Josh Peterson / Taylor Business Group on SMB Conference Call Today
November 18th9:00 AM Pacific / 12 N EasternRegister Now!Josh Peterson is a business coach and MY business coach for my Taylor Business Coach.I am honored to be able to talk to this man any time. But I am particularly honored to have him on the SMB Conference Call where you can ask him your questions.Since I left my beloved HTG 13 group and joined a Taylor Business Group, I have been bombarded with questions about how they compare, etc. This conversation will clarify some of those differences.But more importantly, we'll talk about the amazing laser foc

A Personal Note
Several people have pinged me to see if I'm still alive. Of course!This blog has been relatively unattended for a month or so. I thought a quick note of explanation was in order.Right now my personal life needs some attention. So I'm giving it the attention it's due. 2009 has been personally challenging for me. The members of my HTG and Taylor Business Groups know a bit about this.The bottom line as always is: I'll be fine. But I need to focus my attention on the most important things.2009 has been a challenging year financially. KPE will be in the black, but it has meant cutting back some hours and making some changes. I love my team and it's

Drinking Tocqueville's Coffee
Alexis de Tocqueville is a political philosopher who predicted the absolute dominance of mediocrity in America. In his book Democracy in America he makes the point that Americans don't like to stand out, be different, or live on the edges of normalcy.In a democracy the great masses determine "the good." As a result, the good is determined by the great mass of people in the middle. Good enough is good. Why be great when you've got good?So I'm at the airport and I grab a cup of coffee that gurgles out of a dispenser and a croissant wrapped in plastic. Both are fine. Fine.Good. Not great.A stranger comments to me that "Burger King doe

VOIP - Vocalocity is the Focus of SMB Conference Call
Response Point might be on a shelf next to Bob, ME, SMB Accounting, and Clippy . . .But VOIP is still hot. And as pipes get faster and cloud services get hotter, VOIP in the SMB space is set to really take off.One alternative (used by my companies) is Hosted VOIP from Vocalocity. We use and resell it.Join me Wednesday November 4th at 9:00 AM Pacific as David Politis from Vocalocity joins us on the SMB Conference Call.Register Now! We'll talk about hosted Voice Over IP and the great opportunities in for VOIP in the SMB Space. Executive VP and General Manager D

Zero Downtime Migrations Seminar - Seattle
Will you please join me in Seattle on November 3rd for a 2.5 hour seminar on Zero Downtime Migrations?The seminar is called An Introduction to Zero Downtime Migration Strategies.It's perfect for anyone moving to SBS or any other Windows-based server. And, yes, that's either SBS 2008 or SBS 2003.Only $49 per person$10 discount available instantly. Just use discount code SEA200911 at checkout.Info and registration are on the SMB Books Zero Downtime Migration Seminar page.We'll cover . . .- Project Management in a Managed Service BusinessWe all