shows the options for 5-249 PCs.

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Deals & Offers – as the name implies, here’s some quick links to deals and offers.  I’ve shown a shot here of page 2 which includes the info around the 50% savings for Windows 7 and Office 2010 mentioned above.

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And last, but not least, there’s the News & Updates section – this one needs no explanation, but notice you can sign up for the Business Insights Newsletter here if you’re not already getting it.  And the drop-down includes a quick link to Cindy Bates’ SMB Insights blog.

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So that’s a quick Tour de force thru the Microsoft Business Hub.  Hopefully it’ll provide a quick source of SMB focused information that you can leverage for everything from customer discussions to building your partner business.

Cheers,
Ron