March 2012 [INSPIRE2012 Recap] Why INSPIRE2012 Education Was Priceless By: Mike Monocello Each year, whenever friends and family learn to which tropical destination I’ll be traveling for INSPIRE, I always catch eyes rolling and hear snide remarks as they assume the trip is nothing more than a paid vacation. While I can’t deny that the event does provide opportunities for some fun in the sun, those who attend know that the event is far from just a week long tanning session. Indeed, INSPIRE provides some of the best education you can find in the channel.

     March 2012 [INSPIRE2012 Recap] INSPIRE Day #3 Education Marketing & Sales Advice for Resellers By: Jim Roddy The education session on the final day of the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) INSPIRE2012 winter conference was titled “Become the First Choice in Your Market: Marketing and Selling to Meet Your Financial Objectives.” Business owner, consultant, and author Brett Harward led the discussion. Here‘s what I thought were the best VAR-focused nuggets of advice from this education session: Your marketing doesn’t need to sell.

     March 2012 [FEATURE] INSPIRE2012 RECAP   Off Road, But Not Off Course .that was this year’s INSPIRE2012 theme. Boy were we off road (as you can see by the adventurous pictures here), but we were more on course than ever according to the attendees.

     March 2012 [INSPIRE2012 Recap] Education: It Was Time Well Spent By: Lauren Stark This was my fourth INSPIRE conference and what was especially memorable, besides the unique location, was connecting with first time INSPIRE “goers”. Perhaps what brought them to INSPIRE was a curiosity for adventure in a foreign country. Many described their impression of what INSPIRE was going to be as a ‘boondoggle’.