MDF = Marketing Development Funds. Money that vendors put aside for MSPs to spend on marketing, in order to sell more of the vendor’s stuff. And there’s a ton of …
2020 Focus area 2) Getting new, quality clients, with less stress
This series of 5 articles is designed to help you reflect and focus on what’s most important to you in 2020. Previous article: 2020 Focus area 1)Know what you want, …
Growing your MSP? Context is everything
Context is everything when building a growth strategy. Quite often when I’m talking to MSP owners (and I meet a lot of new people every month), we get round to …
Literally the worst video I’ve ever seen
I was quite embarrassed when this friend of mine showed me the video that he had put together to promote his business. Now, let me state for the record. This …
My webinar for CompTIA: How to win clients who stay longer, spend more and whinge less
Earlier this week I did a webinar for CompTIA. Great fun! We talked about how most MSP clients are inexperienced buyers (yes, even business owners). So they pick a new …
The magic MSP pixie dust that turns prospects into clients
I love marketing, literally love it. Marketing has not only paid my mortgage over the years, it paid OFF my mortgage by letting me build up a business to become …
Your world is so complicated, it’s no wonder prospects need their hands holding
So, I’d kind of momentarily forgotten just how complicated your world is. Until, this week when I wrote a book about something technical. It took me 5,023 words to explain …
The huge mistake most MSPs make with their brand
I try not to write about brand and branding too much. Partly because I prefer to write about a more effective form of marketing, called direct response. That’s where you …
Video: Should you use Instagram to get clients for your MSP
The stuff you do – or don’t do – every day has a direct impact on the lifestyle you get to lead. I explained this to a client today, as …
Summer of video marketing: Testimonials made easy
We’re coming to the end of this series, after I declared this to be the summer of video marketing for your MSP. And in my final video today, I top …