The Cloud Assessment Is Where You Stop Looking Like Another MSP
The Domain Scan earns a responsible reason to talk. It does not close the deal, finish discovery, or prove what is happening inside the company. The…
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MSP Sales & GrowthThe Sentence That Sets Your MSP Sales Ceiling
MSP sales self-doubt changes what you notice. A founder's lesson on the sentence that makes an opportunity visible or invisible, and how to write over it this week.
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Own the missing middle.
Sometimes the Best Deal Is the One You Don't Take
Related: [Qualify before you quote](/insights/msp-client-qualification-scorecard) Not every company that agrees to buy should become your customer.
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An educational event should teach before it sells. The useful sequence is simple: invite business leaders to a real discussion, collect the company and…
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80 · Prospect Intelligence
MSP Sales Intelligence vs. General Contact Data
Contact data tells you who to call. It does not tell you why the security conversation matters. ZoomInfo, Apollo, 6sense, Cognism, Bombora, Lusha, LeadIQ,…
109 · MSP Sales & Growth
7 Best MSP Prospecting Tools in 2026
Compare seven MSP prospecting tools in 2026 by their job: dated evidence, buyer research, contact discovery, technical context, and follow-up.
22 · Cyber Resilience & Insurance
Eight Business Worries. One Consented Assessment.
Here's a mistake I made for years and watch other MSPs make daily: assuming clients care about security the way we care about security. We think in…
18 · Applications & OAuth
Consent Is a Feature.
The Microsoft consent window is one of those screens people stop reading because it looks like paperwork. I want the opposite reaction. Put it on the…
93 · AI Readiness
Shadow AI in Small Business: What the Connected Apps Show
Shadow AI is employees connecting AI assistants to work email and files without IT approval. What Kaseya's 2026 data shows, and how MSPs turn it into a first meeting.
97 · Microsoft 365
MFA Adoption Statistics for Small Business (2026)
Only 27% of small businesses enforce MFA and 56% of accounts have it off, per Kaseya's 2026 SaaS data. What the MFA gap means and how MSPs close it.
83 · Domain Security
The Scan No One Asked For
A long-time friend of mine, somebody whose read on this industry I trust more than almost anyone's, sent me a note after he saw the launch. Most of it was…
113 · Product & Methodology
Domain Scan to First-Call Evidence Packet: Complete 2026 Workflow
A complete 2026 workflow for turning a public-domain review into a traceable first-call evidence packet with sources, dates, limits, and verification questions.
74 · Prospect Intelligence
The Cheapest Time to Discover Technical Debt Is Before You Sign the Contract
The expensive version of discovery begins after the agreement. The MSP wins the account, starts onboarding, and then discovers unsupported equipment, old…
108 · MSP Sales & Growth
Why MSP Proposals Win or Lose: Stop Guessing After the Quote
How MSPs can learn why proposals win or lose by recording the buyer's decision, evidence, scope, and stated outcome instead of guessing.
19 · Cyber Resilience & Insurance
The 3AM Test Meets the Scan Report.
I wrote a book built around a single question: when something breaks at 3AM, who does the client call without hesitating? Not whose contract says to call,…
17 · Applications & OAuth
The Product We Killed Before We Built It.
There's a product we never shipped, and the story of why is the clearest thing I can tell you about how we make decisions. Employee productivity monitoring…
71 · AI Readiness
Before You Govern AI, Figure Out What AI Discovery Means
Related: [Shadow AI in small business](/insights/shadow-ai-small-business) AI discovery is not one capability. The phrase is used for several evidence…
96 · Microsoft 365
Guest Accounts Now Outnumber Employees Two to One
69% of SaaS accounts in small businesses are guests, per Kaseya's 2026 data. Why Microsoft 365 guest access sprawls, the risk, and the cleanup MSPs can sell.
25 · Domain Security
Scanning Without Asking: The Boundary for Read-Only Assessment.
There's an uncomfortable fact at the front door of this whole business, and I'd rather address it head-on than hope nobody notices. The read-only domain…
112 · Product & Methodology
Microsoft 365 Scan to Sales-Ready Evidence: 2026 Workflow
A 2026 workflow for turning customer-authorized, read-only Microsoft 365 observations into a dated MSP sales briefing with evidence, insight, proof, and clear limits.
