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June 2019

Answer These 3 Questions to Help Find Your MSP Niche

One of the common pieces of advice I hear given to managed service providers (MSPs) is to “go narrow”—find a niche and become a specialist. This is generally sound advice. Specialization typically means your MSP faces less competition and becomes much easier to find in an otherwise crowded marketplace. But finding an area to specialize in is easier said than done. So how do you find a great niche for your MSP?

17 Tech Support Tickets You'll Be Happy You Didn't Receive

If tech support had a motto, it’d be reminiscent of Rule #4 of the Auvik Way: Even when it’s not your fault, it’s your problem. But sometimes, there are problems so bad you wouldn’t want to deal with them. We’ve rounded up 17 examples from the r/techsupportgore subreddit that are sure to send a palm to your face and a shiver down your spine: Plugging in your USB receiver with a hammer for that flush mounted look. from r/techsupportgore Good luck getting that one out.

Position Your MSP for Success With a Sales Playbook

To grow your MSP’s revenue and business performance, the best sales tool isn’t a selling platform or a ninja-rockstar-unicorn sales hire. It’s documenting and optimizing your sales process. Just like your favorite sports team follows a game plan to win, your sales team needs a playbook to close more business.

Using Network Visibility to Grow Your MSP Business

Selling cloud services is an opportunity to shift clients away from on-premises infrastructure towards a more scalable network architecture. But if you’re moving clients to the cloud, you better make sure they can always access the cloud. That means having deep visibility and control over network infrastructure so you can provide proactive service and keep clients connected. But not all network equipment or cloud solutions offer the same level of visibility.

Get Network Device Warranty & Software Status Automatically with Auvik & Cisco

Conducting a network assessment is a great way to fully understand a new client's network, and to provide tangible proof when you recommend improvements—like upgrading out-of-date infrastructure. Many steps in the assessment process can be automated, but sourcing warranty and patch information about each network device has traditionally involved MSPs looking up serial numbers one by one.

Auvik Use Case: Keep Clients Up to Date on the Value You're Providing

“What have you done for me lately?” It’s an honest question that doesn’t always have an easy answer. Fact is, you’re doing a lot of proactive work behind-the-scenes to prevent network disruptions and unnecessary downtime. But if you’re not heroically putting out fires in front of your clients, they might think they’re paying you for nothing.