Customer referrals are a powerful way for managed service providers (MSPs) to bring in new business. In fact, a potential customer is four times more likely to make a purchase when referred by a friend or colleague.
Are You Selling Your MSP Services on Price or Quality?
MSPs have always faced sales challenges. Overcoming sales objections isn’t something many MSP owners enjoy handling. They’d rather focus their efforts elsewhere. But here’s the good news: MSPs can overcome one of the most common sales objections by simply tweaking their approach to sales. Continue reading
Content Marketing Tips from a Seasoned MSP
Want to get started with content marketing for your MSP business? Keep reading for tips from Thomas Lawrence of Lawrence Systems, a seasoned MSP who has built an extensive content marketing operation. In this article, which is based on an interview with Thomas, you’ll find critical tips on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to content marketing for MSPs. Continue reading
News You Might’ve Missed. 30 March – 03 April
What's new in the news this week for MSPs? Another week in quarantine and shutdown for many of us. Amazon releases its investigator service for general use, and Microsoft rebrands Office365. Meanwhile, hackers and other breaches predominate. The world is moving ahead, with lots of changes afoot. Let’s see what's going on.
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Stop Losing Customers Before It’s Too Late
Imagine that you have just lost a customer. While this is not a reason for an immediate panic attack, customers leave and it’s the reality for every business, this is a sign that not all processes in your managed IT business are running smoothly.
How MSPs Offer Cloud Implementation to Customers
Cloud services are shaking up every industry on a global scale. From mid-market to large organizations, the cloud’s popularity is gaining, due to big data, privacy concerns, and other safety and security issues.
According to a recent study by Gartner, the public cloud services market will grow another 17 percent in 2020, reaching $266.4 billion, and this growth is picking up speed. Continue reading
4 Books Every MSP Owner Should Read
Like many things in life, reading is oftentimes low on our priority lists, but it shouldn’t be, especially if you’re an MSP owner who’s looking to generate new business. Continue reading
How to Properly Add a New Machine to Your Managed Services
Adding a new PC, endpoint or user is a common task for MSPs. As clients’ business needs change and evolve, they may take on new hires or expand their business portfolio — updates that require adding more machines to their existing network. Continue reading
News You Might’ve Missed. 23-27 March
What's new this week in the news for MSPs? We may be in quarantine, but that doesn't stop security breaches and malware attacks.
AWS offers hybrid service Outposts and accuses Pentagon of giving a do-over to Microsoft, Finastra gets hit by a security breach, and more. It's been a busy week! Let's see what's going on.
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How to Move Workstations So Employees Can Work from Home Fast
One of the biggest challenges in transitioning employees to a work-from-home environment is giving them access to the applications and data that they run on their workstations in the office. It's usually not practical (or secure) for employees to take their physical workstations with them when they switch to working from home. Trying to have employees install work applications on their personal, at-home computers is equally problematic.
Password Management Best Practices for MSPs
The global cybersecurity landscape is evolving and continues to grow more dangerous by the day. More and more hackers are exploiting the relationship between organizations and their MSPs to compromise IT assets. Continue reading
Do You Really Need Cyber Liability Insurance?
It’s no secret that data breaches and all kinds of cybercrimes have become the norm these days. In the past few years, data breaches have resulted in major fines and legal fees for discount retail chains, a few banks, and several entertainment networks from around the world. Continue reading