66 · Prospect Intelligence
The Missing Middle Between Booked Meeting and Signed Client
Most MSP software maps neatly to one side of the sale or the other. Marketing, contact data, outreach, CRM, and calendars help create and manage the…
107 · MSP Sales & Growth
Moving Your MSP Upmarket? Bring Proof That Survives Scrutiny
What larger, more sceptical buyers need from an MSP: dated observations, clear limits, delivery ownership, and a proof path that survives scrutiny.
08 · Cyber Resilience & Insurance
Renewal Season Is the Best Sales Season Nobody Uses.
Every MSP I've ever met complains about the same thing. Outreach is miserable. Cold calls go nowhere, email campaigns get deleted, and the marketing dollars…
16 · Applications & OAuth
Why We Refuse to Read Your Files.
When we designed the SCOUTz collector architecture, we made a decision that cost us features and I'd make again tomorrow: the platform does not read…
70 · AI Readiness
Finding ChatGPT Isn't the Same as Finding AI Risk
An AI application name is a starting point, not a conclusion. ChatGPT installed does not prove active use. An enterprise application registration does not…
94 · Microsoft 365
SaaS Security in 2026, Read From the MSP Side of the Table
Kaseya's 2026 SaaS Security Report covers 27.6 billion events across 50,000+ small businesses. The findings that matter for MSPs, and how to use them in sales.
15 · Domain Security
DMARC: The Free Control Everyone Skips.
If I told you there was a security control that costs nothing, requires no new software, protects your clients' brand and their customers at the same time,…
111 · Product & Methodology
Best MSP Lead Generation Software in 2026
Compare the best MSP lead generation software in 2026 by job: SCOUTz for evidence-led meeting preparation, LinkedIn Sales Navigator for finding people, Apollo for contact-led outreach, and HubSpot CRM for follow-up.
55 · Prospect Intelligence
Why Did We Make the Prospect Do All the Discovery?
Many MSP first meetings open with a version of the same request: tell us about your environment, your users, your locations, your vendors, your security,…
106 · MSP Sales & Growth
Your MSP Lead Gen Booked Meetings. Why Did Nothing Close?
Why MSP lead generation without closed deals is a meeting-to-decision problem, and how to inspect the handoff before buying more volume.
07 · Cyber Resilience & Insurance
The Attestation Gap.
Here's a scenario playing out in thousands of small businesses right now. The cyber insurance renewal arrives. It's fourteen pages of questions the owner…
13 · Applications & OAuth
BEC Starts With a Login, Not Malware.
Ask people to picture a cyberattack and they picture malware. Something malicious lands on a machine, screens lock, a ransom note appears. That's the movie…
42 · AI Readiness
AI Does Not Become a Service Until It Has a Boundary.
Putting AI in a service description does not create an AI service. It creates a claim. A real managed offering needs a defined customer, a supported use…
81 · Microsoft 365
Cost Visibility vs. Security Evidence in Microsoft 365
Two products can review the same Microsoft 365 environment and answer different questions. BetterTracker publicly describes 365 Scout and its wider platform…
110 · Product & Methodology
Best Security Posture Assessment Tools in 2026
Compare the best security posture assessment tools in 2026 by evidence boundary: SCOUTz for MSP sales preparation, Microsoft Secure Score for authorized Microsoft 365 review, Wazuh for monitored hosts, and SecurityScorecard for outside-in screening.
53 · Prospect Intelligence
The Goal Wasn't More Leads. It Was a Better Conversation With the Lead You Already Had.
There is always another list available. More companies, more contacts, more titles, more phone numbers, more records to move into a sequence. Those tools…
105 · MSP Sales & Growth
Losing to a Cheaper MSP? Make the Comparison About Proof
Compete with a cheaper MSP by comparing evidence, scope, exclusions, and proof of completed work. Confidence alone cannot establish the better offer.
06 · Cyber Resilience & Insurance
Your Client's Cyber Insurance Application Is a Sales Document.
Related: [MFA adoption statistics for small business](/insights/mfa-adoption-statistics-small-business) Somewhere in your client's filing cabinet, or more…
09 · Applications & OAuth
The App Nobody Remembers Approving.
Every Microsoft 365 tenant I've seen scanned has at least one, and most have a dozen: an application, connected years ago, holding permissions nobody can…
35 · AI Readiness
AI Is Out of Control. That Doesn't Mean We Should Lose Our Minds.
