Take Away - Great Tips from the last three days

Some of the tips and such that I have been absorbing from SMB Nation

1. There are Vendor Funds available - They can be hard to find
2. If you are utilizing any of the vendor funds/programs/dollars to grow your business - send feedback to the vendor. It makes a huge difference!
3. Send Feedback back to the vendor in a drip format. Not just a quick thank you but a status report of the long term impact a campaign might be making to your company.
4. A really, really fast, 4 quad processor machine with 32 GBs of RAM is only as fast as the lowest common dominator. Where/What really is the bottleneck? If you happen to have an application bottleneck you need to think on that when virtualizing. (hint: the application bottleneck could be the virtual server software)
5. Does your sales process allow MORTALS to succeed? The people you hire will not always be geniuses and as such you want a process that is doable by a wide range of talents. 
6. Do you have a sales process (it can be short and sweet). You might want to do what I do. Type it up, frame it and hang it on the office wall above your computer monitor. :)
7. Everyone in business is a sales person. Get over your own negative attitude about this term.
8. If you stay up till 2am, the 1:40am calls from the party won't wake you up.
9. Whatever you say the night before, will be blogged about the next day. Choose your buzz :)
10. Check your fly before you walk into a meeting with a prospect: any your sweater (is it right side out?) and those commonly coffee dribble locations. Try not to have a wardrobe malfunction.
11. Don't reinvent the wheel
12. When time is limited somethings the stairs are faster than the elevator.
13. If you are planning an event where attendees need time to network and socialize then make sure the music is set to the right volume. Talking over the music is hard.
14. Make a note in your contact database on preferred drink preference or if a contact drinks. You can then choose your "thank you" events for that customer more appropriately.
15. Also note favorite football team - then leverage those colors ;) 
16. Text Messaging is a must for last minute coordination with associations at events