Re: [asterisk-biz] (((Commercial and Business Not So)))

[dave cantera]

hey bob, you are right...  we do chatter too much.  lets get back on track...  and start with sales/marketing... sales vs marketing marketing - designed to bring people to you, educate them on the decision points of the industry, create awareness of your product sales - reaching out to potential customers, taking orders, handling questions raised from marketing, personal interaction for those still a little uncomfortable about taking the plunge... so what mechanisms of marketing do you use? and what have you found to be effective? care to share? daveC bob murphy wrote: Isn't this discussion group supposed to be Commercial and Business oriented???  All I ever read about here are discussions about who's more technically literate and who can do a better job than Switchvox or this GUI is better than that one etc.  Does anybody want to discuss business issues like:   1. Go to market strategies 2. Sales and Marketing 3. Competative positioning against mainstream offerings like Cisco, Shoretel, Avaya et al. 4. Best practice service models 5. Vertical market success stories 6. Profitability strategies in up market SMB's 7. Profitable models for sub 50 seat call centers 8. Vertical apps that interoperate with Asterisk 9. Demand generation 10. Market creation   Who screwed who out of $100.00 and what nick nack is better would be better somewhere else.  Or am I asking for too much here???  Someone please help me be right or wrong on this. -- Bob Murphy Principal Arreva Communications www.arrevausa.com 949-334-2022-SIP Connect 949-842-8450-Wireless 949-349-0209-Fax _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.17/1103 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 06:01 AM -- My wife's sister is in California. I should buy her a Videophone2008! Truly, The Next Best Thing to Being There! -- WorldWideVideoPhones.com 856.380.0894

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