Welcome to SMB Nation! Since 1999, SMB Nation has been THE information provider for the Microsoft Small Business Specialist (SBS) and SMB (Small-Medium Business) communities.

SMB Nation is a publishing and events company, targeted at the Microsoft Small Business Specialist (SBS) community. SMB Nation spreads the knowledge of SMB technology trends through its books, magazine, online services, conferences and world-wide seminars and workshops. As an active par-ticipant in the technology community, SMB Nation has a long history of advocacy and evangelism.

The company was founded in 1999 as Matthew\Brelsford Associates and became SMB Nation in early 2003, to promote the books and consulting services of Harry Brelsford, the author of a success-ful series of books written for Microsoft’s global Small Business Specialist community and IT consul-tants, and a popular conference speaker on Microsoft-centric SMB consulting.

Today, SMB Nation conferences, seminars and workshops bring forward-thinking IT consultants, technologies and vendors together, sparking new opportunities in the SMB space. Being THE infor-mation source for SMB technologists and Small Business Specialists worldwide, SMB Nation delivers complete business solutions to help them better manage their business, technological and market-ing needs. Whether it’s delivered in print, online, or in person, everything SMB Nation produces reflects our unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur a profitable global community.

Utilizing the strengths of the SMB Nation brand through events, publications and custom content, you will reach a highly focused target segment of the business leaders in today’s SMB world.

SMB Nation helps clients accomplish their marketing goals by:

• Providing the opportunity to sponsor conferences and workshops that deliver services and product information directly into the hands of SMB decision makers • Creating custom publishing pieces that reach our client’s target audience through the authoritative business voice of SMB Nation • Utilizing comprehensive multi-touch marketing campaigns via: o SMBPC magazine print and digital media advertising o Website advertising o Bi-Monthly Newsletter o Conference and Workshop sponsorship o Webinars o Editorial o Direct Mail o Telephonation o Telemarketing

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in advertising with us. This guide is to help you understand the advertis-ing opportunities currently available with SMB Nation. We understand your time is valuable and for this reason we have offered a straight forward selection of services and pricing. Below provides a quick guide for locating items within the media kit. If you have a specific request which is not met by one of the below options, please send an inquiry to your sales rep or contact Jenny Hall at jenniferh@smbnation.com.

Demographics 1-2

SMB PC Magazine 3

Editorial Calendar 4

PrintSpecifications 5

Electronic Marketing 6-9

Newsletter 10

Conferences/Workshops/Webinars 11

Print Mail 12

Outbound Call Center 13

Other Meeting Resources 13 Retail 14

TermsandConditions 15

Table of Contents

SMB Nation “Tribe” 2008 Demographic Data 1

Years of serving the SMB channel Employment status

Number of employees in the channelpartner organization

Amount of customers per channelpartner organization

Source: SMBPC 2008 Annual Salar

Small Business Specialist (SBSC) Status Microsoft Partner Level

Level of Education Years of experience in the IT industry

19.1%

16.5%

64.3%

Microsoft Partner Level

Registered

Certi�ed

Gold

27%

73%

Employment Status

Self Employeed

Employed by Compnay

14.5%

9.8%

75.7%

Small Business Specialist Status

SBSC

Within 90 Days

After 90 Days

10.3%

21.6%

12.9%

7.8%1.7%

0.9%

44.8%

Level of Education

4 Years College

2 Years College

Masters Degree

High School

3 Years College

Did Not Complete HS

Doctorate

11.3%

27.8%

14.8%

5.2%3.5%

0.9%

36.5%

Years in the IT Industry

15+Years

8-12 Years

5-8 Years

12-15 Years

3-5 Years

1-3 Years

0-1 Year

15.5% 19.8%

16.4%

13.8%

6.9% 6.0%

21.6%

Years serving SMB

5-8 Years

1-3 Years

8-12 Years

3-5 Years

15+ Years

12-15 Years

0-1 Year

11.2%

28.4%12.1%

10.3%

3.4%2.6%

0.9%

31%

Number of Employees

Owner

2-3 Employees

5-10 Employees

10-25 Employees

4-5 Employees

100+ Employees

50-100 Employees

25-50 Employees

13.8%

18.1%

15.5%

8.6%

6.0%

5.2%

5.2%

2.6%

0.9%1.7%

1.7%

20.7%

Number of Customers

6-10 Customers1-5 Customers16-20 Customers11-15 Customers21-25 Customers26-30 Customers31-40 Customers51-75 Customers41-50 Customers100+ Customers0 Customers76-100 Customers

