Category: Sales & Marketing

Lead generation
Robin Robins: What a casket sales company can teach you about lead generation

Robin Robins: What a casket sales company can teach you about lead generation

Here’s a product you don’t see advertised very often: caskets. So when I saw a company advertising them one morning on national TV, it caught my attention. Unfortunately, I missed the company name — however, the biggest, most glaring FAIL...

/ July 19, 2017
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Robin Robins: Where’s The BEEF?

Robin Robins: Where’s The BEEF?

I’m sure that a certain younger reader will NOT understand that reference — so google it. Back in the ’80s, “Where’s THE BEEF?” was a hugely successful catchphrase that kicked off a flurry of memed merchandise and became as popular...

/ June 14, 2017
facebook marketing
This one blog post can put your MSP marketing into high gear

This one blog post can put your MSP marketing into high gear

Trust me—This isn’t a blog post you want to skim through. You should print it off, study it, and bookmark it so you can reference it over and over again. The “Wild West” of MSP marketing is here. It’s been...

/ June 8, 2017
Carrie Simpson: How to use WannaCry to sell your MSP Services

Carrie Simpson: How to use WannaCry to sell your MSP Services

Aren’t you tired of seeing every second post on LinkedIn being about how none of so-and-so’s clients got hit with WannaCry ransomware and how so-and-so can help protect from it? Are you bored of reading about it by now? I...

/ May 24, 2017
msp lead generation
Angela Leavitt: Why is MSP lead generation so hard?

Angela Leavitt: Why is MSP lead generation so hard?

I was just on the phone this morning with an MSP who was telling me all about “the good old days.” He said that back when he started his company in 1995, lead generation was easy. He was first to...

/ May 23, 2017
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Stuart Crawford: The next frontier of managed services marketing

Stuart Crawford: The next frontier of managed services marketing

If there’s one thing I do well it’s marketing managed IT services. You see, over the years the world has changed, but many of you haven’t. I bet you’re still trying to build a business by selling “immediate ROI” or,...

/ May 10, 2017
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Robin Robins: Let’s Talk About Price $$$$$

Robin Robins: Let’s Talk About Price $$$$$

I’m about to make somebody (you?) a lot of money because I’m about to give you an idea for raising your fees that will allow you to prove to yourself you’re leaving a LOT of money on the table. First,...

/ May 3, 2017
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Stuart Crawford: 7 Tips for writing the best email subject lines

Stuart Crawford: 7 Tips for writing the best email subject lines

Email marketing is a key strategy you should include in your MSP marketing plan. It has nearly three times the success rate as marketing on social media, and it’s especially effective for keeping your clients and prospects informed about your IT...

/ April 24, 2017
call reluctance
How to conquer call reluctance as an MSP

How to conquer call reluctance as an MSP

One of the biggest issues when you or someone in your company is planning to start cold calling for the first time is call reluctance. If you’d rather be doing anything but dialing the phone, changing how you view the...

/ April 17, 2017
social media
How MSPs can use social media to generate new business

How MSPs can use social media to generate new business

Every day at least one managed IT service provider calls me or shoots me an email asking how they can best use social media to generate new business. Here’s what I always tell them—If you’re not using social media to...

/ March 29, 2017