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D-Tools “PROJECT: Success” Contest Update- Deadline Extended!!
04/22/2010 – 10:11 am | Comments Off
D-Tools “PROJECT: Success” Contest Update- Deadline Extended!!

Contest Update: We have received many great stories from D-Tools Users around the globe and we want to read more! The deadline extended to June 1st! Submit your entries TODAY!

Contest Details:
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Online Marketing Generates Sales
05/26/2009 – 1:48 pm | Comments Off
Online Marketing Generates Sales

D-Tools Partner Leslie Stevens provides us with this informative article about how best to leverage online marketing to help build your integration business.
With today’s economic turmoil, it is more critical than even to focus your …

The Beauty of Automation
04/20/2009 – 3:28 pm | 2 Comments
The Beauty of Automation

OK, I have to admit it. I’m still catching on to the whole twitter thing. I get it, and see the value, but I’m having trouble determining what is interesting enough in my daily routine …

Eclipse Marketing announces new educational webinars
02/24/2009 – 3:40 pm | Comments Off
Eclipse Marketing announces new educational webinars

D-Tools Partner Eclipse Marketing announces new educational webinars that feature today’s marketing strategies for integrators.
In today’s economic stricken climate, effective marketing plans are more critical than even. You need to focus your time and resources …

D-Tools University Named as Finalist for 2009 CEA Mark of Excellence Award
02/10/2009 – 1:21 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools University Named as Finalist for 2009 CEA Mark of Excellence Award

CONCORD, CA – FEBRUARY 10, 2009 – D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that D-Tools University, the company’s annual training and user conference has been named as a finalist in …

Nice and Slow Doesn’t Work Here
02/04/2009 – 10:27 am | One Comment
Nice and Slow Doesn’t Work Here

These days everyone is looking for a discount and most people won’t even consider shopping without an incentive; I’m becoming the same way.  In my recent furniture shopping experience, I ended up not shopping at …

D-Tools Blog 2.0: Re-engineering our Communication Strategy
01/26/2009 – 4:10 pm | 2 Comments
D-Tools Blog 2.0: Re-engineering our Communication Strategy

In an effort to more effectively communicate with our customers and partners, we have recently re-designed and upgraded the technology of the D-Tools blog. We understand that there are many issues surrounding our industry that …

10 Marketing Tips to Win New Business
01/21/2009 – 3:15 pm | Comments Off
10 Marketing Tips to Win New Business

D-Tools partner Leslie Stevens of Eclipse Marketing offers integrators 10 great tips to improve business in the new year.
With the Presidential Inauguration over, people are moving forward with their lives and looking onward towards better …

You Got to Move it Move it…
01/21/2009 – 2:12 pm | One Comment
You Got to Move it Move it…

Here it is only the second week of January and it seems like Q1 is already flying by. We are putting the finishing touches on SI5.5 and preparing it for final release, we are knee …

2009 – Getcha Head in the Game
01/07/2009 – 5:10 pm | Comments Off
2009 – Getcha Head in the Game

OK, for any of you who have pre-teen children and the Disney Channel, you may recognize the title of this post. If you don’t, then it really doesn’t matter. The point is this: 2008 is over. Done. Behind us. It’s time to focus on the year ahead and what we can do to improve. Improve what you might ask? Well that is entirely up to you.

Be Thankful – and Drive Change
11/26/2008 – 3:50 pm | One Comment
Be Thankful – and Drive Change

As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday it may be a little harder to think about all of things we have to be thankful for, given the hits that our market has taken, the state of the economy, the mounting job losses….wait that’s not where I was going with this. Yes, it’s been a difficult year. But we’ve had difficult years before and somehow we get through it. I’m not saying that it is easy right now, because it isn’t. We have to work harder for every deal, we may have to offer additional services at no charge that we were used to charging for, or make less on every job.

Refine and Conquer – DTU Edition
11/21/2008 – 7:49 pm | Comments Off
Refine and Conquer – DTU Edition

We just got back from our D-Tools University last week. DTU is our annual 3-day user conference and training event. This year’s event was very well attended despite the downturn in the economy. It seems …