Can the He-Man Creators Teach MSPs about IT Marketing?

If you grew up in the 1980s like me, you no doubt were a huge Star Wars fan and loved to play with the action figures. Of course, you probably had no idea that the massive success of the Star Wars toys caused a huge problem for other toy companies and even changed the original
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Is Your MSP Business Tall Enough to Ride Big Clients’ Networks?

If you remember back when you were a kid at an amusement park, the challenge that might stop you from riding a rollercoaster was the sign, “Are you tall enough to ride this ride?” Many MSP businesses face this same question when a prospect ask them if they have enough employees
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Does Your IT Marketing Team Follow Up Like Colombo?

In the classic TV show Colombo, Peter Falk made this quote famous, “Let me ask just one more question?” You see, Colombo was one of the most persistent characters portrayed on television. Once he latched on to a murder suspect he would question them endlessly, walk away and then
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Are You Willing to Spy on Your MSP Marketing Competitor?

While James Bond was willing to go head to head with any villain, he never did so without spying on them first. He would always infiltrate his enemy and discover their secrets before taking any action to use his famous license to kill! Could MSPs learn an important marketing
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Managed Services is a Term as Clear as Mud for Marketing Purposes

The phrase managed services can be tempting to use when marketing your business because it’s been heavily used and branded in the minds of consumers for years. However, if you employ the term managed services when selling IT support, it will only confuse your prospects. The
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Here Is a Secret to Getting IT Sales Leads from Chris Gardner

Using Creative Cold-Calling Strategies IT sales leads are like a field of potential harvest. You’re much more likely to source a sale from a list of leads than you are from someone who isn’t even interested in your products or services. Leads may not be specifically
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Do You Truly Believe You Can Accomplish Your MSP Business Goals?

The Power of Belief  If you’re going to get your MSP business where you want it to be, you’re going to have to set a goal for yourself and strive to achieve that goal. While there’s definitely something to be said for designing goals that you can hit, you
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One Marketing Lesson About Trying to Break Into the IT Services Business: Honesty Is the Best Policy

Marketing IT services is best done in a manner that is straightforward. “Honesty is the best policy” may be an old platitude, but it still rings true. When you are trying to make people think you are worth more than you actually are, you are liable to end up with an
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