Cut technology roadmap creation time by 50% As a vCIO, creating client-facing roadmaps with prioritized technology gaps should be a breeze. It is the best way to show your clients how you are managing their IT infrastructure and what gets their buy-in on new services to ensure undisrupted operations....
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The close of a sale is a celebratory occasion. After signing the contract, most companies might open a bottle of champagne or give a round of high-fives to celebrate the glory new revenue brings. It’s a joyful moment. However, this moment is often short-lived since the onus is then...
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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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We change as the needs of our customers change. And for MSPs, their world has changed significantly over the past couple of years. Some of these changes are easy for customers to understand, while others are not. It’s important to remember that your customers are dealing with and depending...
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If you’re not a world class MSP today, make it a goal to become one in 2022. World class MSPs have command of their operations, are focused on sales, and most importantly, driven by process. The only way for an MSP to hit all three attributes of a World...
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When creatingstrategic initiatives in the myITprocess Strategic Roadmap, it is common to get pulled in the direction of creatinginitiativesthat reference technology versus plugging into clients’ business initiatives.Recommendationscan and should be a blend of business and technology suggestions, but should always reference a business case as to why the recommendation...
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In any business model, each role needs to do their job to the best of their ability; this has remained a principle of business since the beginning of capitalism. But how have things changed for everyone throughout the course of the pandemic? The Technology Alignment (TAM) role in particular...
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How did a parking lot remind me of your Technology Success practice? Although some people have returned to the office at this point in the pandemic, there are still many people working from home. Of the companies that are still working from home, their office parking lots have not...
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Have you recently taken a step back to ask yourself: “What am I doing to deliberately demonstrate the value that I work so hard to deliver to customers?” In the MSP world, “we don’t hear from them much” is simply not an acceptable way to explain an overall client...
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A lot of the business world for many years has revolved around the idea of being as efficient and robotic as possible to make sure we are as profitable as possible. And don’t get us wrong, being efficient is great and necessary to have a good business, but for...
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