Topic: Business Strategy - Page 95

As the founder and CEO of Technology Marketing Toolkit prepares for her annual IT Sales and Marketing Boot Camp next month, she shares some thoughts on what’s ahead.

Some matchups are competitive. Others not so much. And when it comes to bacon versus, well, anything, Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Brian Weiss, of ITECH Solutions, are in lockstep agreement.

Erick and Rich urge you to get in on compliance services even if you’re a regulatory newbie, explain why dumping low margin services regularly is a good idea, and make plans to place an order for Iron Mike Tyson’s ear-shaped cannabis edible.

A service portfolio manager works with delivery, sales, and marketing to inform your services strategy and plan investments to meet market needs.

Disaster recovery plans are widely accepted as a way to ensure all critical data, IT systems and networks can be recovered in any event classed as an emergency. These plans also ensure that corporate business objectives can be achieved during the disruption. In short, it is a plan that keeps a business operational.

Artificial intelligence, the next frontier of automation, will be a business imperative for channel pros who want to become more agile, innovative, and competitive.

Erick and Rich dive into the upbeat numbers in this year’s ChannelPro State of the Channel report, explain why ticket escalation rate is a KPI, and ponder why anyone would think sneaking reptiles across the border in your pockets is a good plan.

Join Brian Doyle, Tim McNeil, and Robb Rogers, the hosts of the MSP Business School podcast, for a conversation with our own Joel Zaidspiner about why keeping pace with the IT industry’s latest is a must for managed service providers.

Since its launch in 2021, the women-only network reimagines a supportive environment focused on business growth and operational excellence.

Erick and Rich tally up the reasons why direct-to-cloud BDR is on the rise, discuss a new and better way to sell BDR, and agree that the man who discovered a pearl worth thousands of dollars in his clam dinner is the good news story we need right now.