An MSP opens an application list and sees ChatGPT, Copilot, an AI meeting assistant, and three products whose AI features arrived during ordinary updates.…
28 · Microsoft 365
Zombie Licenses: Payroll for People Who Don't Work Here.
Every company has an offboarding checklist, and almost every one of them contains the same hole. Collect the laptop. Disable the account. Forward the mail…
99 · Product & Methodology
From First Signal to Verified Outcome: The SCOUTz Playbook
A practical SCOUTz operating playbook for moving from an outside-in finding to owned work, customer-approved cloud evidence, and a verified next decision.
47 · Prospect Intelligence
CRM and Lead Data Are Not MSP Prospect Intelligence.
A CRM answers important questions: Who are they? Who talked to them? When is the next call? What stage is the opportunity in? What is the expected value? A…
104 · MSP Sales & Growth
The Technical MSP's Translation Problem
How a technical MSP translates a supported finding into business language without changing the source, boundary, or truth.
11 · AI Readiness
The Copilot Seat Nobody Uses.
Security findings make clients anxious. Spend findings make clients grateful. If you only ever show up with risk, you're the vendor who costs money. Show up…
20 · Microsoft 365
Outside-In Scores Are Estimates. Tenant Data Is Evidence.
Related: [SaaS security in 2026](/insights/saas-security-2026) There's a booming category of tools that will hand you a security score for any company on…
98 · Product & Methodology
The External Surface Playbook for MSPs
A step-by-step SCOUTz playbook for using public domain evidence to prepare an MSP conversation, earn consent, and hand a clearly bounded next step into delivery.
46 · Prospect Intelligence
Why Does an HVAC Salesperson Have Better Inspection Tools Than an MSP Salesperson?
An HVAC salesperson can inspect the equipment, estimate capacity, evaluate the space, and model replacement options before a crew installs anything. A…
103 · MSP Sales & Growth
Why MSP Prospects Go Quiet After the First Meeting
Why MSP prospects go quiet after a first meeting, and how one evidence-backed condition, owner, and next choice keeps the conversation moving.
10 · AI Readiness
Your Clients Already Connected AI. Here’s What the Tenant Can Prove.
Every MSP is preparing for the conversation where clients ask about adopting AI. I have news: the adoption already happened. It just didn't go through you,…
14 · Microsoft 365
End of Life Isn't a Someday Problem.
I have watched an MSP discover an end-of-life problem in the least dramatic artifact imaginable: a spreadsheet with model numbers and dates. Seven machines…
84 · Product & Methodology
The Refusal Is Also the Positioning
The same friend who pushed me on the public review pushed me on something else. Every time I wrote about something SCOUTz refuses to do, unknown never…
29 · Prospect Intelligence
You Were Never Bad at Sales. You Were Handed 1985.
Somewhere early in every MSP owner's journey, somebody hands them the myth. Techs can't sell. You're an engineer, engineers don't have the gene, so hire a…
102 · MSP Sales & Growth
Your MSP Renewal Is a Proof Conversation
Why MSP renewals stall when activity replaces proof, and how to bring dated evidence, ownership, and a verifiable next choice into the QBR.
12 · Microsoft 365
The Business That Depends on One Inbox.
Ask a business owner what would happen if their key operations person disappeared tomorrow, a resignation, an illness, a lottery ticket, and you'll usually…
82 · Product & Methodology
How to Evaluate MSP Security-Sales Tools
Most tool comparisons begin with feature grids. That is useful only after the buyer has defined the job. An MSP choosing a prospect-intelligence or…
26 · Prospect Intelligence
What a Read-Only Domain Review Actually Does, and the Rules It Follows.
I've talked a lot about the free domain review as a conversation starter, so it's time to open the hood. What does a read-only domain review actually…
100 · MSP Sales & Growth
The Same MSP Pitch Fails With the Founder and the CFO
The same MSP sales pitch can land with a founder and fail with a CFO. Start with the consequence each decision-maker is responsible for, then make the evidence fit the question.
79 · Product & Methodology
Why SCOUTz Isn't a Security Score
A score tells you a number. It does not tell you what to say next. SecurityScorecard, Bitsight, UpGuard, and CyCognito serve enterprise teams that need to…
23 · Prospect Intelligence
A Domain Scan Won’t Win the Deal. It Wins the Conversation.
