What can we be doing better?
May is a travel month for me & within the space of two weeks I'll be heading to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane & various events around Sydney. I'll mostly be visiting SBSC & other partners as a way to get a better understanding of three key points:
What is Microsoft doing well to help you grow your SBS business that you want us to keep doing?
What can we be doing much better?
What, specifically, do you want/need from us in the lead-up to & beyond the SBS & EBS launch?
We're building out the SBS 2008 & EBS readiness & launch plans now & so know that your feedback is taken seriously & acted upon as much as we can. Whilst we can't always do as everyone would like, we are 99% channel focused company (excluding things like Xbox-live) & so if you're not successful, neither are we.
If you're interested, I'll be at the following events & would love to hear your thoughts (my shout for the beers). I also have a bit of space for more focused 1:1s in each city & so if you have a specific conversation in mind, let me know & we can schedule some time.
- Tues 13th - Melbourne - SBSC Roundtable
- Weds 14th - Melbourne - Ingram Micro ExpoTech
- Tues 20th to Thurs 22nd - Sydney - CeBit (not exhibiting, just looking)
- Mon 26th - Adelaide - SBS Users Group
- Tues 27th - Brisbane - SBS Users Group
- Weds 28th - Brisbane - SBSC Roundtable
- Thurs 29th - Sydney - SBSC Roundtable
Unfortunately as I'll be in Melbourne on the 13th, I won't be able to make the Sydney SBS Group. My colleague Grace Kerrison will however, & given she heads up Microsoft Australia's whole mobility division, it could be an interesting night for those that go along.
Cheers & looking forward to chatting soon,
Robbie