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Travel and Technology
By Adam Walter on Aug 30, 2021
Topics: Managed Services Providers CIO Humanize Podcast
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EpISODE 164: Complexity is the Enemy
By Adam Walter on Aug 23, 2021
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Topics: Managed Services Providers IT Management CIO Technical Account Manager
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Episode 163: Exercise and IT
By Adam Walter on Aug 11, 2021
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Topics: vCIO IT Management MSP Humanize Podcast
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Unified Member Success
By Skip Ziegler on Apr 26, 2021
Unified Member Success - education, coaching, onboarding and community in one location resulting in faster adoption.
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Simplified Product Lines
By Adam Walter on Apr 19, 2021
Becoming a world class Strategic Technology provider has never been easier. However, to accomplish this you need to have the right tools, mindset and training.
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Integrated and Seamless Solution
By Adam Walter on Apr 12, 2021
Becoming a world class Strategic Technology provider has never been easier. However, to accomplish this you need to have the right tools, mindset and training. In this video and blog we spend some time talking through how streamlining our products is resulting in a big win for MSPs wanting to take their client engagement to the next level.
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Merger meant for you
By Adam Walter on Apr 1, 2021
Virtual C and Managed Services Platform have been working together to create tools to increase customer success since 2017. Together we have created a turnkey product line with all the tools, templates, coaching and resources necessary for success. These all form the battle-tested Humanize IT framework that many of you are familiar with.
Topics: Managed Services Providers Managed Services Platform
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How Salespeople Close IT Projects Faster?
By Myles Olson on Jan 28, 2021
We’re all too well aware of the enormous amount of work that goes into the preparation phase of every client IT project. From the idea stage (we need to replace the server architecture) to actually being able to send a proper quote ($18,500 with labour cost) the MSP spends dozens of hours coming up with the IT project plan and the numbers. The hours are tracked as “sales” hours spending time on those quotes but at the end of the day most of those projects never take off. Everybody is bummed, the client calls off the opportunity, the team writes off the time to a “lost opportunity” category and life goes on. However there is a totally legitimate, battle-tested sales tactic that a few MSPs use to cut this unproductive and morale-draining busy work. Let's get into the details.
Topics: IT Sales Person Managed Services Providers IT Account Management QBR Technical Account Manager Managed Services Platform
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The Complete MSP QBR Process
By Denes Purnhauser on Jan 22, 2021
At Managed Services Platform our goal has always been to make your MSP business more productive to face the ever growing expectations of client engagement activities.
In this article we've collected all the best practices you can utilize to connect the dots on how to prepare, deliver and follow up client meetings. Use this article as a reference guide and sources of many articles, blog posts and feature highlights that can help you make both you and clients more productive.
We've added new sections based on the the new software features and integrations of Managed Services Platform 2021 February Release.
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How to Schedule QBRs for Engagement
By Denes Purnhauser on Jan 14, 2021
Most MSPs have a hard time not only engaging executives in QBRs but even being able to sit down with clients, as they don’t see the value they add to their business. The goal of scheduling a QBR is more about selling them the process, benefits and the results so they see the value and look forward to these events.
We are going to discover the minimum requirements of scheduling an engaging session with the right people in the client’s organization. As a result you are going to get more executive level decision makers in your meetings with higher anticipation.
Topics: Managed Services Providers IT Account Management IT Client Engagement QBR Technical Account Manager Managed Services Platform
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The State of the vCIO in 2020
By Dr Peter Torbagyi on Jan 7, 2021
Every year Managed Services Platform publishes a report about the state of the vCIO. We summarize the experiences of the largest vCIO community in the world. We’re not just interested in the major trends in the technology space, but how those impacted the vCIO role and responsibilities.
Topics: vCIO Virtual CIO CIO Managed Services Platform
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Client Engagement in 2021 New Features
By Denes Purnhauser on Dec 10, 2020
At Managed Services Platform our vision has always been to turn technically heavy client meetings into engaging value added business conversations.
2020 has brought new challenges for Account Managers and vCIOs. Client meetings became remote, the duration of sessions shrank, the topics in QBRs steadily increased and clients got very apprehensive about investing in general.
We would like to go through the upcoming new features to make sure you can solve those challenge.