Our website is now easily accessible for users of mobile telephones.

In November 2015 QBS group moved their website to an ‘adaptive’ design. This means that the website is easily accessible by using a mobile telephone. On the advice of Sander van Leeuwen, online marketer with QBS group, it was a necessary step. Sander: “Over the last two years, we have seen a considerable increase in the number of visitors to our website through mobile telephones. In order to provide our website visitors with a good user experience, we decided to optimise our website for mobile usage.”

An efficient approach

The project started in the summer of 2015 and was approached efficiently. Sander: “The complete website of QBS group consists of over 1200 pages in 10 different languages. So it would be a lot of work to build a complete new website, which wasn’t necessary as all we wanted was a website that was easily accessible for visitors with mobile phones. So we decided to ‘reuse’ the old website as much as possible. As far as content is concerned, the website stayed pretty much the same. The only thing that was ‘freshened up’ was the website’s look and feel.”

An adaptive website

The website of QBS group is now an ‘adaptive’ website which is more than just a ‘responsive’ website. Sander: “A ‘responsive’ website means that the content of the website stays the same on every device. An ‘adaptive’ website, however, shows different content on different devices. For example certain images are not shown on mobile devices. Also tables that are not suitable for mobile devices are not shown.”

It has only just begun

QBS group’s adaptive website went live successfully, but that doesn’t mean the work is over. Sander: “It has only just begun. Releasing a new website means the start of a new phase. We are now going to see how the mobile version of our website is being used and how we can improve this. For example, if we see that more people register for events on the mobile version of our website than on the desktop version, we can choose to move the link for registering higher up the page on the mobile version. And in that way increase registrations.”

Marketing partners

The new website was made possible by QBS marketing partners Spankracht and Maxdoro. Sander: “Spankracht took care of the new ‘look and feel’ and Maxdoro was responsible for coding. I’d like to say thanks to both partners for their hard work. They’ve done a great job.”

See our mobile version

Interested in seeing how the mobile version of our website looks? Take a peek on your mobile phone or just make your browser window smaller and experience the difference.

Would you like your website to be adaptive too?

Do you need your website to responsive or adaptive? Not sure whether it’s necessary for mobile access to your website? Need help to review the possibilities? Then please contact us for our advice.

On Monday the 16th of November we introduced OneBizz, the Smart Business Software, to Microsoft Dynamics and Office partners in Spain. After the Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark and Germany, Spain is now the fifth country in which OneBizz has been introduced to the partner community.

Together with management of Microsoft Spain, Joop van Voorthuijsen, CEO of QBS group, introduced OneBizz and the advantages of our partner model to an interested audience of more than 70 partners. The feedback was very positive and several partners directly stated that they plan to be a future OneBizz partner. The introduction of OneBizz took place on the same day as QBShare Spain, which also was a very successful partner event.

A LOGICAL STEP

Spain is a country where QBS group is very successful and has many partners. The introduction of OneBizz in Spain therefore is a logical step.

ABOUT ONEBIZZ

OneBizz integrates Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics ERP in one single standard solution for small and medium sizes businesses. OneBizz is available in the cloud and on a pay-per-use basis.

ONEBIZZ PARTNER PROGRAM

OneBizz is provided to end-customers through a partner model, in which we take care of product development and integration, billing and provisioning, partner training, marketing and lead generation. Our partners focus on following-up sales opportunities, sales, implementation and support. OneBizz offers partners a great opportunity to become successful in the world of cloud business software, recurring profits and predictable cashflow.

More about the OneBizz Partner Program

Microsoft has announced some important changes in its branding strategy. One of the changes is that the three sails are gone from the well-known Microsoft Dynamics logo.

The changes are the result of the ‘One Microsoft’ approach of CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft wants users to combine different Microsoft solutions and use them as one. Different logos for different solutions don’t fit the approach of ‘Microsoft as a complete solution’ and therefore Microsoft’s branding is now more uniform. You can see an example of the new branding strategy and logos below.

New logo for Microsoft Dynamics

One of the major changes is a new logo for Microsoft Dynamics. The logo no longer has the three sails in it. It is now a blue boxtile with the name of the specific solution on the left upper side (see example below).

Microsoft has also developed new Dynamics-icons for apps (see example below).

How to use the new branding strategy

Microsoft would like partners to use the new logos in their communication materials. But for now this only applies to new materials, so it is not necessary to update all of your existing materials.

For more information on the new branding strategy, please download the new branding guidelines here at PartnerSource. The now logos can be downloaded here (also on PartnerSource).

Need help? Use QBS Content Services!

The new Microsoft branding strategy could be a good opportunity for you to update your existing communication materials. For example your website, brochures, stationery or presentation materials. We can offer you help! Please contact us (link to contact form)

For the 2nd year in a row QBS group is awarded Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics

For the 2nd consecutive year, Microsoft has awarded QBS group with the prestigious membership of the Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics. The 2015 Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle honors an elite group of 60 of the most strategic Microsoft partners across the globe, showing high commitment to customers reflected in their business performance and high level of sales achievement.  Being a member of the Inner Circle illustrates a partner’s commitment to customer satisfaction and signifies the highest quality for delivery and support of Microsoft Dynamics products.

Neil Holloway, Corporate Vice President Microsoft Business Solutions Sales & Partners: “Each year we recognize and honour Microsoft Dynamics partners from around the world for exemplary performance. These award-winning partners inspire us by the standards they set and the impact they have on the business.  Microsoft is honoured to recognize QBS group for their achievements this past year and for their dedication and support of Microsoft Dynamics applications.”

Joop van Voorthuijsen, CEO QBS group says: “I am extremely proud that we have succeeded in receiving this prestigious award for the 2nd year in a row. This award means a lot to us and is the result of great achievements by both our partners and our team. It is a collective result that our group has reached during our journey as Microsoft Dynamics Master VAR. This awards will give a boost to our organisation, and is a clear evidence that the strategy is showing success. It also is a great foundation for further success for both our partners and our own organisation in our new role as SMB Distributor.”14