Source: SMB PC Magazine 2008 Annual Salary Survey

Our Tribal Members are the decision makers and purchasers of:

• OperatingSystem&ServerProducts • NetworkingHardware • Software • Notebooks • Workstations • ManagedServices • StorageHardware • SecurityProducts • Peripherals

• ComponentProducts • Printers • Displays • WirelessandMobileSolutions • BackupandRecoverySolutions • PowerManagementProducts • VOIPSolutions • BusinessSoftware • SecurityProducts

2SMB Nation “Tribe” 2008 Demographic Data

Hi Harry,

I hope you have a min to read this.

I was delighted to receive my book this morning then extra specially delighted to see that you had signed it for me. I never thought that a small gesture like that could have such a big effect, I am thrilled.

Also I have been reading your stuff for many years now and never even dreamt of writing to you before. I guess that’s be-cause I started my business 4 years ago, I used your books to get started and things just went well from the start. Effortless success. But then I kind of lost my way. What I mean by that is, although my business was growing I wasn’t and my skill sets weren’t either. So Ultimately as the economy started to fall so did my business.

Fortunately though, at the start of the this year I went back to my beginnings, ‘SMB Consulting Best Practises’ and realised I had put into practise very little of what I’d learned. So much so that I am embarrassed to say that, even though I did all the studying for the SBS Cert, I didn’t take the exam. I have no excuses and I hate to say it but I became a break fix busi-ness owner, not a true SMB Consultant. This is a distinction I wouldn’t have admitted or even seen a year ago.

Now though as Dillon would say ‘times they are a changing’!

On returning to SMB Nation and drilling through the site, its sponsors and webinars etc it has become abundantly clear to me where I have gone wrong. That clarity has given me such a lift. Moving from feeling as if I had no idea what to do, to having a roadmap of what needs to be done, how to do it and when to do it, is an unbelievable feeling.

So not only did you help me start my business Harry but you are now helping me save and grow my business ‘In a reces-sion!’.

So from the bottom of my heart Harry I thank you. Not only for the signing of the book or helping me start and save my business, but for contributing so much to so many the way that you do. It’s because of people like you, that people like me are enabled and capable of living the kind of life we want to live and that is the incredible gift that you give.

Best Wishes, and God bless you and your nearest and dearest.

Shaun Harkin BScIT ConsultantPC Patrol

SMB Partner Community MagazineFinding the right partnership for your business message is crucial and you’ve come to the right place–SMB PC Magazine.

SMB PC magazine is dedicated to the channel-facing small-medium business (SMB) technology and business matters and, more specifically, Microsoft’s Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC), solu-tion providers, VARs and integrators serving the SMB channel. SMB PC magazine reports on increasing professional opportunities, delivering a business technology message and presenting readers with insights and tools that enable them to run their business more profitably.

Distribution:Worldwide distribution is guaranteed at 35,000 quarterly copies to bona fide Small Business Special-ist, solution providers, VARs and integrators serving the SMB channel.

Distribution History: • July 2006 20,000 units • August 2006 25,000 units • September 2006 15,000 units • October 2006 15,000 units • November/December 15,000 units • January 2007 15,000 units • February 2007 25,000 units • 2008 distribution 35,000 units • 2009 sustained distribution 35,000 units

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2009 SMB PC Magazine Editorial Calendar

Magazine Due Dates Reservation Due Date Advertising Due DateSMBPC Issue Q1 2.01.09 2.05.09SMBPC Issue Q2 3.30.09 4.06.09SMBPC Issue Q3 6.24.09 7.01.09SMBPC Issue Q4 8.26.09 9.02.09

RatesandSpecificationsPrint&DigitalMediaSIZE Frequency (1x) 3x (10% discount) 4x (15% Discount) Two-Page Spread $7,000 USD $6,300 USD each $5,950 USD each Full Page $4,000 USD $3,600 USD each $3,400 USD each 1/2 Page $2,750 USD $2,475 USD each $2,337 USD each 1/4 Page $1,750 USD $1,575 USD each $1,487 USD each CLASSIFIED 1”x1” $500 USD $450 USD each $400 USD each

