Ua koho ʻia ʻekolu mau ʻoihana no TechPoint Mira Awards!
Ua koho ʻia he ʻekolu mau hui e pili kokoke ana iaʻu i finalist no Nā Makana Mira a Indiana:
- Huaʻōlelo Kūpono - kānalua ʻole me ka ulu a alakaʻi alakaʻi maikaʻi ʻana e lilo kēia ʻoihana i mea loaʻa i ka makana. Aia nā ʻāpana o ka ʻōnaehana ExactTarget e hōʻole wale i nā kānāwai o ka physics i ka wikiwiki e hiki ai iā lākou ke hana a hoʻouna i nā leka uila. Ua aloha au i ka makahiki 2 a me ka hapa aʻu i hana ai no ExactTarget!
Ma ka Pōʻakahi, ua hauʻoli wau i ka kū ʻana a kamaʻilio pū me ʻO Scott Dorsey, Pelekikena o ExactTarget, a me he mea lā ʻaʻole wau i haʻalele. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo ia, optimistic, a ʻakaʻaka mau. Ua lawe ʻo ia i ka manawa e ʻike iaʻu he hōʻike like ia no ka lilo ʻana o ka hoa a me ke kumu aʻo maikaʻi.
Me koʻu kūlana hou ma Patronpath, hoʻomaka wau e hana me ExactTarget. Ke kū piha nei mākou me kekahi o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, e loaʻa ana iā ExactTarget ʻo kā mākou ʻoihana nui ʻoihana e holo nei. No kēlā moʻokāki, ua hoʻomohala ʻo ExactTarget i kahi hōʻike pilikino no mākou i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻouna i nā leka uila ma ka inoa o nā ʻelele teritori a hāʻawi i nā lunamakaʻāinana i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i ka makemake o kā lākou mea kūʻai aku ma kā lākou kaomi.
He mea maikaʻi loa he mau hoa hui ma ExactTarget pū kekahi, ʻoiai ʻoluʻolu lākou i kaʻu pane. Ke lilo nei i mea hoʻokele huahana ma laila a laila hoʻi i ka hana a ka mea kūʻai aku kahi waiwai nui. (Makemake wau e hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai i kaʻu mau koho ma mua o ka lilo ʻana iā lākou!)
Loaʻa iā mākou kahi pūnaewele Agency me ExactTarget a loaʻa iā mākou kahi mana, automated hoʻohui no nā hale ʻaina. Ma ke kumu pō, me ka launa ʻole ʻana mai ka hale ʻaina mākou e hoʻouna aku ai i hoʻokahi o ka ʻumi a ʻoi paha o nā hoʻouka kaua - lā hānau, lā hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻohe pilina no nā lā X, nā kūʻai ʻana ma mua o X kālā, a pēlā aku. He ʻano paʻa ia no nā hale ʻaina.
A, ke hana nei me ke Kōmike Super Bowl 2012, ke hoʻomōhala nei au i Polokalamu wikiwiki no nā kau inoa automate mai kahi blog WordPress ma o ExactTarget. Ma kahi o 80% piha i kēia manawa - Ke hana nei wau i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e automate i ka cron hana.
- Pūnaewele Blog Compendium - I ka manawa ʻo Chris Baggott e noho ana ma ExactTarget, ua hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i kahi manawa kūpono no nā noi blog ʻana e hoʻohana maoli i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i kahi māka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no Search Engine Optimization.
Me kaʻu keikikāne e hoʻomaka ana ma IUPUI, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke lele i luna o Compendium i ka wā a Chris i nīnau ai. ʻO ia paha kekahi o kaʻu mau hewa nui loa. Me ka huhū nui a me kahi lili liʻiliʻi, pono wau e noho a nānā iā Chris lāua ʻo Ali Sales e lawe iā Compendium i ka mākeke! Hoʻomaopopo: ʻO Ali Sales kekahi mea hana ma ExactTarget a me nā moʻolelo hoʻomaka o ChaCha ... ua koho ʻia ʻo ChaCha!
Haʻaheo maoli wau i loko o kēlā mau hālāwai mua o ka Pōʻaono Starbucks kahi i hoʻomohala ai mākou i ka hihia ʻoihana, ʻoiai!
Eia kahi nīnau ninaninau mua o 'Chrisleloʻo Chris e pili ana i Compendium:
Ke hana nei ʻo Compendium i kahi kekona o ke kālā i kēia manawa a ke ulu nei me ka wikiwiki. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻĀina Huli a me ka pono o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hana no nā ʻoihana e hoʻokō i ka blog ʻana i kēia manawa a ʻo Compendium ka mea mua. Ua kū wau me Chris i kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei a hoʻolei iā ia i kekahi mau manaʻo hou aʻe no kāna huahana.
