See and Hear Our Webcasts In Action

All webcasts are not created equal. The key to a successful webcast is interaction — heavy Q&A, ensuring attendees gather the information they need without having to sit through extensive sales pitches. To get e feel for what I mean, join us on July 15. That’s when we’ll host The VAR Guy: Live webcast.

During this webcast, which is designed for VARs and managed service providers, we’ll discuss:

1. Business: Revenue models and potential profit margins from hosted security
2. Technology: How to select a hosted security solution
3. Sales: How to sell your first customer and address their questions head-on
4. Retention: How to maintain and grow a hosted security business
5. Case study: Yes, a real VAR describing his hosted security strategy

Trend Micro, our webcast sponsor, will be on hand to answer dozens of questions as well. If you have questions ahead of the webcast, please email me (joe [at] NineLivesMediaInc.com).

How We Rewind to Stay Ahead

A lot has changed since we launched Nine Lives Media Inc. Our three media brands — The VAR Guy, MSPmentor and WorksWithU — are now the leading blogs in their markets. And we’ve pushed deep into research and online events. So where are we going next? The answers may present themselves this weekend, during Wordcamp Dallas 2009.

Keeping Up With Pixar

Anybody can build an IT media blog. But not everyone can build a successful, profitable IT media business. To understand the difference between success and failure, I’d like to compare today’s IT media industry to the world of computer animated movies and Pixar.