A couple months ago Sarah (Sarah Pavlik – our Marketing Director) and I were discussing some strategies to help people get past their fear and concern in trying and using the latest versions of software. Specifically Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007.

There is a new version of Windows coming in a few months (Windows 7) and a new version of Microsoft Office due out quite soon.

So if people are concerned about Windows Vista and Office 2007, how far behind will they get once the new releases come out? Now I know you don’t have to always upgrade. We are the first to say “if it aint broke, don’t fix it.” But the longer you lag behind, the easier it is to become ‘broken’.

This is when we came up with the idea of providing a simple easy way for clients to learn the new software. Provide them training for free. People like free right.

We converted one of our meeting rooms to accommodate 10+ people and came up with a plan to offer free training on Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Windows Vista.

Well, the radio ads are starting later this week, the website is updated with all our courses and material and the emails will be going out next week.

Let’s see how this goes?