He alakaʻi nui ʻo Chris iaʻu a ʻo Ali he pelekikena hoʻohihi ... ua hoʻokō lākou i kaʻu mana Agena ponoʻī e hoʻomaka koke wau. Inā hoihoi ʻoe i ka Compendium, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopili pololei me aʻu a hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe, “No ke aha e hoʻohana ʻole ai [Blogger, WordPress, Typepad, etc.]. A i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe kau inoa no Compendium's Newsletter (akā e kau pono iaʻu i ke kūmole!) a lanakila i kahi iPod Touch manuahi.
- Patronpath - Ke kūʻai aku a me ka E-kālepa no ka ʻoihana hale ʻaina - ʻo ka mea hope loa akā ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi kaʻu haku hana o kēia manawa. Ke loaʻa nei ʻo Patronpath i ka ulu huahelu he ʻekolu i kēia manawa. E like me nā hale ʻaina e pono ai e ʻūlū i kā lākou mau ʻeke ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā kumukūʻai a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā helu ʻai ʻaina, ʻo ke ala wale nō e ulu ai kā lākou ʻoihana ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻoihana ikaika a lawe aku paha.
Ua ulu pololei ka hoʻonohonoho pūnaewele ʻana i kekahi o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku mai ka ʻulaʻula a i ka ʻeleʻele. ʻOiai kā mākou kumu, uku nui mākou i ka nānā ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e hoʻohana i ka ʻenekia huli maikaʻi a me ka hoʻomohala pūnaewele nui. ʻAʻole lawa ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kauoha pūnaewele, pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻonohonoho pūnaewele ʻana - kahi kiko i hala ʻole ka hapa nui o kā mākou hoʻokūkū.
I nā mahina 8 i hala iho nei ua hoʻohui mākou i 4 ʻōnaehana POS ʻokoʻa, kahi hoʻohui callcenter ikaika, hōʻano hou i kā mākou kikowaena e hoʻemi i nā helu haʻalele haʻalele a hoʻokō i kahi leka uila nūhou turnkey no kekahi o kā mākou mau hoa (i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna i kā mākou ExactTarget Enterprise hoʻokō). I hoʻokahi hōʻike o ko mākou mākala, ua noi ʻia kahi kaulahao nui i kahi hiʻohiʻona o kā mākou ʻōnaehana a mākou i hoʻokō ai i hoʻokahi hopena pule. ʻO kēlā hiʻohiʻona hoʻokahi i lawe i nā mahina hoʻokūkū e hoʻomohala. Loaʻa iā mākou nā mea hou aʻe i kēia manawa a ke neʻe nei mākou i 2008 me nā barela e ʻā nei.
Ke ulu ikaika nei ʻo Patronpath a ke koi ikaika nei au i ka automation a (e hiki koke ana) e hoʻohana i kahi kūlana o ka ʻenehana virtualized ma Bluelock e hoʻomau. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoa hoʻomohala ace nāna i hoʻokō i kekahi o nā hui e-commerce nui loa ma ka honua (ma ka honua) a ke hilinaʻi nei au ma ka makahiki 2009, e lilo mākou i mea ikaika nui i ka ʻoihana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike mākou i ka hana ʻana o ke kālepa, pehea e hana ai ka e-commerce, a pehea e hana ai nā hale ʻaina - a ʻaʻole hoʻokūkū.
Ua hoʻohui hou mākou iā Marty Bird i ka hui. Manaʻo wau ua huki ʻo Marty iā 60% o kaʻu ukana hana iaʻu i ka lā i hele ai ʻo ia i ka puka a he mea hauʻoli loa ia e hana pū me ia. ʻO kāna kalaiwa hoʻomau no ka hoʻomaikaʻi a me ka hoʻolālā ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai i kēia wahi ma Patronpath!
Kaha: nānā ʻole i ka ʻO Patronpath kahua - loaʻa iā mākou kahi mea hou e hiki mai ana i kēia mahina!
Pono wau e hoʻohui ʻaʻole wau wale nō ka pili ma waena o kēia mau ʻoihana ʻekolu. E ʻike ʻoe i kēlā me kēia ʻoihana mea kū kaila - mahalo iā Kristian Andersen a me ke kime. He kāne kupaianaha ʻo Kristian a holo i kahi ʻoihana maikaʻi i hiki ke hoʻokō e like me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole kākāʻōlelo aʻu i hana pū ai. Kōkua ʻo Kristian i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e nui, a ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i kahi kime hiki ʻole ma aneʻi kūloko e hana ai. He hoa aloha maikaʻi nō hoʻi ʻo ia.