I talked to around 100 MSPs at DattoCon this year and learned a lot about the state of our industry. While the good news is that some MSPs are seeing the opportunity in our space and capitalizing on it, the bad news is that many MSP leaders either don’t...
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Putting all your eggs in one basket is never a good strategy. It’s always best to diversify most aspects of your business, especially your customer base. Most of us have been there before. We score a big customer and tout it as a big win, which is a significant...
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I’ve recently been talking a lot with our peer groups about the changing economy. Unfortunately, the hopes of a soft landing for the economy are diminishing. I think we’ve reached the point where we all need to think about what rising interest rates and a looming recession mean to...
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There’s been a lot of talk about employee burnout recently. With the labor shortage not getting any better, employers are demanding more from their employees, which is negatively impacting employee morale and productivity. Being able to identify employee burnout and prevent it from happening in the first place can...
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Sometimes, I have a false sense of security and optimism about the MSP market and its future. I forget how far along the TruMethods and The CyberCall communities are compared to what I call “the general population of MSPs.” I spoke at a local event in Philadelphia recently, where...
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No matter what business you’re in, you should have an attorney review your contracts. If you don’t, one small mistake could cost you millions of dollars, which, more than likely, would put you out of business. But if you don’t have an attorney, what should you look for in...
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Recently on The CyberCall, we talked about dataflow diagrams with Brian Blakley. If you’re not familiar with Brian, he is the founder of Cosant, a cybersecurity firm, and works primarily with MSPs on their cyber strategies. According to him, most MSP customers are not able to attach proper risk...
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You have a lot of choices as an MSP in terms of priorities. You can focus on trying to be more efficient with professional services or support, reevaluate sales, add tools, standards, and the list goes on and on. But there is one thing that can really make a...
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I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I like to archive all the notes from my audio messages. I’ve been doing this since I started recording weekly audio messages for TruMethods members back in 2009. At the beginning of this year, I decided to time travel. I created a...
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The vCIO process is one of the most important aspects of the TruMethods framework we teach to managed services providers (MSPs). The vCIO is responsible for relationship management, client education, life cycle budgeting, and more. Putting the wrong person in the vCIO role could prove disastrous for not only...
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