Topic: Managed Services - Page 64

Some channel pros produce lots of revenue with few or no employees. Here’s a look at their secrets.

How to develop your A team to take your company to the next level.

Erick and Rich ask why channel pros aren’t talking about blockchain more, urge you to stop giving away services out of the kindness of your heart, and marvel at the people in Dallas who scanned a random QR code in the sky recently and got Rickrolled.

Themed “Protect and Profit,” the live online event featured panels on trends channel pros need to stay on top of, including compliance and liability, ransomware, cyber insurance, workplace threats, and more.

Channel pros can make money through consulting, implementation, device management, and ongoing support, as well as internal development.

If you’re stuck at sub-10% growth, your enthusiasm and your tax responsibility are considerably decreasing, making it a great time to sell.

Let’s face it, it’s a pretty tough gig today for MSPs with growth performance under the spotlight. While the overall managed service market is growing, and many MSPs secured new business during the pandemic as they helped companies safely digitize, the market is also attracting new entrants. Many of whom have hyper-relevant, innovative, turnkey solutions and are crowding out established players.

Erick and Rich explore Cytracom’s bold move into secure networking, explain why watching Google for local ransomware stories can help MSPs land new business, and question why anyone would want to take their house plants with them on vacation.

In honor of World Backup Day, consider these three tips for discussing a more secure backup infrastructure for your managed services clients.

Delivering cloud services and providing them with strong business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) protection can present challenges, so it’s helpful to hear from other MSPs about what worked for them and to learn best practices for providing value to customers. Datto interviewed its MSP partners to gather insights about what helped them successfully grow their business with the cloud. No matter your cloud maturity, learning from other MSPs will help guide you in your efforts to establish a cloud practice.