tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68911063269527709352011-07-08T06:34:09.257-07:00NEWS, COMMENTS AND OPINION ABOUT Telarus, A TELECOM MASTER AGENCY. THIS BLOG IS INDEPENDENTLY EDITED BY TELECOM ASSOCIATION. Telarus' OFFICIAL WEBSITE IS Telarus.COM. JOIN TA'S 3,800 MEMBERS AT TAJOIN.COM.Dan Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07814865630702648556noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891106326952770935.post-84630439500440037252009-11-02T09:52:00.000-08:002009-11-02T10:17:41.786-08:00Always looking for the next big challenge, <a href="http://www.telarus.com/"><b><span style="color: blue;">Telarus</span></b></a>&nbsp;aggressively&nbsp;launched a campaign this past&nbsp;Thursday&nbsp;to go after "new money" in its own back yard - Salt Lake City and Utah. While Telarus is successful nationwide, they noticed sub-agent sales in their own home town were somewhat lackluster. While they attributed this to the fact that they had not started the company in SLC (the founders are Southern California transplants) they none-the-less decided with <a href="http://www.xo.com/"><b><span style="color: blue;">XO</span></b></a> to do something about it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BHOU-XL9d70/Su8YSQoNaQI/AAAAAAAAAaI/6e21hoMRTfM/s1600-h/XO-Telarus_lunch_learn_postcard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BHOU-XL9d70/Su8YSQoNaQI/AAAAAAAAAaI/6e21hoMRTfM/s320/XO-Telarus_lunch_learn_postcard.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the postcard XO and Telarus sent to local SLC agents</span></span></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I attended the event by invitation so I could videotape the action. Following are the video highlights. Tomorrow we will publish the actual video presentations.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="400"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/2e32255e-c950-450a-b057-1824f71b16ce/mp4h264player.swf"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"></param><param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/2e32255e-c950-450a-b057-1824f71b16ce/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=400&containerheight=300&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/2e32255e-c950-450a-b057-1824f71b16ce/1_patrick_short.mp4&advseek=true"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="scale" value="showall"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param 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flashVars="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/378e5e84-fea2-4542-8ff2-e1f789882b4d/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=400&containerheight=300&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/378e5e84-fea2-4542-8ff2-e1f789882b4d/3-Tom-Gorey_short.mp4&advseek=true" allowFullScreen="true" base="http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/378e5e84-fea2-4542-8ff2-e1f789882b4d/" scale="showall"></embed> </object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-gorey/0/3b3/43"><span style="font-size: small;">Tom Gorey</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">, XO</span>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;">National Director of Indirect Channels</span></span></span><br /><span 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href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-gannon/1/8a0/876"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Rich Gannon</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">, XO National Channel Manager</span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="400"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/5125ae69-a497-4ec7-9f1d-02dcbe0ac84a/mp4h264player.swf"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"></param><param name="flashVars" 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="400"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/7d3dea08-b3b4-43dc-8d4a-decdc1a1f753/mp4h264player.swf"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"></param><param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/7d3dea08-b3b4-43dc-8d4a-decdc1a1f753/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=400&containerheight=300&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/7d3dea08-b3b4-43dc-8d4a-decdc1a1f753/2-first-data.mp4&advseek=true"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="scale" value="showall"></param><param 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style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Patrick and&nbsp;</span></b></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregggumbinger"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Gregg Gumbinger</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> of </span></b></span><a href="http://www.firstdata.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">First Data</span></b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> on Agents and Merchant Services</span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="400"> <param name="movie" 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src="http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/6daead31-5dc3-42b9-83a2-04fb9bb864f9/mp4h264player.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" flashVars="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/6daead31-5dc3-42b9-83a2-04fb9bb864f9/FirstFrame.jpg&containerwidth=400&containerheight=300&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/6daead31-5dc3-42b9-83a2-04fb9bb864f9/5a-Adam-Edwards.mp4&advseek=true" allowFullScreen="true" base="http://content.screencast.com/users/TelecomAssociation/folders/Telarus/media/6daead31-5dc3-42b9-83a2-04fb9bb864f9/" scale="showall"></embed> </object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Telarus President </span></span></b><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adam-edwards/0/209/391"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adam Edward</span></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s Wrap-up of the Event</span></span></b><br /></div><br /><br />Tune into this blog tomorrow to view the presentations of the actual speakers to see what the attendees saw and heard.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6891106326952770935-8463043950044003725?l=telarus-blog-by-ta.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07814865630702648556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891106326952770935.post-48697682141538168382009-10-29T16:25:00.000-07:002009-10-29T16:25:21.675-07:00This independent blog is being published by Telecom Association and Dan Baldwin. (I was the guy at the event doing the video taping). I'm in the process of writing my own thoughts on the event but before I post them, I (and every one else) am interested in your thoughts.<br /><br />If you were at the event today, what do did you think?<br /><br />Why did you attend?<br /><br />Did the event meet your expectations?<br /><br />Are you interested in attending additional similar events?<br /><br />What kind of content or motivations get you to such events?<br /><br />Please post your thoughts below.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6891106326952770935-4869768214153816838?l=telarus-blog-by-ta.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07814865630702648556noreply@blogger.com0