Batchbook is now available as part of Palo Alto Software’s new Sales and Marketing Pro offering. Sales and Marketing Pro is a new bundled package of online and offline sales and marketing planning software products that includes all the tools to write a successful marketing plan, as well as the resources to actually implement it.
Sales and Marketing Pro is available now from Amazon.com and will be available shortly in retail outlets such as Office Max, Office Depot, etc. This is an exciting first for Batchbook and a rare opportunity for SaaS product to be included in retail outlets. By bringing the advantages of web-based software services to the big box outlets where small business owners typically go to find their start-up equipment, Palo Alto is giving small business owners both the education and tools they need for a successful sales strategy.
We have known Palo Alto Software for a few years now, ever since founder Tim Berry was a regular contributor and guest speaker on our #SBBuzz twitter chat. They are the masters of good business planning – with their original product Business Plan Pro, a tool we have used here at BatchBlue to help keep the business planning process alive and part of our ongoing quest for greatness.
When last we checked in on our friends at Rise of the Cubicle Farmer, our friends AJ, Tony and Michelle were headed West. Armed with laptops, caffeinated beverages and a couple of videocameras, they’re on a 65+ day journey around the US and Canada stopping along the way to chat with entrepreneurs, workshifters, freelancers and the companies that help them do their work wherever and whenever they need it.
They’re even using our recently launched BatchBook iPhone App to build a database of all the cool folks they meet along the way. See what AJ had to say about the App here:
It’s summertime and that means many BatchBluers have been taking a little time off to spend with family, go camping, splash around in pools and relax just a bit before the mad crunch of our Super Secret Fall Launch. That doesn’t stop folks from writing about us (in fact, judging from all the press we received in recent weeks, I should go on vacation more often!)
Here are a few links to some recent articles in case you saw one of us at the beach and want to make sure that yes, there is still work getting done around BatchBlue headquarters…
Award winning software AND software builders!
We are delighted to have been selected as a Rising Star by CRM magazine as part of the 2010 CRM Market Awards. This prestigious event is attended by some of the biggest names in the CRM space: other winners included industry analyst and author Brian Solis, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and companies like FourSquare, Radian6, Salesforce and IBM. We’re proud to have been chosen as representing “SMB meets social—in a very good way” by this organization. See the complete list of award recipients.
Speaking of winners, our very own VP of Technology Sean Ransom received his 40 under Forty Award at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI. A good time was had by most all of the BatchBluers (a couple of our crew couldn’t make it) as we celebrated Sean’s specialness with delicious drinks and food. Congratulations again to Sean on his achievement!
Tell Us A Little Bit About What Your Company Does And What Services You Provide:
Stagelink provides specialist technical design and production services to the live event industries. We have worked all over the world, helping teams from the Rolling Stones and U2 to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2010 Vancouver Olympics. We provide specialist 3d technical design solutions using AutoCAD and Rhino, technical drawings, specifications and technical direction. Much of our work involves the coordination of lighting, sound, video, rigging and staging teams to ensure that everybody is heading in the right direction. Our real ‘buzz’ is bringing together hugely complex projects and teams to realize a creative dream.
How Did You Get Started:
After leaving school, I worked as a lighting technician on events all over the world, before moving onto the technical design of stage sets.
Our friends over at MOO cards are running a little promotion that we think is very cool. Over the course of the next few weeks, the Business Card Project aims to re-design the business cards of 500 small business owners for, get this, FREE. That’s a very nice price!
From MOO’s site:
“Business cards are often the only piece of marketing you’ll print for your small business. Why hand over badly designed cards; limp and curling at the edges?
Batchbook is now available as part of Palo Alto Software’s new Sales and Marketing Pro offering. Sales and Marketing Pro is a new bundled package of online and offline sales and marketing planning software products that includes all the tools to write a successful marketing plan, as well as the resources to actually implement it.
