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Gary Pica: 3 best practice strategies for MSP pricing models
Determining your managed service provider pricing can feel like “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” Charge too much, and you’re unable to stay competitive. Charge too little, and you undercut your business, leaving you without the revenue you...
Robin Robins: How to know with absolute certainty what customers want and will buy
Are you having trouble figuring out what additional services your customers want? What offers will get the best response? What you need to be able to do or say to get welcomed in to talk instead of being blocked, screened,...
Study finds mastering multi-cloud computing is difficult
A funny thing happened on the way to the cloud. IT became more difficult to manage. Most IT organizations today either already are or soon will be trying to manage multiple clouds, primarily for one of two reasons. The first...
What cyber liability errors & omissions coverages you REALLY need
In representing more than 900 IT clients across the United States, I have personally experienced the fact that many IT business owners think their business insurance covers client data loss situations or network security failures. I have news for you —...
Google’s murky cloud numbers
Google announced its earnings report this week, and buried in a section called ‘Other Revenue’ was their cloud earnings — thrown together with a bunch of other ill-defined stuff that wasn’t ad revenue. The good news is that the number...
4 ways to hire an effective in-house telemarketer for your MSP
Hiring a great telemarketer isn’t easy. While their salaries may not be the costliest part of your payroll, the opportunity cost that comes along with making a poor hire is very high. Think of sales prospecting like an opportunity bank...
Ask an MSP Expert: How to overcome challenges with selling Office 365
Q: I’m the dedicated sales person at an IT services company, and we’ve typically focused on providing break-fix services. Many of our customers need the SaaS productivity tools in Microsoft Office 365, so we are looking to start selling and...
3 reasons a hot lead goes cold (and how to keep it from happening)
You had a great first call. It led to a great first meeting, and you’ve written the best managed services proposal ever. You’re ready to present it, but when you call your prospect to arrange a time, they aren’t responding....
How MSPs can reduce risk with Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Identity is the new attack surface. Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report found that identity-based attacks surged 32 percent in the first half of 2025, with more than 97 percent involving password attacks. Why PAM is a must-have For MSPs, the risk is amplified because technicians often have privileged...
What AI search means for SEO
Every week, my inbox fills up with some version of the same email: “How to rank in AI search.” “Optimize for ChatGPT.” “Your clients are losing visibility. Here’s the fix.” I delete them all. Here’s why. We’ve been here before...