Think about how an MSP walked into a first meeting ten years ago. A business card, a folder of references, maybe a co-branded brochure from whatever vendor…
95 · MSP Sales & Growth
MSP Pricing When Every Deal Is Getting Smaller
Kaseya's 2026 data: MSP customers spending $25K+ a year fell from 75% to 41%. How to price managed services when deals shrink, and where to find the margin.
69 · Product & Methodology
Vendor Assessment or Client Assessment? Know Which One You're Running
Vendor assessments and client assessments can both be useful. They are not the same question. It asks where the environment may need the capability a…
05 · Prospect Intelligence
The Questions Your Client’s Tenant Can Answer Before They Do.
Related: [Guest accounts now outnumber employees two to one](/insights/microsoft-365-guest-accounts) Hand a business owner a security questionnaire and…
92 · MSP Sales & Growth
Qualify Before You Quote: The MSP Client Scorecard
MSP client qualification before pricing: score observable signals, set thresholds, and use evidence to decide which work is profitable to serve.
65 · Product & Methodology
The More Frightening the Claim, the Better the Evidence Should Be.
Strong cybersecurity claims require evidence that can support their certainty. Fear-based labels weaken credibility when the source proves less.
04 · Prospect Intelligence
What a Domain Can Tell You—and What It Can’t.
There's a whole industry built on scoring companies from the outside. Point a scanner at a domain, collect what's publicly visible, and produce a security…
91 · MSP Sales & Growth
An MSP Prospecting Plan You Can Run on a Tuesday
A working MSP prospecting plan: define the target, write the value line, set a number, pick two channels, personalize with evidence, follow up on schedule.
64 · Product & Methodology
Your Prospect’s Email Appeared in a Breach. What Does That Actually Mean?
The breach slide usually starts with a familiar email address in large type. Then the label grows teeth: exposed credential, active risk, compromised user.…
04 · Prospect Intelligence
What a Domain Can Tell You—and What It Can’t.
SecurityScorecard presents external security ratings based on observable signals. That makes it useful for screening organizations from the outside and…
90 · MSP Sales & Growth
MSP Pipeline After the Referrals Run Out
Referrals built your MSP and will not scale it. Five outbound plays, run in parallel, that turn an MSP sales strategy into predictable pipeline in 2026.
63 · Product & Methodology
Privacy Starts Before the Privacy Policy.
I have watched a product meeting turn on one sentence: "The API gives it to us." An arrow appears on the whiteboard from source to database, and a field…
04 · Prospect Intelligence
What a Domain Can Tell You—and What It Can’t.
HubSpot CRM manages contacts, activity, and deals. Use it to keep track of who owns a conversation and what happens next after an introduction or security…
89 · MSP Sales & Growth
How to Get MSP Clients Without Buying a List
How MSPs get clients in 2026: pick a niche, let the website qualify, work partnerships and referrals, then walk into every first meeting with evidence.
62 · Product & Methodology
Passive First. Permission When It Matters.
I owned MSPs. If one of my sellers had asked a new prospect for Global Admin before earning a second meeting, we would have had a short conversation…
02 · Prospect Intelligence
MSPs Don't Have a Sales Problem. They Have an Evidence Problem.
Related: [MSP clients without buying a list](/insights/how-to-get-msp-clients) Talk to a hundred MSP owners and eighty of them will tell you they're bad at…
88 · MSP Sales & Growth
MSP Marketing in 2026: Where the Meetings Come From
MSP marketing that produces meetings, not impressions: niche keywords, a free evidence offer, content that answers real questions, and one number to track.
61 · Product & Methodology
We’ll Put This Part in Writing: There Are No Guarantees.
Trust is easy to discuss when the claim is flattering. It matters more when the sentence limits the sale. SCOUTz does not guarantee more leads, a shorter…
02 · Prospect Intelligence
Microsoft Secure Score: best for an authorized Microsoft 365 baseline
Microsoft Secure Score assesses Microsoft security settings and presents recommended actions within its supported scope. Use it after the customer grants…
87 · MSP Sales & Growth
Nobody Won the Hundred Dollars
Credibility, a plan, and trust. A domain scan produces expertise and earns the appointment. The consented cloud review produces the facts the plan is built…
58 · Product & Methodology
We Wanted the Evidence Before We Wanted the Product Answer.
Every specialized security tool has a point of view. That is not a criticism. A product becomes useful by getting very good at seeing and solving a defined…
02 · Prospect Intelligence
LinkedIn Sales Navigator: best for finding relevant people
LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a prospect-search tool for identifying people and accounts on LinkedIn. Use it when your MSP knows the kind of organization it…
86 · MSP Sales & Growth
The Scan They Asked For.
