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Join MSP Marketing Specialist Stuart Crawford with Neil Jones from Live Virtual Help Desk.

Live Virtual Help Desk (LiveVHD) is a North American leading “LIVE” Help Desk/NOC support service for desktops, laptops, servers, network devices and hand-held devices.

Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada…Live Virtual Help Desk can help you with all your help desk requirements.

Tune in live on Thursday, August 19th at 1 PM Eastern/10 Pacific – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mspshow/2010/08/19/going-live-with-live-virtual-help-desk

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Ulistic and Heartland Technology Solutions Forge Strengthening Relationship

Two leading content creators join forces to help MSPs and IT VARs craft their message and win new business opportunities through online business newsletters, social media and search optimization.

Ulistic, a leading MSP Internet consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and an organization focused on delivering valuable online marketing services and education within the IT VAR and Managed Services Community, today announced their strategic partnership with Heartland Technology Solutions (HTS). HTS is a very successful IT reseller located in the Midwest that also provides marketing services through its popular e-Newsletter service for resellers throughout North America…it’s known as the e-Newsletter produced by a reseller for resellers.

This strategic partnership will offer the IT VAR and Managed Services community a robust, complete and well-rounded online marketing solution leveraging HTS’ newsletter and content library services with Ulistic’s Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and Internet Marketing and consulting programs.

Ulistic will offer in-depth social media, corporate blogging and search engine optimization services built on proven SEO best practices to HTS and their community of newsletter marketing clients. This will allow each member to leverage advanced web marketing and coaching services geared at positioning their businesses ahead of their competition in online search and provide a foundation to take their Internet Marketing to the next level.

“Marketing your MSP and IT VAR business online is no longer a fad,” states Ulistic Senior Partner and 15-year MSP veteran Stuart Crawford. “Online marketing must be a core component of your overall marketing strategy, no matter the size of your business. Our partnership with HTS will help the technology community increase their overall visibility in their communities and with their clients, aiding in their overall creditability in the marketplace.”

HTS will offer their very popular e-newsletter to Ulistic clients. This proven service produces over 170 newsletters each month for VARs across North America who want to maintain a “soft touch” with their customers. HTS e-newsletters are highly customizable with a robust content library for VARs to utilize.

“VAR customers appreciate the mix of personal news, tips and tricks, and education on technology trends that appear in our e-newsletters. We’re excited to expand our market to assist Ulistic clients as well,” says Jane Cage, COO of HTS.

About Ulistic Inc.

Ulistic (www.ulistic.com) focuses on assisting leading Information Technology organizations, technology manufacturers and their partners plus the Managed Service Provider market. Ulistic’s services help position their partners and clients to achieve success by leveraging the latest Internet Marketing trends and services. Ulistic is a progressive Internet consulting firm founded by David West and Stuart Crawford who offer a combined 30 years of IT experience. Ulistic is the definitive organization for firms wanting to lead in their markets. Ulistic has global results with companies looking to dominate search results, lead their markets and leverage social media and advanced web services. Ulistic are a team of Internet Consultants with a fresh approach to doing business online by empowering clients through education.

About HTS

Heartland Technology Solutions (HTS) has been providing business solutions to clients throughout the Midwest for over 25 years. HTS has offices across Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma with a regionally based staff of almost 80 IT professionals including 30 industry certified engineers and experienced business consultants. HTS also provides marketing services through its popular e-Newsletter service for resellers throughout North America. (www.heartlandtechnologies.com)

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Is Social Media for Marketing an effective strategy for your Calgary business?

As your Calgary social media specialist I am often thinking about how social media communications impacts my peers and those Calgary business our team at Ulistic works with each day.

This weekend has been a weekend where I caught up on some blogs for my clients that needed a refresh on their design and also some quiet time to plan where the social media consultancy market is heading.

A quick review of the Google Keyword Research Tool shows that there isn’t as many folks searching for a social media consulting firm in Calgary and throughout Canada.

What does this mean?

Does this indicate that Social Media is really a passing fad?  This professional is beginning to wonder.  Are Calgary small business tired of all the so-called Social Media Guru’s out there?  Is business finally tired of all the social media hype?

The good thing is this, Ulistic focuses more on Internet Marketing as a whole.  Social Media does play an important piece of a complete online marketing strategy however it is just a piece of the pie and not the entire pie.

How does your outside signage enhance your online marketing?

Where is the market heading?  Is business finally saying enough?

I am not one to throw in the tool just yet but I fully believe the market is shifting just a bit and business executives are getting tired of all the social media hype and want real numbers based on real returns.

How about you?

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Once again I get to work directly with my good buddy Erick Simpson and his team at MSP University.  This week Ulistic released this press release outlining how our team is expanding the reach of our Calgary Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Consulting services into the Managed Services community.

Ulistic and MSP University announce Strategic Partnership

IT VAR and Managed Services Providers win as two marketing leaders join forces to offer a comprehensive, effective online marketing solution to the channel

Ulistic, a leading Internet consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and an organization focused on delivering valuable online marketing services and education within the IT VAR and Managed Services Community, today announced their strategic partnership with MSP University. MSP University is the largest consultancy and online resource dedicated to business transformation and improvement strategies for information technology (IT) professionals and managed services providers globally.

This strategic alliance will offer the IT VAR and Managed Services community a robust, complete and well-rounded marketing solution leveraging MSP University’s traditional and website marketing services with Ulistic’s Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and Internet Marketing and consulting programs.

Ulistic will offer in-depth search engine optimization services built on proven SEO best practices to MSP University’s channel of over 7,000 members. This will allow each member to leverage advanced web marketing and coaching services geared at positioning their businesses ahead of their competition in online search and provide a foundation to take their Internet Marketing to the next level.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for managed services providers and IT professionals globally to have a well-rounded marketing solution that balances traditional marketing techniques with today’s required and often overlooked search and social strategies,” states Ulistic Senior Partner and 15-year MSP veteran Stuart Crawford. “MSP University continues to lead the IT channel in business improvement education, strategy and fulfillment services for the technology community. It is wonderful to be part of the MSP University team going forward.”

MSP University provides IT business operations, sales and marketing and technical service delivery improvement education, training, fulfillment and consulting services to IT service organizations in over 100 countries worldwide, and trains thousands of attendees each year at its international IT Solutions and Managed Services Boot Camps.

“Adopting and integrating Ulistic’s proven approach into an IT solution or managed services provider’s marketing strategy greatly improves their results and ROI”, said Erick Simpson, Vice President, MSP University. “MSP University’s member channel looks to us to continually seek out and engage with strategic business partners whose products and services will add value to their businesses, and our alliance with Ulistic is yet another example of our meeting this expectation.”

About MSP University

MSP University (www.mspu.us) provides IT business operations, sales and marketing and technical service delivery improvement education, training, fulfillment and consulting services to Fortune 50 manufacturers, distributors, membership organizations, vendor channels, franchises and thousands of independent IT service organizations worldwide. MSP University is the ultimate resource for IT solution providers, whether preparing to transition to an annuity-based Managed Services delivery model, or who are already delivering Managed Services, and wish to increase their knowledge of IT and Managed Services vendors, services, solutions and business, technical and sales and marketing best practices to drive revenue and increase profitability. MSP University helps solution providers succeed…period.

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