Our EditorsEditor Emeritus: Harry Brelsford 206.201.2943 or harryb@smbnation.comEditor: Vicki McCownContributing Technical Editor: Mikal NystromContributing Business Editor: Eric Steinberg

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Content Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4FeatureStory

Top 10 SMB Consulting Opportunities in aRecession

Start-ups Save the Day SMB Franchises Redefining Mobility

PerceptionsPoll(column)

VoIP in SMB Survey Salary Survey Educating Your-self: Online, Events, Schools, Books

Windows 7 Survey

BusinessSpeak(column)

Multicultural-isms: Vendors supporting multiple communities

Line of Business: ERP apps

Managed Services Shakeout?

Economic Updates

Centerpiece(column)

Events, Shows Events, Shows Events, Shows Events, Shows

TechWatch Industry News Industry News Industry News Industry NewsGeekSpeak(column)

Response Point Service Pack 2

SBS 2008 Secrets VoIP Secrets Windows 7

Virtually Speak-ing (bi-month-ly)

The New IT Economy Virtualization and the Quality of IT for the New IT Economy

Cloud Services and the Quality and Ef-ficiency of IT for New IT Economy

Leveraging Managed Services to Scale your Business in the New IT Economy

ELECTRONICFILEREQUIREMENTS• A proof must accompany all submitted artwork.• Please supply only TIFF, EPS, or PDF print-ready files. We do not accept film or any native application file formats (Quark, MS Word, PageMaker, etc.).• TIFF images should be 100%, 300 dpi min. for halftones, 1,200 dpi for line art.• EPS files should be 100%, 300 dpi min. All fonts must be outlined, and all images must be provided even if they are embedded in the file.• PDF files must be submitted 300 dpi or better, and all fonts must be embedded. Please contact your account representative for further instructions on PDF submission.• The publisher will not be held responsible for color running incorrectly if a digital color proof is not submitted by the advertiser. A digital color proof (matchprint or Iris) should be submitted at 100% ad size.• Media accepted: 100 mb zip disks, CDs, DVDs, and digital files submitted via FTP. Submitted media will not be returned unless re-quested.

FTP upload information: Located at http://www.smbnation.com, please click on Publications>FTP. Enter email address and description(s) into the web-based ftp “Send this File”. Use password “ftp123”. Upload desired images and click “Send this File”.

INSERTSFurnished inserts are billed at the contract rate for a full-page black-and-white ad, less a 20%-35% discount depending on the number of pages. Special sizes apply to inserts. Business reply card inserts can only be sold in conjunction with a full-page ad. Samples need to be sent in advance to SMB Nation’s Production Department to be approved to ensure that the piece conforms to postal and printing specs. Contact harryb@smbnation for information on specifications and quantities on all insert matters.

CHANCECOMMISSION&TERMSTOPAYMENTSAll advertising is invoiced upon receipt of the signed contract. All invoices are due and payable upon 30 days of the publication print date to the SMB Nation office location designated on the invoice. If bill is not paid 14 days prior to publication print date, SMB Nation Inc. reserves the right to withhold printing of advertisement in the SMB PC Magazine. SMB Nation may change its pricing at any time without prior notice. If you have an advertising campaign with a signed contract running, and the price changes you will not need to pay the difference. Your purchase price for the advertising will stay the same. Charges will be calculated solely based on the records maintained by SMB Nation.

TERMS&CONDITIONSThe publisher reserves the right to decline or discontinue without explanation any advertising deemed unsuitable. Advertisers and advertising agencies assume complete liability for all content of advertisements printed and agree to indemnify and defend the pub-lisher from all claims, accusations, or expenses, including legal fees, rising from ads placed in SMB Partner Community magazine.

FREQUENCYAGREEMENTSThe frequency contract is based on the number of insertions billed within a specified 12-month period. Each furnished insert counts as one toward contract frequency. Fulfillment of the number of insertions in less than a year will require that a new contract be signed. Rates for contract holders will be guaranteed for the duration of the contract. The contract must be signed by the advertiser and the advertising agency in advance to receive contract rates. Contract cancellation by the advertiser will void the contract rate and adver-tisers will be re-billed at the one-time rate. Without a frequency contract, advertisers will be billed at the one-time rate for each inser-tion. Single, noncontract insertions are considered on an earned-rate basis and may not be applied to future contracts.

