The Story of Bill Gates – A very cool presentation

Check out THIS very cool presentation of The Story of Bill Gates, from the folks at TalkPoint. In addition to being a Great story and video piece, the multi0media presentation is very cool…

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Looking for good people?

PartnerPoint has partnered with the Microsoft® Students to Business (S2B) team again to drive awareness of their incredible service to our members. The Microsoft® Students to Business (S2B) team helps you locate qualified entry-level and internship candidates with Microsoft skills for your business. See more here:
http://www.partnerpoint.com/Communities/S2BProgram/tabid/542/Default.aspx

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New PartnerPoint FaceBook Widget – Point Partners to PartnerPoint :->

We have added a cool new feature to your Facebook account if you have added our PartnerPoint Community Application .  If you haven’t added this yet and are curious, you can click on the previous link to learn more.  We have about 2,200 member installs to date.
This new feature will now show a PartnerPoint icon [...]

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Updated Member Map Launched

We have launched a brand new version of our Member Map today.  The new version provides some nice additions, and will be much easier for us to maintain than our last version.
Because we have so many members (about 6,200), we can no longer show all members on the map when the map loads.  The load [...]

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Microsoft offers SEO help

Microsoft continues to try to help partners with lead generation efforts.  The most recent service that caught my attention was the Microsoft ISV SEO Service.  It looks like their services range from $5-%10K, though projects may vary.
It looks like a traditional approach to SEO (site analysys, training, do’s & dont’s, competitive analysys, etc.), and I’m [...]

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Facebook vs. LinkedIn Update

We did some marketing recently inviting Microsoft Partners to our community.  In the messaging, we listed links to our three online Groups, with equal messaging for each.  We are watching the resulting activity closely get a feel for what Microsoft Partners are interested in, and up to these days…  For now, I’ll simply provide the [...]

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Microsoft helps partners find qualified candidates

Microsoft has created a new program called S2B, which stands for Students to Business, and they have asked PartnerPoint to help spread the word.   Microsoft trains and certifies the students, and then helps them find positions within their partner community, which in a tough recruiting market could be worth alot.
They have also offered a [...]

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