Re: PPI Learnining - another one bites the dust

In message <3gh1b2l74n2aalsdmfo0d8scatd79ofmtn@xxxxxxx>, afriend <ttdown@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
Challenges for freelancers should be the new office 2007, if it takes
off,

To some degree it will take off - MS marketing will ensure it. At last week's partner conference, you could see the start of the push. It will be sold hard to corporate clients from next spring, with loads of tools and services.

While Office System will be big, it's the server end that will probably be biggest in terms of trainer opportunity.

All the hype from MSoft aint goin to change companies minds
whislt alot of them are still on office 97/2000, a few on xp and even
less on 2003,

Corporate customers will up grade to Vista/O12.

Time for freelancers to re-think their positions and demand more of a
fairer share of the market.

Depends what you mean by fair?

Even the one in question (PPI) have lost
agencies who will not work for them because of poor payments and low
quality ALL TALK NO ACTION SERVICE (ATNAS).

I have never dealt with them and can not comment.

Still they are not alone
in the market for offering low budget training to end clients and even
lower budget payments to agencies and trainers, whilst pushing their
book-value up artificially.

Certainly the first two points are valid. The latter possibly not.

Low-balling is a strategy that can be used to buy market share, but long term it's not a good viable business strategy. Low-ball High transaction companies can push training out at £100-150 per day, fill a 14 person classroom, use the cheapest kit possible and make a nice profit.

Face it, technical training is now a commodity, not a luxury. And in a commodity market, the lowest cost producer with the best distribution network can win big, while the rest either differentiate and go niche or die trying.

Not that I enjoy that view - but it's sure what I am seeing.

--
Thomas Lee
(tfl@xxxxxxxxx)
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