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Percentage of channel partners offering managed services achieves critical mass
It’s been a very long time coming, but it looks like there may finally be more channel partners offering managed services than traditional break-fix services. A survey of subscribers published this week by ChannelPro finds the number of partners offering...
If you want to win more MSP clients, you need to surprise them
As an essential part of our onboarding process with any new client at Tech Pro Marketing, we always go through a phase of competitor research. It’s always a good idea to keep up-to-date with what is going on in the industry,...
Why your MSP should build strategic alliances
Does your MSP see other IT businesses as rivals to compete against, or allies to collaborate with?
3 big marketing developments for MSPs
It was nearly 2,500 years ago when Greek philosopher Heraclitus proclaimed, “Change is the only constant in life.” Two and a half millennia later, his words still ring true.
Leave things better than you find them
My mom and dad weren’t big campers. In fact, my mom never went along on a family camping adventure, preferring instead to let my older brother and me suffer the consequences of my dad’s questionable planning. Fortunately, my dad braved...
How savvy MSPs can overcome internal IT team objections
Managed service providers (MSPs) regularly encounter internal IT teams that are firmly convinced they can provide any IT service better and at a lower cost. The cost comparison usually doesn’t include the true fully-loaded cost of hiring a full-time employee...
Selling managed services to the modern small business owner
I recently took on a client who fits the description of an “old school” MSP business owner – someone who has been in this industry for years and has seen the landscape shift around them time and again. This particular...
OK – you’re an MSP. Now what?
MSPs have varied prospect bases. Some focus on servicing large enterprises where the effective decision maker is a technical person or group. But for the many MSPs that target small and medium enterprises (SMEs), there is often a completely different...
Retail sector emerges as a larger opportunity for MSPs
Many managed service providers (MSPs) initially got their start by providing support for point-of-sale (PoS) systems and digital signage deployed in retail outlets that are difficult for internal IT organizations short on staff to support. As IT continues to evolve...
5G network opportunity starts to come into focus for MSPs at CES
5G networking was all the rage this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Despite all the sound and fury emanating from providers of carrier services and manufacturers of processors, such as Intel, very little has changed in terms of...