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Managed service providers (MSPs) often find that their clients and prospects – small and medium businesses (SMBs) of all kinds – don’t understand why they should hire an MSP. It’s not always easy for them to see the value that an MSP can bring to their business. Learn more on the tactics MSPs can use to boost revenue and sales by leveraging the value of their expertise.

In order to nail the BCDR pitch, MSPs must take the time to nurture their customers and prospects with educational content. From this eBook, you’ll learn how to explain the benefits of a fully managed BCDR solution over traditional backup products from successful MSPs who’ve got it down to a science. You’ll also learn real-world examples on how BCDR products can reduce the financial impact of an outage (i.e. business downtime) and access a 1-page pitch script for arguing your case.

Sometimes a disaster is as minor as an accidental deletion of a specific file, folder, or image. Other times, an entire office is destroyed or rendered inaccessible. That’s why MSPs need a complete toolbox of restore capabilities that match a variety of recovery scenarios. See more here on how Datto’s business continuity solutions give MSPs the tools they need to address any type of disaster.

Disaster recovery testing is all about finding flaws in your DR plan. However, many MSPs unintentionally conduct tests that fail to accomplish that goal, or conduct incomplete tests overall. Learn more on how to avoid these mistakes and the benefits of partnering with MSP-centric technology vendors that can help support your disaster recovery testing efforts.

Results from our latest reader survey suggest that 2020, while hard, could have been far worse, and that 2021, while uncertain, looks way more promising. Overview and full results included here.

Simply complete the form below to download the report.

Erick and Rich sift through the blockbuster SYNNEX/Tech Data merger, urge you to integrate your line-of-business software more thoroughly, and ponder the wisdom of a proposal in Maine’s state legislature to legalize Viking funeral pyres.

Erick and Rich explore the difficulties of preparing for economic liftoff in uncertain times, the strategic uses of asset management, and whether or not a free all-you-can-eat sushi meal is worth changing your name for.

Erick and Rich explore Microsoft’s latest security upgrades and headaches, explain why MSPs should focus on profit rather than revenue, and present one more example of why uncaged animals simply don’t belong in passenger cabins.

Learn proven techniques for finding a diverse range of job candidates and motivating them to apply for your job openings in this conversation with Paige Reh of solution provider Strategic Communications and CompTIA’s Yvette Steele.

This week, Erick and Rich have Kaseya’s acquisition of RocketCyber on their mind, along with the importance of normalizing your PSA data and the appeal of a new job opening for a professional sleeper.