MSP companies go through three stages of business growth to be successful. The first stage is up to the $1 million mark. I know most MSP owners don’t like this, but it’s kind of proof of concept because most business owners can bootstrap to a million bucks. Kevin O’Leary, of Shark Tank, says $1 million is what they consider proof …
Some of you reading this might be old enough to remember the wildly popular BluBlocker sunglasses from the ’80s. The technology in the lenses was originally created by NASA to block the sun’s blue rays; but they didn’t become a hit with the general public until adman Joe Sugarman discovered them and aggressively promoted them via magazines, TV commercials and …
Close more sales and overcome fee objections with these tips. If you’ve been selling IT services for any length of time, I am sure you have dealt with this: fee resistance. People who don’t want to take your advice and think, “We don’t need all that. Your prices are too high. I don’t want to spend that kind of money.” …
All 4 will ensure smooth sailing of your marketing endeavors. If you’ve ever run a campaign that failed and you’ve been frustrated by it because you don’t know where it went wrong, I can virtually guarantee that you missed out on one of the 4 M’s of marketing. You’ve tried different things like social media, search engine optimization, pay per …
Save yourself time and headaches with these systems. So, when you look at what most firms do for their marketing, it’s what I call vulture marketing. They basically wait for something to die in front of them and then they go jump on the carcass and hen peck it with all the other vultures. And clearly, that is not …
Register For The IT Marketing Roadshow Here’s a little statistic that might shock you about the IT services industry: 79% of the people running businesses in this industry never break the million-dollar mark. And that’s even after being in business for 10 years on average or more. What’s even more surprising is 51 percent never even get to the half …
Register For The IT Marketing Roadshow Are you an MSP struggling with solving problems in your business? Maybe it’s hiring people or making sales. Perhaps it’s your solution stack or cybersecurity protocols. It could even be you simply don’t know how to price your services. Whatever it is, I’m going to give you my single best strategy for how to …
Should your marketing be different? Is marketing different for an MSP that’s doing 10 million dollars? Should their marketing plan look different than if you’re a one-million-dollar MSP or smaller startup? I think the answer is going to surprise you. We hear a lot of new prospects say that our “Robin Robins marketing” works fine if you’re a brand-new startup …
If you’re an MSP thinking about fully outsourcing your marketing, I’m going to share with you why that could be a complete and total disaster and why you should rethink that strategy. Most marketing agencies that do a complete, “fully outsourced model” are not strategy firms. They are fulfillment firms. I know because I spent the better part of 10 …
If you’re an MSP or IT services firm, one thing I know for sure is that you live and die on client referrals. Here I’ll show you how to increase appointments from referrals! You love to get them, and it’s probably the number one way you get customers. In this video, I’m going to share with you one tip, one …
