Carrie Richardson

All posts by Carrie Richardson

Carrie Lynn Richardson is a sales strategist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Fox & Crow Group, where she helps managed service providers (MSPs) and technology companies build predictable, scalable revenue systems. With more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, she has built and exited multiple businesses and advised organizations across the IT channel. Richardson specializes in designing structured sales processes, aligning marketing and sales execution, and helping founder-led companies transition from referral-driven growth to disciplined, repeatable revenue operations.

How MSPs can use AI to build better prospecting lists

How MSPs can use AI to build better prospecting lists

AI can help with MSP sales prospecting, but I wouldn’t spend ten minutes asking an LLM to research every company before making a call. Instead, use AI to remove the administrative work that slows prospecting: cleaning lists, extracting data from...

/ September 28, 2026
How MSPs can turn sales calls into better marketing

How MSPs can turn sales calls into better marketing

Your prospects are already telling you what your MSP should be writing about. They tell you what worries them, what they don’t understand and why they’re unhappy with their current provider. They explain their concerns about switching, pricing and what...

/ September 21, 2026
Why smaller MSPs outrank you online

Why smaller MSPs outrank you online

There’s a five-person MSP in your market that’s been around for four years. You’ve been around for twelve. You have three times the headcount, a longer client list, and a track record the smaller MSP can’t match. Yet when a...

/ September 14, 2026
“We already have an MSP website” isn’t the same as being found online

“We already have an MSP website” isn’t the same as being found online

Two years ago, your managed service provider (MSP) invested in a website redesign. New layout, updated copy, maybe a fresh logo treatment. You paid the invoice and moved on, because the work was done. Except the work wasn’t done.  The...

/ September 7, 2026
You’re paying for MSP marketing that isn’t working, here’s the data

You’re paying for MSP marketing that isn’t working, here’s the data

Last month’s marketing invoice cleared, and somewhere between the ticket queue and the vendor call, you approved it without checking whether it produced anything. The agency sent a report.  Impressions were up.  Click-through rate held steady.  In the same thirty...

/ August 31, 2026
Why your MSP’s social posts get zero engagement

Why your MSP’s social posts get zero engagement

You posted a “5 Cybersecurity Tips” graphic that you generated using ChatGPT last Tuesday. Three likes. Two are employees. One is your mom. Now you’re wondering if social media is even worth it for your MSP.  The problem isn’t that...

/ August 24, 2026
Why your MSP isn’t getting inbound leads

Why your MSP isn’t getting inbound leads

I work with MSPs on sales and marketing every day, and Fox & Crow Group builds and sells both software and research that measures MSP marketing performance. With that bias stated right up front, the data is still the data....

/ August 17, 2026
The MSP sales stack is an expensive myth

The MSP sales stack is an expensive myth

Ask ten MSP owners what’s in their sales stack and you’ll get ten different answers, and every one of them is a number nobody’s added up. Here’s my bias, up front: I sell an MSP CRM. Take that for what...

/ August 10, 2026
Why your PSA isn’t a CRM anymore

Why your PSA isn’t a CRM anymore

Your PSA (professional services automation platform) was built to run service delivery. It was not built to run sales. Smaller MSPs can use a PSA as a CRM until sales activity increases or large amounts of prospect data enter the...

/ August 3, 2026
The MSP guide to sales accountability

The MSP guide to sales accountability

You can’t hold a sales rep accountable with numbers you don’t trust. The CRM says one thing. Meanwhile, the rep says another. As a result, the owner doesn’t know who to believe, so nothing changes. Fox & Crow Group works...

/ July 27, 2026