Tag: MSP Marketing

random acts of marketing
Robin Robins: Declare independence from random acts of marketing

Robin Robins: Declare independence from random acts of marketing

One of the biggest reasons people fail in marketing is that they never get beyond random, episodic campaigns to marketing assets built on SYSTEMS and PROCESS. The other day a marketing manager asked if we had any “summer” campaigns she...

/ July 25, 2018 / 1 Comment
MSP marketing is an opportunity to have a conversation

MSP marketing is an opportunity to have a conversation

People view marketing in a wide range of different ways and, unfortunately, almost all of them are wrong. Some see it as a proverbial megaphone — a chance to blast their message out into the ether to see how far...

/ July 18, 2018
MSP marketing scalability
How your MSP marketing can help you scale your business

How your MSP marketing can help you scale your business

As someone who spends his days, day in and day out, marketing for MSPs, there’s a mistake I see MSPs and other technology-related businesses make time and again that I’d like to shed a little light on. Scalability — that...

/ June 20, 2018
Marketing campaign musts
Robin Robins: 10 marketing MUSTS for every campaign

Robin Robins: 10 marketing MUSTS for every campaign

The other day, as we were talking, a client shared with me an e-mail campaign sent out to close to 400 prospects WITH phone follow-up that generated a big fat ZERO. To be clear, not one of MY campaigns, but...

/ June 6, 2018
new business turtle
4 Ways to escape the new business turtle position

4 Ways to escape the new business turtle position

Most MSP business owners desire growth. They want to bring in more MSP new business. They want new sources of referrals. They want to have a bigger impact and reach more people with their expertise. The challenge that we often...

/ May 30, 2018
MSP marketing strategy
Why security should be a pillar in your MSP marketing strategy

Why security should be a pillar in your MSP marketing strategy

Looking back on my two decades of industry experience, one thing I can say for sure is that while the digital era has brought a huge number of benefits with it, it’s also brought a number of significant disadvantages, too....

/ May 16, 2018 / 4 Comments
Shiny penny marketing
Robin Robins: The Shiny-New-Penny Syndrome

Robin Robins: The Shiny-New-Penny Syndrome

One of the 1,100+ Boot Camp attendees wrote a rather extensive note, providing feedback that the sessions were worthless and nothing of value could be gained or learned. She mentioned the “lack of new campaigns” as one of her main...

/ April 30, 2018
Thought leadership
Carrie Simpson: Thought leadership prospecting the right way

Carrie Simpson: Thought leadership prospecting the right way

Thought leadership prospecting combines personalized interactions with automated marketing touches. It uses carefully curated content and intelligent one-on-one discussions to begin and nurture relationships with qualified prospects. The good news is that you can start thought leadership prospecting using the...

/ April 18, 2018 / 3 Comments
marketing KPIs
Angela Leavitt: 7 key marketing KPIs for MSPs

Angela Leavitt: 7 key marketing KPIs for MSPs

The beginning of any new year is an exciting time for MSPs, especially when it comes to your sales and marketing efforts. You have a blank slate and, hopefully, another full year of data from which to learn and move...

/ April 18, 2018
marketing strategy mistakes
Nate Freedman: Is your MSP wasting money on the wrong type of marketing?

Nate Freedman: Is your MSP wasting money on the wrong type of marketing?

As a marketing professional with more than a decade of entrepreneurial experience, I tend to spend a lot of time talking to managed services providers about the ways that they can use digital marketing to continue to grow and evolve...

/ March 14, 2018 / 1 Comment