Offer it as an opt-in courtesy that works with the company's existing IT provider, send it only after the recipient replies, and make the booking link…
51 · Product & Methodology
Those Product Screens Are Real. AI Didn't Invent the Product.
I have stood at a conference kiosk looking at a perfect dashboard on the big monitor while the actual demo ran on a laptop turned away from the room. The…
01 · Prospect Intelligence
Walk In With Evidence. Start a Better MSP Conversation.
I've sat through hundreds of first meetings between an MSP and a prospect. I've run them myself, back when I owned Inhouse IT and Manage My IT. I can still…
85 · MSP Sales & Growth
The Founder Claim Has to Be as Precise as the Evidence
For a while I described SCOUTz as a product that was not built by vendors. The line sounded sharp. It was also incomplete. It told you who I wanted to…
50 · Product & Methodology
Why We Built Our Own Discovery Engine.
We could have built SCOUTz around the data already sitting in the MSP stack. It would have been easier. Pull the PSA inventory, import the RMM devices, add…
01 · Prospect Intelligence
Walk In With Evidence. Start a Better MSP Conversation.
SCOUTz gives MSPs dated cybersecurity evidence and prospect intelligence, including domain and Microsoft 365 findings, to use before and during sales…
78 · MSP Sales & Growth
Sometimes the Right Sales Move Is Giving the Deal Away
If another provider is genuinely a better fit, say so. The prospect may need a specialty the MSP does not deliver, a geographic presence it cannot support,…
49 · Product & Methodology
The Prospect Should Become the Client Without Losing the Story.
The usual MSP sales process loses information at every handoff. Marketing has the campaign context. Sales has CRM notes. The assessor has scanner output.…
01 · Prospect Intelligence
Walk In With Evidence. Start a Better MSP Conversation.
SCOUTz provides MSPs with dated cybersecurity evidence and prospect intelligence, including domain and Microsoft 365 findings, for use before and during…
77 · MSP Sales & Growth
Champagne on a Beer Budget
Related: [MSP pricing when every deal is getting smaller](/insights/msp-pricing-smaller-deals) Some prospects want Fleming's service at drive-through pricing.
48 · Product & Methodology
Why SCOUTz Stops Where the MSP Stack Starts.
Software roadmaps have a predictable disease. A product finds a condition, so somebody says it should fix the condition. If it can fix the condition, it…
76 · MSP Sales & Growth
Not All MRR Is Good MRR
MSP conversations celebrate monthly recurring revenue, annual recurring revenue, seat count, growth, and valuation. Those are useful business measures. They…
45 · Product & Methodology
We Built an Incredible MSP Stack—for Customers We Already Have.
The modern MSP can do remarkable things after a client signs. We can monitor endpoints, patch operating systems, protect identities, back up data, document…
68 · MSP Sales & Growth
If All You Give Them Is a Stack and a Price, They'll Compare the Stack and the Price
Imagine two proposals. Both include Microsoft 365, EDR, backup, monitoring, help desk, and a security bundle. One costs $175 per user. The other costs $149.…
39 · Product & Methodology
We Built SCOUTz Backwards on Purpose.
The first SCOUTz whiteboard did not start with a scanner box. It started with rooms: the first meeting, the technician's desk, the client review, and the…
67 · MSP Sales & Growth
Stop Selling Your Stack
Nobody has ever called an MSP because they woke up Tuesday morning wishing they had a different RMM. Buyers want fewer interruptions, less uncertainty,…
37 · Product & Methodology
1,500 Security Checks Can Still Produce a Bad Assessment.
Check count tells me how much a product tried to inspect. It does not tell me whether the assessment produced a useful answer. A large library can be…
60 · MSP Sales & Growth
We Aren’t Selling the Zero-to-$1M-MRR Dream.
There is a familiar business promise online: follow the system, use the script, buy the software, and watch recurring revenue arrive on schedule. It makes a…
34 · Product & Methodology
Don't Tell Me It's Fixed. Show Me.
A closed ticket proves that somebody changed the status of a ticket. It does not prove the condition changed. I have seen remediation work described…
59 · MSP Sales & Growth
SCOUTz Doesn’t Close the Deal. You Do.
Software companies occasionally describe sales technology as if the relationship is an inefficient step waiting to be automated. We do not believe that.
