tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420807176599380554.post4871927647444725823..comments2009-09-01T17:49:09.733-04:00Nico Westerdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00071717727308764848noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420807176599380554.post-43358025490105127562009-09-01T17:49:09.733-04:002009-09-01T17:49:09.733-04:00Whoa, I had no idea. Time for me to get updated on Linkedin. Thanks for posting the link Nico.<br />-Jack @ <a href="http://associations.wildapricot.com/professional-trade-association-membership-software.aspx" rel="nofollow">Professional Association Software</a>0s0-Pahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958836941549927875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420807176599380554.post-46765429872261722852009-05-31T11:38:41.881-04:002009-05-31T11:38:41.881-04:00sure it's <br /><br />http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=52913Nico Westerdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00071717727308764848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420807176599380554.post-89193026281036344402009-05-31T01:06:44.941-04:002009-05-31T01:06:44.941-04:00Also you mentioned that ASP has a group on LinkedIn. Could you please share the link to this group - I can't find it on LinkedIn.<br /><br />Thank you!Dmitry Pavlovhttp://www.dimaka.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420807176599380554.post-10127087140875175502009-05-31T00:56:47.599-04:002009-05-31T00:56:47.599-04:00Hi, ASP co-members!<br /><br />I think that ASP should be translated and start looking for ways to promote yourself in such countries like Russia, Ukraine, India, China, etc. In these countries there are a lot of developers, ISVs and many of them are producing a huge amount of shareware. Translation will help to bring them to our association I guess. Not all devs read in English (or like to do it) enough to join ASP.<br /><br />It should be VERY clear described that joining ASP every member can get valuable benefits that he/she can't get in other places. For example Microsoft BizSpark program is real benefit. But discussions between members - not (we can chat on a billion web forums without ASP). Discussion is good itself but not the key feature to pay for. Selling software we have a difficulty like updating software catalogs with new versions of our products. That would be nice if ASP will take care about submitting our PAD files to set of important catalogs. Let say - to Tucows.com, Download.com, etc. <br /><br />So as a conclusion: to be popular ASP should take care about member's products selling. Help to get discounts for tools we use to develop. There is should be clear reason to join ASP - "I will join ASP and it help me to buy equipment cheaper, to sell it faster and make my status higher."<br /><br />Hope that helps!<br /><br />Thank you, <br />Dmitry PavlovDmitry Pavlovhttp://www.dimaka.comnoreply@blogger.com