CANCELLATIONSCancellations must be received in writing by space closing date. Cancellations after that date will be invoiced for the full amount. Pre-ferred position orders are non-cancelable within 60 days of scheduled closing dates.

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Web Advertising via smbnation.comSMBNation.com is a comprehensive website for Small Business Specialists, providing them with up to date information via the internet 365 days per year. SMBNation.com offers advertisers the opportunity to be seen by more than 20,000 tribal members, plus unique visitors each month.

SMBNation.com Web StatisticsPage Views 100,567

Total Visits 6883

Unique Visitors 4650

Repeat Visitors 2232

Registered Users 36,006

Daily User Registration Average/High - 11/57

Average Pages Viewed by Visitors 14.3 Pages/Visit

Average Time Spent on Site 10 Minutes 38 Seconds

Percent Accessing from Microsoft OS 94.4%

Percent Accessing using IE 80.4%

Percent of Domestic US Traffic 94%

Organic Traffic (consumer types in smbnation.com) 75.04%

Sites Linking to SMBNation.com 21.4%

Search Engine Searches 3.5%

Watches Presentations (Slide Deck) 7.9%

Watches Webinars (Video) 2.1%

Read SMB Partner Community Magazine 6%

• SMB Nation Visitors are highly engaged readers of SMBNation.com’s website and online publications spending an astounding average of over 14 minutes on the site. • 12.2% of all users are spending over 30 minutes on the site and 3 percent spend over an hour reading material on SMBNation.com. • SMBNation.com’s audience is educated, engaged, and inquisitive. • Our audience seeks to grow their SMB IT business and is always looking for better, more profitable, and efficient ways to operate. For this reason, they are CLICKERS! SMBNation.com ads boast better than industry average click through percentage of 1.5%. That means for every 2000 page loads, 3 highly targeted SMB Nation visitors are going to your site. That’s nearly 200 percent higher than the .087 national average. • Over 80% of our traffic occurs between 2pm and 5pm PST M-F, which means they are looking and clicking during your normal business hours of operation and can make a decision to buy now or speak to someone as a hot lead.

TelephonationTelephonation’s sponsor forums allow sponsors to post white papers and resources (drivers, patches), provide product and solutions support and fully engage with The SMB VoIP \ Microsoft Response Point consultants, channel partners and enthusiasts. Benefit from the third-party, independent nature of Telephonation to appropriately educate community members about your products, services, and solutions. Pricing/per month for logo and forum /per month for banner ad rotating on top (3 available) Frequency 1 mo 3 months (10% Discount) 6 months (15% Discount) $500 $450 $425

Telephonation Web StatisticsPage Views 68117

Total Visits 7626

Unique Visitors 2193

Repeat Visitors 5433, 3.47 Visits/Vistor

Registered Users 629

Daily User Registration Average/High - 5/17

Average Pages Viewed by Visitors 8.93 Pages/Visit

Average Time Spent on Site 10 Minutes 38 Seconds

Percent Accessing from Microsoft OS 95.9%

Percent Accessing using IE 78.8%

Percent of Domestic US Traffic 94%

Organic Traffic (consumer types in telephonation.com) 94.3%

Sites Linking to SMBNation.com 1.3%

31.7% of Telephonation.com users spend over 15 minutes on the site with 8.6% spending over one hour.

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SMB Nation is excited to offfer a selection of advertising space on www.smbnation.comYour options for Ad Placement are as follows: 1 Home Page Placement 2 Primary Page Placement 3 Secondary Page Placement 4 Third Page Placement

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Home Page AdvertisingPage Peel AdvertisingPage Peel Advertisements are an amazing marketing tool and a great alternative for a popup ad. The Page Peel ad is a small animated “dog ear” curl located in the top right corner of the SMB Nation home page.

Pricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Page Peel - 500x500 $1000 USD $900 USD $850 USD

Banner AdvertisingBanner Advertisements are displayed on every page on the SMB Nation website. The top banner ad is placed just above the main site navigation menu, receiving maximum exposure to all site visitors. As a premium location the banner advertisement are sold to a limited number of sponsors, to allow maximum exposure by your company.

Pricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Top Banner - 728x90 $1000 USD $900 USD $850 USDBottom Banner - 728x150 $250 USD $225 USD $213 USD

Column AdvertisingColumn Advertisements are displayed on the home page of the SMB Nation website. Located on the right and left hand sides of the page, just below the small content area, they receive substantial exposure to nearly all site visitors. *Non scroll advertising items will be considered as advertisements appearing with monitor resolution set at 1024 by 768 on viewable page. *Scrollable advertising items will be those which require the user to scroll down with the above monitor settings, to view your advertisement. SMB Nation does not guarantee the view-able/non-viewable condition of the ad in all browsers customization settings.

Home Page Pricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Non Scroll - 150x150 $500 USD $450 USD $425 USDScroll - 150x150 $250 USD $225 USD $213 USD

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Primary Page AdvertisingPrimary Pages are linked in every header menu of the SMB Nation home page and are considered main pages. Column Advertisements are displayed on the primary pages of the SMB Nation website. Located on the right and left hand sides of the page, just below the small content area, they receive substantial exposure to nearly all site visitors. Primary pages include: • Events • Publications • Community • Calendar • Join the Tribe • Blogs • ForumsPricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Column 150 x 150 $300 USD $270 USD $255 USD

Secondary Page AdvertisingSecondary Pages are the pages linked within each of the primary pages content.Column Advertisements are displayed on the secondary pages of the SMB Nation web-site. Located on the right and left hand sides of the page, just below the small content area, they receive substantial exposure to nearly all site visitors. Secondary pages include: • SMB Nation Spring Conference • WebinarsPricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Column 150 x 150 $250 USD $225 USD $213 USD

Third Page AdvertisingThird Pages are the pages linked to Secondary pages. Column Advertisements are displayed on the third pages of the SMB Nation website. Located on the right and left hand sides of the page, just below the small content area, they receive substantial exposure to nearly all site visitors. Third pages include: • Pricing information and Registration • Calls for Papers • Content Discription • Presentation • Accomodations and Travel • Agenda • Speakers • SponsorsPricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Column 150 x 150 $250 USD $225 USD $213 USD

SMB Nation is excited to offfer a selection of advertising space on telephonation.comTelephonation is THE community Portal for all topics related to SMB Voice over IP (VoIP) and telephony.

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Telphonation.com AdvertisingPage Peel AdvertisingPage Peel Advertisements are an amazing marketing tool and a great alternative for a popup ad. The Page Peel ad is a small animated “dog ear” curl located in the top right corner of the Telphonation home page.

Pricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Page Peel - 500x500 $500 USD $450 USD $425 USD

Banner AdvertisingBanner Advertisements are displayed on every page on the Telephonation website. The top banner ad is placed just above the main site navigation menu, receiving maximum exposure to all site visitors. As a premium location the banner advertisement are sold to a limited number of sponsors, to allow maximum exposure by your company.

Pricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Top Banner - 728x90 $500 USD $450 USD $425 USDBottom Banner - 728x150 $125 USD $113 USD $105 USD

Column AdvertisingColumn Advertisements are displayed on the home page of the SMB Nation website. Located on the right and left hand sides of the page, just below the small content area, they receive substantial exposure to nearly all site visitors. *Non scroll advertising items will be considered as advertisements appearing with monitor resolution set at 1024 by 768 on viewable page. *Scrollable advertising items will be those which require the user to scroll down with the above monitor settings, to view your advertisement. SMB Nation does not guarantee the view-able/non-viewable condition of the ad in all browsers customization settings.

Home Page Pricing Frequency 1 mo. 3 mo. (10%) 6 mo. (15%) Non Scroll - 150x150 $250 USD $225 USD $213 USDScroll - 150x150 $125 USD $113 USD $105 USD

Electronic File Requirements *Please supply only tiff, eps. or PDF, web-ready files. We do not accept film or any native applications file formats (Quark, ms word, PageMaker, etc.)* Tiff images should be 100%, 300 dpi * EPS files should be 100%, 300 dpi min. All fonts must be outlined and all images must be provided even if they are embedded in the file.*PDF files must be submitted 300 dpi, and all fonts must be embedded. Please contact your account representative for further instructions or PDF submission.* If you would like to send an animated advertisement we ask that you provided it in giff format. Flash formats are not currently accepted. Page Peel Requirements *Please supply one of the following: .jpg or .gif* Choose a 100x100 image for thumbnail and a 500x500 or larger image for open state. For best results use 500x500px for open state.