33 · Product & Methodology
We Didn't See It Is Not the Same as It Isn't There.
One of the most expensive mistakes in assessment software is turning missing evidence into a green box. A collector cannot run, a provider returns a 403, a…
57 · MSP Sales & Growth
“Just Checking In” Is Not a Sales Strategy.
“Just checking in” is rarely the real message. The real message is that the seller does not know what the buyer is deciding, when the decision is supposed…
32 · Product & Methodology
Domain Review vs Cloud Review: They Solve Two Different Problems.
Picture two browser tabs before a first meeting. One can read the company's public domain records without asking anyone for access. The other cannot open…
56 · MSP Sales & Growth
The Prospect Has Google Too.
The modern buyer does not wait for the MSP to explain what an MSP is. They can compare websites, reviews, service lists, certifications, vendors, pricing…
30 · Product & Methodology
The Scanner Is Not the Product.
At a booth or across a demo table, somebody eventually asks me the same question: how many checks do you have? I understand why. The number fits on a slide…
54 · MSP Sales & Growth
You Did the Whole Technology Review. Now What?
The assessment is complete. The findings are real. The presentation looked good. The prospect nodded in the appropriate places. Then everyone went back to…
27 · Product & Methodology
The Tool That Won’t Fix What It Finds—or Pretend It Can See Everything.
Two things SCOUTz refuses to do, and both refusals confuse people at first. It doesn't remediate the problems it finds. And it doesn't show you everything…
52 · MSP Sales & Growth
The MSP Sales Process Has Way Too Much Hope in It.
Related: [MSP pipeline after the referrals run out](/insights/msp-pipeline-beyond-referrals) Hope has been carrying an unreasonable share of the MSP sales…
44 · MSP Sales & Growth
Security Revenue Grows When Proof Becomes a Loop.
Security is often sold as a project and experienced as a stack. The client sees a proposal, a collection of products, and a quarterly summary. What they do…
43 · MSP Sales & Growth
You Cannot Hire Your Way Out of Manual Security Work.
More talent helps. It does not repair a workflow that asks every new technician to rediscover the same process. MSPs lose capacity in the spaces between…
41 · MSP Sales & Growth
A Smaller First Project Can Build Better MRR.
The instinct in a tighter market is to protect the largest possible first contract. That can make the first yes harder than it needs to be. A focused…
40 · MSP Sales & Growth
Growth Is Not a Lead Problem. It Is a Proof Problem.
Related: [MSP marketing in 2026: where the meetings come from](/insights/msp-marketing-where-meetings-come-from) An MSP can fill a pipeline and still lose…
38 · MSP Sales & Growth
Sales and Engineering Shouldn't Need Different Versions of the Truth.
The traditional assessment workflow creates drift. The scanner produces an engineering report. Sales rewrites it into a pitch. The account manager trims…
36 · MSP Sales & Growth
Your Client Doesn't Need Another 100-Page Security Report.
A technical report can be useful. A hundred pages can even be appropriate when the evidence, auditor, or engineering work requires it. But page count is not…
31 · MSP Sales & Growth
The MSP's Real Moat Isn't the Stack. It's the Relationship.
RMM, PSA, EDR, backup, SOC, documentation, AI: most MSPs can buy roughly the same categories of tools. A competitor can copy a stack faster than they can…
24 · MSP Sales & Growth
Stop Selling Fear. It Works Once.
I know the slide. Black background. Red ransomware headline. A statistic in type large enough to read from the parking lot. I have watched the room tighten…
21 · MSP Sales & Growth
The First 90 Days: Making Scan Data Your Sales Motion.
Related: [An MSP prospecting plan you can run on a Tuesday](/insights/msp-prospecting-plan) Buying a tool isn't a sales motion. I've watched MSPs sign up…
03 · MSP Sales & Growth
The QBR Is Dead. Long Live the Scorecard.
The quarterly business review was supposed to be the crown jewel of managed services. Sit down with the client four times a year, show your value, deepen…
03 · MSP Sales & Growth
Wazuh: best for monitored host configuration
Wazuh is an open-source security platform with security configuration assessment capabilities for monitored systems. That is a different evidence source…
03 · MSP Sales & Growth
Apollo: best for contact discovery and outbound workflows
Apollo combines contact discovery with outbound sales workflows. It fits an MSP that has defined its target accounts and needs a process for reaching…
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