We have another webinar coming up in two weeks and this time, we’re aiming the presentation squarely at developers.

We recently made available a PHP API Toolkit that Claire Lam, our Manager of Implementation Services put together. This Toolkit is a PHP library that aims to make working with the OpenSRS easier. A Ruby version, put together by Keiji Suzuki, will be available very shortly.

Claire has been talking about the Toolkit in the Developer/API area of the OpenSRS Forums for the past month or two and based on feedback from developers that have tried out the code, we’re ready to make it a little more official. This webinar will serve as an introduction to the code and help explain how to use it, and why we’re releasing it.

By developers, for developers

This is going to be a developer webinar–if you don’t know code, you’ll probably won’t be interested. If you do like to dig in to API docs and write a few lines of code now and then, feel free to join us. And, by all means, pass this along to your in-house developers, or anyone else you think might be interested.

The PHP version of the API Toolkit is available for download today. A Ruby version is just about complete and we’ll be making it available very shortly as well. You can find those downloads and documentation for the API Toolkits here.

Webinar: Introducing the New OpenSRS API Toolkits
with Claire Lam, Manager of Implementation Services, OpenSRS
and Jonathan Clarke, Implementation Specialist, OpenSRS
on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9:00 A.M. EST and 2:00 P.M. EST

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Looking to supercharge your SSL sales? Look no further.

One of the things we hear over and over again, is that it’s nearly impossible to sell SSL certificates in the face of companies like GoDaddy who seem to be more interested in moving as many units as possible, at the expense of the bottom line. But it’s simply not true–with the right information and techniques, you can effectively sell SSL by easily countering some common objections customers might have.

2010 is fast approaching and now is the time to start thinking about how to energize your SSL sales. And don’t forget that our GeoTrust $199 Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate promo is coming to an end soon as well. End 2009 with a bang and kickstart your SSL sales activities heading into the new year.

Get the Sale!

Bob Angus, Product Marketing Manager, VeriSign, will present “Get the Sale! Overcoming four common objections when selling SSL.” Bob will address the four most common objections that you’ll face when selling SSL certificates, provide you with the information that you need to address each one head on, and help you make the sale.

He’ll cover everything from objections over price, to how to handle questions about technology from customers who may have bought into some common misconceptions about SSL. In short, Bob will arm you with information and tactics that you can use when selling SSL to even the most sceptical of customers.

This is a free event for OpenSRS Resellers.

Details:

REGISTRATION IS FREE
What: Get the Sale! Overcoming four common objections when selling SSL
When: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. EST (16:00 UTC)

Last month we significantly expanded our SSL Certificates lineup to include more of the Internet’s leading SSL brands, and a full range of SSL certificates including code signing certs and Extended Validation (EV) certs. With 16 different options, you might be wondering what the best approach is to achieve the best results when selling these SSL products.

To help you out, we’ve arranged a free webinar with Jay Schiavo, Senior Manager, Product Management for VeriSign titled, “Understanding How to Effectively Sell SSL Certificates.” Jay has a very good understanding of the specific needs of OpenSRS resellers and during the session he’ll help you make sense of it all, explaining how to position and sell multiple brands and types to your customers.

We’ll see you there!

Details:

REGISTRATION IS FREE
What:Understanding How to Effectively Sell SSL Certificates
When: Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. EDT

And don’t forget about the other free webinar announced last week and coming up on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 – Web Hosting Solutions that Work for ISPs.

Are you an Internet Service Provider that is allowing your competitors to establish business relationships with your customers? Do you have a strategy to grow your business and react to the changing needs of your customers?

In challenging times like these, it’s critical that you understand and recognize any opportunity to strengthen your existing customer relationships.

Many ISPs overlook the opportunities that offering web hosting and domain name services provide. As a result, they open the door for competitors who tap into their customer base and realize the potential that they should be realizing for themselves.

If you would like to learn more about how to tap into the potential within your own customer base, we invite you to an exclusive, free webinar with Adam Eisner, Product Manager, Domains for OpenSRS. This webinar is presented by the Federation of Internet Solution Providers of the Americas (FISPA) and OpenSRS.

During this presentation, Adam will explain how to:

• Integrate web hosting into your service offering
• Leverage related hosting and domain-based services to add revenue and strengthen your customer relationships
• Better understand the changing business landscape facing Internet Service Providers

Details:

REGISTRATION IS FREE
What: Web Hosting Solutions that Work for ISPs
When: Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 2:00pm EDT

We’ll see you there!

Thanks to all who attended the .TEL webinar we held Wednesday. We hope you found it informative and useful.

For those who were unable to attend, the full archive of the webinar is embedded below. Additionally, we’ve also converted both presentations into PDF format for download as well.

• Adam’s presentation (PDF)
• Lars’ presentation (PDF)

We tried as best as we could to answer all of the questions that came up during the webinar. However, if you feel as though we missed yours or you didn’t get a satisfactory answer, feel free to ask again in the comments and we’ll try to get you the answers you need.

A reminder that you can try out .TEL for yourself and obtain your very own VIP .TEL domain. Head to http://www.telnic.org/vip/ and give it a try. You’ll be able to see the management interface that Telnic provides and gain a better understanding of the innovative .TEL concept.

Here’s the archived presentation (which will play on an iPhone or iPod touch through some sort of new blip.tv magic – we love blip.tv):

.TEL Sunrise is just around the corner. We’re now taking Sunrise pre-orders via the RWI as mentioned last week. Also as promised, we have details for you about the exclusive webinar for OpenSRS Resellers that we’ve arranged with Lars Jensen, Global Sales Director, Telnic Limited.

Joining Lars will be Adam Eisner, Product Manager, Domains, OpenSRS. Together they will get you up to speed on .TEL and make sure that you have all the information you need if you are planning to participate in Sunrise and Landrush. At the end of the webinar presentation, there will be a question and answer session for you to ask any questions you might have, and get answers straight from the source.

Prepare and Profit from .TEL

Join us online on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 at 1:00 P.M. EST (Convert to my time zone).

We’re using GoToWebinar for this online webinar. GoToWebinar is easy to use and will allow you to participate in the webinar in any modern web browser on either Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X.

We hope you will find this webinar valuable.

What: Domains Search and Sell web seminar
When: Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Tucows resellers are invited to join Adam Eisner, Product Manager, Domains as he explains how you can increase your domain name sales by rethinking the domain search process. Adam will demonstrate how using tools like name suggestion and Premium Domains offer better, more relevant search results that lead to more domain name sales. Adam will also discuss Tucows’ Parked Pages and Expired Domains programs – two easy ways for you to make money without lifting a finger.

This 30-minute web seminar, exclusive to Tucows resellers, will take you on an interactive, guided tour of the innovative tools you should be using to provide your customers with the best possible domain purchasing experience.

Click here to register.