The SMB Community Podcast

Now Sure What to Say Or How to Start?

Try one of these.

If you have more suggestions, email karlp@greatlittlebook.com and I'll post them.

• "I love tape backups because . . ."
• The best thing about my business is . . .
• We had a great victory this week . . .
• Here's how we handle accounts receivable . . .
• When our client just show up with new hardware that we didn't know anything about . . .
• I'm attending a great conference. Here's why . . .
• Here's how we created a yellow pages ad that works . . .
• When we first started, this is how we found clients . . .

Call Now. Whatever you have on your mind is fine.

The easiest way to contribute is to call one of our Voice Mail numbers and leave a message. This is best for messages five minutes and less, although almost any length you leave is fine.

In The U.S:
Call L.A. Phone number 213-814-2289

In The U.K:
Call London Phone number +44 20 8144 8788

In Australia:
Call Sydney Phone number +61 2 8003 6966

Everyone can also call me on Skype and leave voicemail there. Just connect to karlpalachuk on Skype.

Everywhere else, you need to pick one of these. Sorry.

More Conversation Starters

Answer one of these questions:

• What are your favorite interview questions when you hire a technician?
• What certifications matter the most to you?
• Are you selling SBS 2008? If not, why not?
• Are you embracing cloud computing, or is it just an old sheep in new clothing?
• What is the configuration of the average server you're selling these days?
• When not selling Exchange, what are you using for group calendars?
• What do you do with clients who "have" to be local administrators? Do they pay more for managed service?
• Are you a member of ASCII / MSPU / MSPSN or some other group? Why?

And Yet Even More Conversation Starters

A few miscellaneous topics:

• If you're a fanatic about Robin Robins, tell us why.
• Have you figured out how to find clients on Facebook?
• Is your local Chamber of Commerce a great ally or a total waste of time?
• If you could make everyone in this business read one book, what would it be?
• Do you expect that you'll be raising your rates this year?
• If you're doing VOIP, who are you reselling and why?
• What should Microsoft (HP, Dell, Adobe, Symantec, anyone) be doing to court the SMB Consultant?

And Maybe Some Just Plain Fun . . .

How about considering these topics:

• What do you do in your "free" time?
• Sing us a song.
• Tell us a joke.
• Tell a story about someone in the community. Perhaps share something that happened at a conference.
• Tell a story about a client who surprised you last week.

And Then Come Up With Something on Your Own

Whatever shows up in our voicemail, we're going to try to get it on the podcast. So surprise us and come up with something juicy.

Thank you!

-- karlp