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  • Blog Post: Small changes to your Microsoft Pinpoint profile can yield big results

    by Julie Golding, U.S. MPN Lead A core benefit of your Microsoft competency is prioritized exposure and competency designation on Microsoft Pinpoint , our online marketplace where prospective customers can find your company and solutions. More than 20 percent of Pinpoint visitors become viable prospects...
  • Blog Post: Market your competencies so customers choose you as their IT expert

    by Julie Golding, U.S. MPN Lead Only 5% of Microsoft partners worldwide have attained a competency. The accomplishment of having earned a Microsoft competency distinguishes your company and lets you market your business to customers in a specific way. I’m pleased to announce our web campaign that helps...
  • Blog Post: U.S. partner news for Friday, September 7, 2012

    On the first and third Friday of each month, the U.S. Partner Team delivers a newsletter for U.S.-based members of the Microsoft Partner Network. The content you receive in your inbox as a benefit of your membership is specific to your company’s business and your role. This blog post contains all of...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers: 5 Things That Will Make Your Profile Stand Out

    By Tina Hanson, Microsoft Pinpoint Lead, U.S. Partner Team I can hardly believe the summer is nearly over! I hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy some time off with family and friends before everyone gets “back to school” and “back to work.” I find that getting time away from work to relax, refresh...
  • Blog Post: The U.S. Partner’s Guide to a Great WPC 2012

    We are just days away from the biggest partner event of the year, and the U.S. Partner Team wants to help you prepare to make the most of your time and investment. We invited business leaders from across the U.S. subsidiary to give you their recommendations and insights for what to do, see, and listen...
  • Blog Post: Capitalize on the Cloud Opportunity with the New Small Business Competency

    Post by Sharon Collins, Microsoft Partner Network Manager and Competency Lead, U.S. Partner Team. Last week, we put the final touches on the new Microsoft Small Business competency, and Julie Bennani announced its official availability on her blog. The Small Business competency helps partners build on...
  • Blog Post: WPC 2012: Reserve Your Space in the Pinpoint Profiling Center

    Posted by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. The 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is just around the corner! This is such an amazing partner event, and I’m looking forward to all the networking, meetings, and socializing with my Microsoft partner...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #8: Check Out the New Pinpoint Partner Center

    Posted by Tina Hanson, Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. I’m excited to introduce the Microsoft Pinpoint Partner Center , a new resource that provides Microsoft partners with step-by-step guidance for maximizing their profiles on Pinpoint. The Pinpoint Partner Center is the...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #7: Yes, Partners Do Get Business from Pinpoint

    Posted by Tina Hanson, Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. When I have the opportunity to meet Microsoft partners at events and briefings, I always ask about their use of Microsoft Pinpoint and whether they will share with me their candid feedback about it. Over the past several...
  • Blog Post: Differentiate Your Company by Marketing Your Competencies

    Posted by Sharon Collins, Microsoft Partner Network Manager and Competency Lead, U.S. Partner Team. Each month in the U.S. partner newsletter , Sharon Collins, U.S. Microsoft Partner Network Manager and Competency Lead, delivers a message to silver and gold competency partners about maintaining and maximizing...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #6: New Pinpoint Digital Web Campaign

    Posted by Tina Hanson, Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. I’m excited to launch the Search Engine Marketing campaign to increase search engine exposure for Microsoft Pinpoint when a business customer uses certain keywords to locate a Microsoft partner. We already know that on...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #5: Manage Your Profile As If You Were a Customer

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Happy New Year! I have high hopes that 2012 will be great for Microsoft and its partners. At the end of last year, we launched the Pinpoint Pointers presentation series , short online presentations with audio that...
  • Blog Post: U.S. Partner News for Friday, January 6, 2012

    Below are all the items we published in this week’s U.S. partner newsletter, delivered to U.S.-based members of the Microsoft Partner Network earlier today. If you feel that the version you received in email, targeted to you according to your company’s partner profile and your role at your company, is...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #4: Make Pinpoint Work for You

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. I am delighted to announce five new, interactive webcasts about how to effectively use Microsoft Pinpoint to connect with business customers who are looking for the Microsoft-based solutions you offer. These online...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #3: Why (and How) Competency Partners Should Review and Update their Profiles

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Thanks to all of you who attended my Microsoft Pinpoint webcast at the end of October ( you can listen to it on demand ), and who have reached out to me with feedback and questions. As I continue to talk to colleagues...
  • Blog Post: U.S. Partner News for Friday, November 18, 2011

    In your newsletter this week, customized according to your company's business model and Microsoft Partner Network membership, as well as by your role at your company, you'll find information and news about the Small Business Specialist Community and Microsoft Office 365 , as well as training...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #2: Product Marketplaces, Powered by Pinpoint

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. This Pinpoint Pointers blog series is about the customer-to-partner (C2P) connection: helping partners effectively use Microsoft Pinpoint , our technology marketplace and directory of Microsoft technology IT providers...
  • Blog Post: U.S. Partner News for Friday, October 7, 2011

    Below are all the items we published in this week’s U.S. partner newsletter, delivered to U.S.-based members of the Microsoft Partner Network earlier today. If you feel that the version you received in email, targeted to you according to your company’s partner profile and your role at your company, is...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers #1: Where are my customer prospects?

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. I hope you enjoyed your summer! It was a real scorcher here in Dallas, TX with several weeks of temperatures in the triple digits, and while I am a fan of hot weather, I have welcomed the “cooler” temps  in...
  • Blog Post: Partnering with Precision: The Power of Partner Collaboration

    A Blog Series for U.S. Partners by Jenni Flinders, Microsoft U.S. Vice President, Partner Strategy and Programs Since introducing the concept of “winning together” at the Worldwide Partner Conference in July, I’ve received great feedback from partners, indicating that many of you are eager to share business...
  • Blog Post: Pinpoint Pointers: Helping Customers Find and Connect to You

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team. Thanks to all the U.S. partners attending Worldwide Partner Conference last month who stopped by the Microsoft Pinpoint profiling labs to create or enhance their profile on Microsoft Pinpoint , our technology marketplace...
  • Blog Post: P2P4U, Part 3: Channel Development, from a Partner’s Perspective

    Guest post by Tina Hanson , Partner-to-Partner Lead for the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team A couple of months ago, I was chatting with my colleague, Jen Sieger , about partner-to-partner (P2P) connections. Jen works on the U.S. Solution Partner Team, helping Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners in...
  • Blog Post: Week of June 20: U.S. Partner News

    Below are all the items we published in this week’s U.S. partner newsletter. If you feel that the version you received in e-mail, targeted to you according to your company’s partner profile and your role at your company, is missing something critical from this superset, please let me know by commenting...
  • Blog Post: Week of June 6: Highlights for U.S. Partners

    Below are all the items we published in this week’s U.S. partner newsletter. If you feel that the version you received in e-mail, targeted to you according to your company’s partner profile and your role at your company, is missing something critical from this superset, please let me know by commenting...
  • Blog Post: Announcing the Office 365 Marketplace Beta

    Today, Microsoft announced the public beta for Microsoft Office 365 . More than a new version of a familiar product, Office 365 transcends the firewall to enable unprecedented collaboration and sharing across PCs, phones, and browsers. For Microsoft partners, Office 365 brings opportunities to reach...