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December 2007
Professional Pricing Society Certified Pricing Professional Workshop
As a pricing professional, you know the latest and best practices and innovative methods can be acquired and leveraged back at the office by attending one of the five Certified Pricing Professional Workshops in San Diego. You also know that to be competitive and increasingly profitable with your pricing you must constantly fine-tune your skills, find new ways to optimize revenues, streamline processes and drive innovation.
Also presenting: Tim Smith, PhD, Product Lifecycle Pricing.
February 21-22 2008
Westin Horton Plaza
San Diego, California
Visit http://www.smxwest.com/register to register.
Search Marketing Expo Launches SMX West
Marketers spent $9.4 billion on search engine marketing (SEM) in 2006, a 62% increase over 2005 spending, according to search marketing organization SEMPO.
And as internet marketing continues to grow and search becomes a fundamental tool in the traditional marketing mix, marketers who once viewed search as ‘new’ or ‘experimental’ are trying to catch up on the hottest segment in marketing today. Search Marketing Expo – SMX West, a search marketing conference programmed by renowned search authorities Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, delivers proven techniques for every level of search marketing expertise to take the fear out of search and keep search marketers ahead of the trends.
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, California
February 26-28, 2008
Visit http://www.pricingsociety.com/ to register.
October 2007
TiECON 2007 – Boosting Tommorrow’s Business Leaders
August 2007
Ford Harding has launched his blog on sales tips for professional service markets. It is well worth the read for anyone seeking support in sales execution.
http://www.hardingco.com/blog/
Professional Pricing Society invites you to their 18th Annual Fall Pricing Conference
- Keynote Speekers Include Reed Holden, PhD, Rafi Mohammed, PhD, and Hermann Simon.
- Multiple Speaker Tracks, Technology and Service Exhibits, Certification Pricing Workshops
- October 24-26, 2007. The Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando Florida.
- More information online at http://www.pricingsociety.com/default.asp
Professional Pricing Society and the Wiglaf Journal invites you to the PPS Europe Workshop and Conference.
Tim Smith, PhD, Chief Editor of the Wiglaf Journal will present Pricing Strategies that Rapidly Changes Profitability. A one day pricing strategy course based on current business cases presented in three modules: Modeling your Value-Add, Pricing of Bundled Products, and New Technology Pricing Dynamics applied to Globalization. November 22-23, PPS Europe Workshop & Conference - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.pricingsociety.com/default.asp More information
TiE Midwest: Startup Stories: Tales from the
Startups are the intellectual equivalent of driving a small, fast
convertible with the top down, the stereo playing Keith Jarrett or Bachor JJ
Cale very loud, doing a hundred miles per hour on an empty country road at
sunset. You might crash but the experience is visceral, immediate and
intense?. That is how Charles Ferguson, who started and sold Vermeer
Technologies to Microsoft for $133 million in the space of two years,
describes the startup experience.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
July 2007
TiE Midwest: Startup Stories: Tales from the
Startups are the intellectual equivalent of driving a small, fast
convertible with the top down, the stereo playing Keith Jarrett or Bachor JJ
Cale very loud, doing a hundred miles per hour on an empty country road at
sunset. You might crash but the experience is visceral, immediate and
intense?. That is how Charles Ferguson, who started and sold Vermeer
Technologies to Microsoft for $133 million in the space of two years,
describes the startup experience.
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and
networking 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Program
Location:
Drinker Biddle Gardner Carton
191 North Wacker Drive
Suite 3700
Chicago, Illinois 60606-1698
To register please go to http://www.tie-midwest.org
Professional Pricing Society invites you to their Chicago Pricing Workshops
- 5 Certification Pricing Workshops, 2 Credits, 2 Days, 1 Location - July 12-13, Chicago, IL
- Times: Thursday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm & Friday 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
- We invite you to attend these 2-Day Pricing Workshops. The workshops are tailored to small, medium-sized and large firms specializing in pricing issues.
- More information online at http://www.pricingsociety.com/default.asp

Professional Pricing Society and the Wiglaf Journal invites you to the PPS Europe Workshop and Conference.
Tim Smith, PhD, Chief Editor of the Wiglaf Journal will present Pricing Strategies that Rapidly Changes Profitability. A one day pricing strategy course based on current business cases presented in three modules: Modeling your Value-Add, Pricing of Bundled Products, and New Technology Pricing Dynamics applied to Globalization. November 22-23, PPS Europe Workshop & Conference - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.pricingsociety.com/default.asp
May 2007
Metering, Billing/CIS America
2007
Metering, Billing/CIS America consistently covers
important topics and up-to-date developments in the advanced metering,
revenue management and customer service developments and challenges
facing electric, gas and water utilities. The general sessions consist
of presentations from industry-elite speakers, and participants
are also able to attend educational tracks and workshops led by
national and international experts. The various tracks focus on
timely issues such as smart metering, demand side management, CIS,
billing and other topics that create a platform for utilities to
find out more about the latest customer management technologies
and strategies. This event equips utilities with the tools needed
to ensure they are not left behind in this ever-changing and dynamic
industry.
7 - 11 May 2007, San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter,
San Antonio, Texas, 78205, Registration Required
www.meteringamerica.com
World leading utilities will share smart metering and AMI experiences during the The AMI, Smart Metering and Customer Management Technical Tour
In May 2007 US utilities (electricity, gas and water), consultants and vendors will demonstrate the fundamentals of and give in-depth knowledge and comprehensive information on advanced metering and AMI projects across the USA at the The AMI, Smart Metering and Customer Management Technical Tour. Cities visited include Dallas, Houston and San Antonio May 6 – 11, 2007.
Tour delegates will be able to learn from those who have gone before, and will gain priceless first-hand knowledge of the best practices used by US utilities and is essential for anyone who has already implement or is about to embark on an advanced/smart metering initiative into their utility.
Space is limited to 15 participants and those wishing to apply to attend should do so ASAP by visiting www.metering.com/tour.
Spring PRICING CONFERENCE
The Professional Pricing Society invites you to network
with leading software firms that offer solutions and support your
pricing policies. PPS is very proud of our Technology & Expert
Sponsors and know they represent the very best in the pricing profession.
PPS conferences have become the market place for pricing
solutions. With a combination of outstanding presentations, great
location and networking opportunities with leaders in our profession,
you are guaranteed to have a great time with valuable returns to
both you and your employer.
Our exhibit hall showcases the very best in
automation to support your pricing decisions. Our sponsors are a
winning team of professionals and the PPS Spring Conference in Atlanta
will be the one place for you to stop and see virtually all of the
leading pricing software.
As always, the Pricing Society conference is
topped off by many fun networking venues. This includes quality,
yet informal time to enjoy and learn the latest technology, meet
peers, and make new friends from both within and outside your industry.
18TH ANNUAL SPRING PRICING CONFERENCE, APRIL
18-20, 2007, THE SHERATON ATLANTA DOWNTOWN HOTEL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
http://www.pricingsociety.com/
January 2007
Chief Editor Tim Smith, is currently in the Czech
Republic supporting the sales and marketing efforts of ZPA Smart
Energy (www.zpa.cz). |