Posted 11/15/10 By Dan Baldwin, TA Executive Director, 951-251-5155 email
TA could not be busier wrapping up 2010 and getting ready to roll out exciting new programs to help our TA members and vendors earn more business next year - even in this shaky economic recovery. Following are updates on TA's top "to do" items.
1. 5th Annual 2010 "Members Choice" Awards - We've got over 500 votes cast so far (a record!). You can see the approximate vote scores to date at www.TelecomAwards.com. You can still cast votes at www.TelecomVote.com. We are absolutely, positively closing voting on 11/30/10 so get your votes in ASAP! We're way behind posting the comments but we will get caught up by the time we post the results the first week of December.
When we announce the winners the first week of December we'll send all the winners a press release they can use as well as make the original award artwork available for those who want to include it in their 2011 marketing collateral.
2. Solution Shootout Results - We've got the Solution Shootout results for the BYOB Hosted VoIP & the White Label Conferencing 90% complete. Because this is a new event we're having to create a web template or two to deliver the results we're experiencing a minor delay we hpe will be solved by tomorrow morning. Future shootout results should be published more timely.
TA's members, vendors and judges are giving us great feedback on the shootouts so you can expect the shootout program to dominate TA's 2011 content schedule.
3. TA's VAR Tradeshow Co-op & Directory Listings - TA announced last week that we're creating a special TA vendor and member co-op to get TA in front of all the computer equipment VARs, MSPs and networks service integrators in the US through all the VAR & MSP tradeshows and events in 2011. Thanks to everyone who's shown interest in supporting this project in exchange for TA getting you in front of the VARs and integrators.
Unfortunately the list of decent VAR and MSP events we've identified for 2011 would keep TA on the road for 300 days next year so we're currently in the process of deciding which events we need to attend in person and which events we can support from afar via newsletter items, webinars and TA's forthcoming VAR Co-op Directory.
Whether we get in with the VARs/MSP organizations though via on-site tradeshow presence, webinar or newsletter (or all three) TA will develop a special 2011 TA Member & Vendor Directory for VARs & MSPs that want to profit from voice and data or simply make sure their customers get the best service from an expert TA member and/or vendor.
TA's just completed identifying all the VAR & MSP organizations to work with. These are the organizations that we'll be distributing our directories to. The directories will be distributed in the form of a website and emailable PDFs. We hope to have the TA member and vendor order form for the special VAR & MSP directory available this week.
The tentative directory investment will be as follows:
Local Metro Listings: $49 per month for Vendors and $24 per month for Members with a one-time setup fee equal to the monthly fee. Local listings are by "metropolitan statistical areas". Listing order will be determined on a "first come, first served" order. Prices will be raised or lowered once per quarter to accommodate demand. Members and vendors with existing listings will have first right of refusal each quarter. Listings are pro-rated if they start mid-month. Listings are billed in advance on the 25th for the next month. Listings can be cancelled with 30-days notice. No refunds on listings.
Premium National Listings: $195 per month for Vendors and $95 per month for Members. Members and vendors that have local metro orders that exceed $195 or $95 respectively will get a premium national listing.
Subject Matter Expert Listings: ICB. Necessary listings that don't easily lend themselves to metro listings (conferencing, 3G/4G wireless, etc.) Will be handled on an individual case basis.
Reserve Your Spot Now:
We're working on the listing order for now but if you're OK with the price points listed above and you'd like to reserve a listing position starting today, please send an email to [email protected] with the details of the VAR/MSP listing you're interested.
FAQ Conference Call Friday 11/19 at 11am Pacific:
Position listing reservations are now open. TA will have a conference call this Friday from 11:00 am - Noon Pacific. To roll out all the program details and to answer questions.
The dial-in number is 605-475-6402 and the code is 804 429.
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