{"id":1166,"date":"2021-10-05T01:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2021-10-05T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:03:19","slug":"episode-132-vendor-sales-government-ui-and-instagram-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2021\/10\/episode-132-vendor-sales-government-ui-and-instagram-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 132 &#8211; Vendor Sales, Government UI, and Instagram for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20703626\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/1346593\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" libsyn_item_id=\"0\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>Question of the Day: What was your first W2 job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 1: Vendors Selling Around their Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listener Lucy asks: &#8220;Why the **** do vendors keep overlooking the sales rep who owns the customer in their Channel program?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s natural tension between vendors and their solution provider partners. Why do we have to keep revisiting this topic?<\/p>\n<p>(Also, she agrees with Dave that a sandwich requires two pieces of bread.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 2: Thoughts on taking UI to government activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dominos (and other) have made some huge advancements in tracking the progress of their services. This is both a UI (user interface) and a CX (customer experience) topic. So where is the government when it comes to next-gen UI and CX?<\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/why-government-technologists-love-dominos-pizza-tracker\/\"> https:\/\/statescoop.com\/why-government-technologists-love-dominos-pizza-tracker\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 3: Facebook\/Instagram for Children?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy smokes. Thankfully, Facebook has decided to &#8220;hold off&#8221; on releasing a version of Instagram geared toward children. We universally think it&#8217;s a bad idea. But we also point out that lots of other platforms are targeting children &#8211; illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/27\/technology\/facebook-instagram-for-kids.html\"> https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/27\/technology\/facebook-instagram-for-kids.html<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; &#8212; &#8212;<br \/>\nSponsor Note:<br \/>\n<strong>Think you know PC Matic? Think again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PC Matic is working with MSPs to deliver true zero trust\/default deny endpoint security.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing only trusted applications and blocking all the rest. A light weight, simple to deploy &amp; easy to manage approach to application allow-listing.<\/p>\n<p>Layering a default deny approach provides MSPs of all sizes the ability to again focus on prevention, and PC Matic delivers this without impacting performance or efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/pcmatic.com\/MSP\">https:\/\/pcmatic.com\/MSP<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to ask about PC Matic&#8217;s exclusive lead sharing program for MSPs backed by a prime time national TV campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/20703626\/tdest_id\/1346593\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question of the Day: What was your first W2 job? 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