While flying home from a conference in California the other day, I got to chatting with the woman sitting next to me. I was telling her that I work for a Microsoft service that helps small businesses get up and running on the Web.
She stopped me mid-sentence, wanting to know if I knew anything about the next Microsoft Small Business Summit. Apparently a colleague of hers had caught some of the presentations and been pretty impressed by all of the expert advice available for free.
I told her she didn’t have to wait until next year to take advantage of that expert advice, since webcasts from the Summit are available online 24 hours a day, for free. I told her how to find them on the Microsoft.com Web site – and suddenly I had a new best friend!
Then it occurred to me if she’s so interested, others will be too, because there are some well-known folks on the speakers’ list. For example:
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Donny Deutsch, chairman of Deutsch Inc. and host of CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch”
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John Jantsch, author of “Duct Tape Marketing”
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Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, successful CEO of LuLu’s Dessert Corp.
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Cameron Johnson, author of “You Call the Shots: Succeed Your Way — and Live the Life You Want”
More than 50 free webcasts
There are actually more than 50 webcasts in all, and the topics run the gamut, from sales and marketing to the latest on productivity and security for small businesses. My favorite? That’s easy. David Alexander, senior product manager on the Microsoft Office Live Small Business team, gave a super presentation on how our free service is making it possible for so many small businesses to be successful online. David is pictured below (he’s on the left) with Summit host Chris Cashman.
The nice thing about these Summit webcasts is you can watch them whenever you want, wherever you want, as long as you have a PC and an Internet connection. So go take a look and then let me know what you think. Was it valuable information? Do you have a favorite you’d recommend to others?
Cheers,
Michael Schultz