Monday, May 30, 2005

About: The supplier empowerment blog.

Primary Purpose
The main reason for the Supplier Empowerment blog:

  • Empower small to medium sized companies by providing useful information on how to use technology to do business with large customers.

Intended Audience
Who the content will be aimed at:

  • Business owners who want help understanding which technologies to invest in that can provide strategic advantages
  • Sales managers who are looking to meet existing/prospective customer's technology requirements
  • IT managers who are charged with integrating their systems and processes with their new partners
  • eProcurement professionals who want a better understanding of supplier's concerns
Content Ideas
Things that we think we're going to talk about:

  • Explanations of technical concepts in non-technical diagrams and language
  • Best practices that similar companies have adopted to succeed
  • Press releases referencing relative companies and subjects
  • Future events that may be worth while attending
  • Related blogs that may offer value
  • Discussions on various topics
  • Interesting statistics
  • FAQs and answers
Value Proposition
What's in it for the visitors:

  • Learn from experienced supplier enablement consultants
  • Discover how large corporations want you to do business
  • Single source for supplier enablement news
  • Links to other online information sources
  • Stay informed of upcoming events
  • Ask questions and get answers
  • Help foresee future requests
  • Get FREE advice!

Ongoing Goals
Our personal goals as we move forward:

  • Publish at least one or two articles every month for twelve months
  • Monitor and share the latest press releases within the same week
  • Discover and cross link with any other relevant blogs
  • Give as much notice as possible about future events
  • Reply to any online comments within 24 hours
  • Delete self-serving comments immediately
Long Term Vision
Our long term vision as we grow:

  • Become a popular, respected source of information for small to medium sized companies who need help integrating with large customers
  • Grow into a dynamic, empowered community of suppliers, consultants, subject matter experts, software vendors, procurement professionals, etc.

About The Author
About Matthew Fisher:

  • Technology consultant and project manager with Hyperluminal Technology Consultants
  • Self proclaimed expert in Ariba Supplier Network and Ariba supplier enablement
  • Worked for reputable companies like Microsoft in Canada and IBM in Jamaica
  • Holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Diploma in Engineering
  • Over 16 years of experience in information technology
  • First eProcurement integration with Ariba in 1999
  • 100% Successful project completion rate to date

About Our Sponsor
About Hyperluminal Technology Consultants, Inc.:

  • Offering hands-on technology consulting and project management for small to medium sized businesses specializing in supplier enablement
  • Clients include primarily US based, small to medium sized suppliers of a wide range of products and services to a wide range of industries
  • Solutions include PunchOut/RoundTrip/TapOut compatible websites, various catalogs formats, EDI electronic invoicing
  • Recognized by the Minority Business Development Center as the Technology Firm of the Year in 2003
  • Small, woman owned, privately held
  • Incorporated 1999 in Miami, Florida

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