E-mail Newsletter (advertorials/advertisements)

The SMB Advisory newsletter is an effective and powerful way to reach thousands of highly qualified SBS buy-ers and influencers. These SBSer’s look to SMB Nation for the up-to-the-minute news and resources to keep pace with evolving technology issues and products. SMB Nation’s ability to provide trusted, credible information keeps SBSer’s reading, and your products and services at their fingertips.

The SMB Advisory newsletter is published twice a month and is distributed to our 17,000+ opt in “Tribe Member email list, “no spam”.

SMB Nation server logs show a verifiable 27% open rate. This is a conservative figure as it is increasingly more com-mon for email programs to prevent return communication from html pieces without permission being granted from the reader.

GeekSpeak: Covering techinical topics including networking (e.g. Small Business Server, cloud-based solutions (e.g. hosted ERP solutions), virtualization (e.g. efficient network deployments and disaster recovery) and voice (e.g. VoIP in the small business space).

BusinessSpeak: Covering high-level business conversations (Geekonomics featuring economic trends) and tactile topics (How to...). Also coverage supporting the new Trusted Business Advisor designation.

Schedule2008:GeekSpeak BusinessSpeak Date Due Release Date Date Due Release Date January 01.05.2009 01.07.2009 01.19.2009 01.21.2009 February 02.06.2009 02.10.2009 02.20.2009 02.24.2009 March 03.06.2009 03.10.2009 02.20.2009 02.24.2009 April 04.10.2009 04.14.2009 04.24.2009 04.28.2009 May 05.08.2009 05.12.2009 05.22.2009 05.26.2009 June 06.06.2009 06.09.2009 06.18.2009 06.23.2009 July 07.10.2009 07.14.2009 07.24.2009 07.28.2009 August 08.07.2009 08.11.2009 08.21.2009 08.25.2009 September 09.04.2009 09.08.2009 09.18.2009 09.22.2009 October 10.09.2009 10.13.2009 10.23.2009 10.27.2009 November 11.06.2009 11.10.2009 11.20.2009 11.24.2009 December 12.04.2009 12.08.2009 12.18.2009 12.22.2009

Advertisements

Column Advertisements (125 x 125) are located on the right and left hand sides of the newsletter and can be linked back to your website.

Advertorial: This 300 word advertorial will be placed in the main body of the newsletter.

File Requirements:*Please supply only tiff, eps. or PDF, web-ready files. We do not accept film or any native applications file formats (Quark, ms word, PageMaker, etc.)* Tiff images should be 100%, 300 dpi *EPS files should be 100%, 300 dpi min. All fonts must be outlined and all images must be provided even if they are embedded in the file.*PDF files must be submitted 300 dpi, and all fonts must be embedded. Please contact your account representative for further instructions or PDF submission.

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Advertising Rates Size Frequency 1 mo 3 months (10%) 6 months (15%) 125 x 125 $500 per issue $450 per issue $425 per issue 300 word advertorial $500 per issue $450 per issue $425 per issue

Conferences/Workshops/Webinars

SMB Nation conferences and workshops bringforward-thinkingITconsultants, technologies and vendors together sparking new opportunities in the SMB space.

SMB Nation conferences and workshops provide sponsors with a way to increase brand awareness, preference and partner satisfaction, while introducing sponsors to NEW partners in the SMB space. Simple turn-key solutions help sponsors achieve their SMB market customer acqusition goals by directly reaching the powerful $56.9 billion SMB Market. Each sponsor will receive a customized program enabling you to scale up or down depending on your company’s marketing objectives and budget.

Conference Location Date Size SMB Nation Spring 2009 On the outskirts of NYC May 1-3 250-300 attendees aprox. SMB Nation Fall 2009 Las Vegas, NV Oct. 2-4 600-750 attendees aprox.

Workshops/SeminarsSMB Nation would love to work with you on a custom one to two day seminar and workshop around the world. Please contact your SMB Nation sales rep for more information.

