5 Ways SMBs Can Better Influence Technology Vendors

It has been a year since SMB Research posted “ SMBs: Get Influence Working with Large Vendors; 7 Guidelines to Ease the Process ”.  As we have been working with a number of end users in 2010 and in early 2011, we are updating and refreshing this with some new insights and recommendations.

While it is undoubtedly true that small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) cannot avail themselves of all of the price breaks and other advantages of larger enterprises who have bigger IT and capex budgets, there are steps you can take to “look” big and be treated with the respect and amount of attention that you deserve: [Read more...]

The Fortune 500, Inc. 500 and the Use of Social Media

The always insightful Bill Ives over at the FASTforward Blog has alerted me to a study from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ‘s Center for Marketing Research (CMR) study on the use of social media by the Fortune 500 and Inc. 500 .

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Great Learnings from Boston’s Small Business of the Year Awards

Joe Harold - Sagamore Plumbing & Heating

SMB Research was very pleased to be able to attend the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce ’s 26th Annual Small Business of the Year Awards yesterday (Oct 14, 2010) at the Colonnade Hotel.  Emceed by WBZ Radio ’s co-Anchor of “WBZ Morning News” Ed Walsh, the event itself was flawlessly put together and efficiently executed, for a very enjoyable event. [Read more...]