Managed Services: Ignore The Little Voice Telling You "You Can't"

Business Solutions Newsletter | March 17, 2015 | View web version here.   In This Issue: Managed Services: Ignore The Little Voice Telling You "You Can't" Diversify Or Die: A Copier Dealer Moves Into Managed Services Easing Fear Of Downtime At The Dentist's Office With BDR Marketing Measurement ... Who Even Does That? 5 Tips To Reinvent Your Pricing Strategy Diagnostics Firm Cuts Operating Costs And Increases Efficiency With Robust, Easy-To-Use BDR Ask Coach: Making Your Team Part of Strategic Planning, Part 3 What Verizon's Study Can Teach MSPs About The Cloud Managed Services: Ignore The Little Voice Telling You "You Can't" By Mike Monocello, editor in chief If you’re still on the fence about diving head first into services or making it a bigger part of your business, you’ve probably got a handful of concerns that are causing you to hesitate. In a recent survey of some of our readers, we asked them to share what challenges they had to overcome in the first six months of offering managed services. Sponsor   Drive Your Business Forward With MAX Backup Accelerate your backups, recoveries, and your business with MAX Backup. The new Backup Accelerator feature enables you to: • Supercharge the backup windows of large files and systems • Meet business continuity and disaster recovery objectives with ease • Make more money offering Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service Offering hybrid-cloud backup and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service allows you to grow your business and increase your recurring revenues. Take a FREE 30-day trial today.. Featured Articles 5 Tips To Reinvent Your Pricing Strategy Placing a value on your offerings as a technology service business can be difficult, but knowing whether the price is right shouldn't be a guessing game. Diversify Or Die: A Copier Dealer Moves Into Managed Services To remain in business as long as East Texas Copy Systems (ETCS), which was established in 1945, you have to be vigilant of industry trends and embrace change. During the 2008 recession, ETCS unquestionably demonstrated these abilities, first by recognizing that copier, printer, and paper usage were on the decline. Marketing Measurement ... Who Even Does That? Performance improvement and optimization are goals that many companies strive to achieve. As business owners, we want to build organizations that can practically manage themselves with staffs that are proactive and self-reliant when it comes to accomplishing tasks. Easing Fear Of Downtime At The Dentist's Office With BDR Whether it’s the whine of the drill, the scraping and poking, or the numbing and choking, fear keeps many patients away from the dentist. Diagnostics Firm Cuts Operating Costs And Increases Efficiency With Robust, Easy-To-Use BDR GRIP I.T., a division of Global Resources Technologies Inc., founded in 1996, provides full-service IT service management for businesses of all sizes. With a focus on improving the functionality of their customers' IT and business systems, all at a lower cost of ownership, GRIP I.T. seeks to serve their clients in all areas of IT. Ask Coach: Making Your Team Part of Strategic Planning, Part 3 By Rich Anderson This is the third part of a three-part series. This installment deals with documenting your plan and driving communication through your team. What Verizon's Study Can Teach MSPs About The Cloud By Lauren Shapiro Verizon's recent study, "State of the Market: Enterprise Cloud 2014," confirms what many already knew — the cloud has become a valuable part of the enterprise. Yet, you might be surprised to what extent. Most Popular News • Threats Heighten Need For Security Solutions For Malls • Will HIPAA Require Encryption? • Intronis Winter Release '15 Simplifies Hybrid Cloud Backup And Recovery, Streamlines Operational Costs And Delivers Recoveries In Minutes • LabTech Software Releases LabTech 10 With New Features And ScreenConnect Integration Featured Products And Services   AVG Premium Security   Download Datasheet • Request Information AVG Technologies USA, Inc.   Patch Manager - Built With Technicians In Mind   Download Brochure • Request Information N-able Technologies Inc.   StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop   Download Datasheet • Request Information StorageCraft Technology Corporation Connect With Business Solutions:       Ensure our newsletter reaches your inbox by following these whitelist instructions. If you need to update your Business Solutions user profile, please visit here. This newsletter is being sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To cancel your subscription to the Business Solutions newsletter, please opt out here. You may also send an email to newsletter@vertmarkets.com.     © Copyright 2015 Vertmarkets, Inc, 5340 Fryling Rd Suite 300, Erie, PA 16510. All rights reserved. All product names contained herein are the trademarks of their respective holders.