Running a Drupal Shop: Running It or Running Ragged?
Presented by Acquia and Music City Networks
Trying to get to the next level of growth? Feel stuck and not sure how to scale?This is a fun and interactive workshop for companies trying to grow their business and be more profitable.
Price: $99
Register here: http://drupalenterpriseprojectmanagement.eventbee.com
We discuss how to grow a Drupal company. If you are a shop trying to get to the next level, this might be the right place for you. This is an interactive workshop, not a preach-n-teach session. We find out how others are succeeding and struggling so we can all grow together.
Phase2 Office
1330 Braddock Pl
7th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tuesday July 19, 2011
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
A. Intro: Trends in the Drupal Landscape
1. Three Ms: Maturing, Machinery, Markets
2. The Acquia Juggernaut
B. Business systems & tools:
1. financial
2. legal
3. organizational
4. personnel
C. Strategies: seo, marketing, business development
1. seo / sem / local vs. national search / social media
2. business / growth through channel marketing
3. verticals / specialties
4. partnerships / alliances
5. training / growth
D. Skills assessment
1. diagnosing personality types
2. management abilities
3. communication
4. development capability
5. leadership
E. Managing the work
1. exit strategy
2. client wrangling
3. fps
4. estimates
5. employees
6. workflow & project management
7. qa
F. QA
Susan Rust consults as Drupal Anywhere and is a business strategist for Music City Networks. A long-time entrepreneur with three successful business startups, she grew a successful Drupal development company that she sold in 2010. As former VP of Client Services for Achieve Internet, she understands small and enterprise-level Drupal business practices. 888-444-1460 or susan@drupalanywhere.com