Deck includes a basic overview of the Microsoft free small business offerings and links to sample sites. The offerings include:
* Free hosted websites for small businesses (500 MB storage - I have a site with 55+ pages that is only using 5MB!)
* Imagine a start-up business paying only $14.99/year for a fully functional and very easy to update website!
* I have personally created websites for small businesses in less than 5 hours. They are literally online within 1 day!
* 100 Free email addresses with a custom domain name
* Free online document storage and sharing - collaborate online w/customers/partners/employees!
* Free Contact Manager - manage sales opportunities, contact information, and track customer interactions
* Free Technical Support
1. Low Cost Solution for Business Growth
Lisa Palmer, Microsoft Enterprise Account Executive
Tulsa TechFest 2010
MICROSOFT SMALL BUSINESS OFFERINGS WITH
SOCIAL MEDIA
2. MICROSOFT OFFICE LIVE SMALL BUSINESS
• Free hosted websites for small businesses
(500 MB storage - I have a site with 55+ pages that is only using 5MB!)
• Imagine a start-up business paying only $14.99/year for a fully functional and
very easy to update website!
• I have personally created websites for small businesses in less than 5 hours.
They are literally online within 1 day!
• 100 Free email addresses with a custom domain name
• Free online document storage and sharing - collaborate online
w/customers/partners/employees!
• Free Contact Manager - manage sales opportunities, contact information, and
track customer interactions
• Free Technical Support
3. SAMPLE SITES
• MS Small Business:
• http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/products/office/microsoft-office-
live/default.aspx#overview
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• Examples of sites that I’ve built using the free Small Business offering:
• www.williamsequipco.com (maintained and updated by a farmer/business owner)
• www.saintcatherineschool.org (maintained and updated by a non-technical K-8 Principal)
• www.scfaithinmotion.org (capital campaign for a new school building)
• www.saint-catherine.org (maintained and updated by a volunteer non-technical parishioner)
• www.stjoseph-bristow.org (maintained and updated by a volunteer non-technical parishioner)
4. HOW DO YOU GET STARTED?
1. Use and existing Windows Live ID or create a new one
2. Build your website using the intuitive interface
3. Choose a domain name (or transfer an existing domain)
4. Add up to 100 email accounts if desired
5. Go Live!
You can be live in 3-5 hours!
5. • 100 Free email addresses with a custom domain name
• Free online document storage and sharing - collaborate online
w/customers/partners/employees!
• Free Contact Manager - manage sales opportunities, contact information, and
track customer interactions
• DEMO
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Microsoft Small Business Offerings with Social Media: Low Cost Solution for Business Growth!
Speaker(s): Lisa PalmerAre you an entrepreneur or have a small/midsize business? Come and let me demonstrate some of the incredible free tools that Microsoft offers and how to couple them with social media to drive revenue! Leveraging free Microsoft offerings, businesses merely need an internet connection to become fully functional. Large portions, if not all, of your core business can be managed online. Using cloud computing in this manner eliminates the IT infrastructure challenges that most small businesses are ill-prepared to address. Further, these offerings are now even more exciting as Microsoft Web Applications (i.e. online Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote) are available.
Why do you care about social media?
* Facebook - 124M Unique Visitors / +202% Y/Y Growth
* YouTube - 84M Unique Visitors / +34% Y/Y Growth
* Twitter - 26M Unique Visitors / +660% Y/Y Growth
* LinkedIn - 15M Unique Visitors / +85% Y/Y Growth
* Number 1 activity on the web: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
* This is amazing when compared with 304M Population of the United States!
How can you access all of these online customers?
Microsoft Office Live Small Business
* Free hosted websites for small businesses (500 MB storage - I have a site with 55+ pages that is only using 5MB!)
* Imagine a start-up business paying only $14.99/year for a fully functional and very easy to update website!
* I have personally created websites for small businesses in less than 5 hours. They are literally online within 1 day!
* 100 Free email addresses with a custom domain name
* Free online document storage and sharing - collaborate online w/customers/partners/employees!
* Free Contact Manager - manage sales opportunities, contact information, and track customer interactions
* Free Technical Support
Advertise
* Bing Local Listing - FREE!
* Google Local Business - FREE!
* Social Media - FREE!
Microsoft Small Business Offerings with Social Media: Low Cost Solution for Business Growth!
Speaker(s): Lisa PalmerAre you an entrepreneur or have a small/midsize business? Come and let me demonstrate some of the incredible free tools that Microsoft offers and how to couple them with social media to drive revenue! Leveraging free Microsoft offerings, businesses merely need an internet connection to become fully functional. Large portions, if not all, of your core business can be managed online. Using cloud computing in this manner eliminates the IT infrastructure challenges that most small businesses are ill-prepared to address. Further, these offerings are now even more exciting as Microsoft Web Applications (i.e. online Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote) are available.
Why do you care about social media?
* Facebook - 124M Unique Visitors / +202% Y/Y Growth
* YouTube - 84M Unique Visitors / +34% Y/Y Growth
* Twitter - 26M Unique Visitors / +660% Y/Y Growth
* LinkedIn - 15M Unique Visitors / +85% Y/Y Growth
* Number 1 activity on the web: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
* This is amazing when compared with 304M Population of the United States!
How can you access all of these online customers?
Microsoft Office Live Small Business
* Free hosted websites for small businesses (500 MB storage - I have a site with 55+ pages that is only using 5MB!)
* Imagine a start-up business paying only $14.99/year for a fully functional and very easy to update website!
* I have personally created websites for small businesses in less than 5 hours. They are literally online within 1 day!
* 100 Free email addresses with a custom domain name
* Free online document storage and sharing - collaborate online w/customers/partners/employees!
* Free Contact Manager - manage sales opportunities, contact information, and track customer interactions
* Free Technical Support
Advertise
* Bing Local Listing - FREE!
* Google Local Business - FREE!
* Social Media - FREE!