WebinarsSMB Nation webinars are a great way to expand your world by providing a convenient, cost-effective way to explore new ideas, introduce new products and provide further education to the SMB Community. SMB Nation believes that webinars are a great resource for mak-ing connections with qualified clients, by leveraging SMB Nation’s respected name.

Rates Length Price90 minute Presentation $5,000

SpecificationsSMB Nation uses a web based meeting client to conduct their webinars. These meetingsrequire you to have a telephone, computer and at least 128 K of free bandwidth.

System RequirementsPC Based: Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, VistaMac Based: Mac OX X 10.4 (Tiger) or newer

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Print Mail

Poly bag Poly bags are great way to announce new products, offer sample software and even add teaser lines for an ad inside the magazine. Poly bags are the first thing the readers see, setting YOUR message apart from competitors.

Rate $5000 per item in polybag If item(s) are heavy and/or large, additional postage may be required.

SpecificationsYou can either supply SMB Nation with artwork, and or send your direct mail pieces to use for dis-tribution. If art work is submitted to SMB Nation it must be received in Tiff, EPS, or PDF print ready format. We do not accept film or any native application file formats, (Quark, MS Word, PageMaker etc..) additional printing fees will apply if you send artwork files to SMB Nation, instead of a piece to be placed in the poly bag.

The publisher will not be held responsible for color running incorrectly if the digital color proof is not submitted by the advertiser. A digital proof (match print or Iris) should be submitted at 100% ad size.

Direct MailEffectively target your customers with a Direct Mail campaign. A Direct Mail piece will make a last-ing impression with your existing customers, create awareness for new customers and reinforce your marketing efforts.

SpecificationsYou can either supply SMB Nation with artwork, and or send your direct mail pieces to use for dis-tribution. If art work is submitted to SMB Nation it must be received in Tiff, EPS, or PDF print ready format. We do not accept film or any native applications file formats, (Quark, MS Word, PageMaker etc..) additional printing fees will apply if you send artwork files to SMB Nation, instead of a direct mail piece.

The publisher will not be held responsible for color running incorrectly if the digital color proof is not submitted by the advertiser. A digital proof (match print or Iris) should be submitted at 100% ad size.

RatesRates will vary, please check with your SMB Nation sales rep on individual pricing.

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Call Center/Other Resources

Outbound Call Center

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Nobody knows the SMB channel like SMB Nation! Our professional callers have direct access to our 20,000+ tribal membership, enabling you to leverage the SMB Nation brand to introduce new products and/or programs, recruit new partners, or engage the channel in customer and part-ner satisfaction surveys. You simply supply the script, and we’ll do all the work, reporting our results back to you. Rates will vary, please check with your SMB Nation sales rep for individual pricing.

Other Marketing ResourcesAt SMB Nation, we know how to listen.After all, who knows your products better than you do? If you have creative ideas about how to le-verage the great SMB Nation brand, our marketing department is willing to work closely with you to bring your ideas to fruition. Our creative marketing department is open and willing to customize and scale a strategy designed to meet your specific needs.For more information about this exciting facet of SMB Nation, please contact your sales rep.

Retail

All retail items are available in bulk quantities at wholesale prices! Please con-tact your SMB Nation sales rep for a quote.

Books:Since 2002, author and SBS guru Harry Brelsford’s books have been helping potential small Business Specialists and VARs study for and pass Microsoft Certification Exams, as well as offer technical and business “Best Practices” for starting and growing their Small Business Consultancy. SMB Nation’s books are enjoyed worldwide and are an integral part of the SMB community!

Current books include: • MS Small Business Specialist Primer & 70-282 Exam Guide $39.95 (USD) • Windows Small Business server 2003 Best Practices $59.95 (USD) • SMB Consulting Best Practices $59.95 (USD) • Advanced Windows Small Business server 2003 Best Practices $59.95 (USD) • Making it Big in Small Business $39.95 (USD) • Certification Success $39.95 (USD) * Response Point Primer $59.99 (USD) • SBS 2008 Blueprint $59.99 (USD)

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Certification Success*

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In the endgame, humans will make a choice to make a majorchange for only one of two reasons. They are: • a near-death experience, or • strong team support. Certification Success*

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