Monday, June 03, 2002

Security. The May 27, 2002 issue of eWeek contains four articles on web-services security. This one by Timothy Dyck illustrates the issues by getting into the differences between the competing standards, SAML and WS-Security. [Doug Kaye: Web Services Strategies] [Simon Fell] 2:52:34 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Consulting 101: So You Want to Hire a Consultant, Do You?. Consulting 101: So You Want to Hire a Consultant, Do You? This document is the inverse of the normal Consulting 101 document.  This document looks at hiring a consultant from the perspective of what the client should ask (or do) before bringing the consultant on.  And, yes, by posting this, please feel free to ask me these questions if you should hire me. After All: It's only fair I used to ask them when I hired consultants. ==> Read Story <== [The FuzzyBlog!] 2:36:15 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Updated Documents: Marketing 101, Consulting 101, Business 101. Updated Documents: Marketing 101, Consulting 101, Business 101 It's been a busy 2 weeks since I last did an official update.  Between the O'Reilly book, paying work, blog hacking, php coding, etc, I didn't get a mailing out last week.  Here is the updated table of contents for all the 101 content. If you want to be alerted via email when I issue these (normally) weekly summaries, sign up at http://www.fuzzygroup.com/marketing101/.  No, I don't spam you but you probably know that already. Bias Disclaimer: There is a small pitch for my own services near the end of "Selling Services as Products".  Feel free to ignore or not. Marketing 101 Selling Services as Products A Text Book Example of How to Handle a Difficult Sales Call Where Silly Product Names Come From or Your Worst Nightmares Confirmed How Do I Get People to Change Platforms - Part 2? How Do I Get People to Change Platforms? How Do I Get Started Doing Market Research? When Your Market Gets Commoditized Why People Don't Register Software Who Do I Contact for a Strategic Parternship Leveraging Your Email and Common Email Mistakes It's All About Trust Marketing Yourself as a Consultant Part 1 Marketing Software as a Small Company Searching in E-Commerce Sites Consulting 101 Selling Services as Products So You Want to Hire a Consultant, Do You? Do My Clients Really Need a T1? Researching a New Client or Do I Really Want to Do Business with these Hosers? Successful Consulting: It's All About Professionalism Consulting 101: Replacing Your Previous Income or How Many Proposals Do I need to Write? Consulting 101: Building a Pipeline Business 101 A New Business Model for Add On Software Dealing with "BlogFlame" Analysis: Making More Money How Microsoft Could Make More Money from the Browser A Letter to LimeWire A Letter to Trillian Example Business Plans EmployeeSharing.com ArchiveWare Old But Still Relevant (these are dated): Top 10 Mistakes in Internet Commerce Vol 1 Top 10 Mistakes in Internet Commerce Vol 2 [The FuzzyBlog!] 2:35:39 PM    trackback []     Articulate []