If you want a rep focusing on a particular product, pay them more commission for selling it. So, for example, when we first launched MSP Success Magazine, it was a new entity, so I paid a higher commission on any advertising sold in MSP success than their regular...
Without a doubt, OBJECTIONS are the curse of every sales professional. You have a perfectly good prospect with the ability and the money to buy and who can, without a doubt, benefit from what you’re selling – maybe even desperately NEEDS what you’re selling – but who stubbornly...
I Knew The Importance Of Marketing But Just Couldn’t Make It Work Since I founded CloudFirst Technology Solutions in 2010, I always knew the value of good marketing. (At least, I THOUGHT I did.) In the early days, I put together a small marketing team and focused on...
Business-to-business marketing can be a tricky thing to conquer. Odds are, as you are trying to grow your MSP, you are making at least one of these B2B marketing mistakes. 1. B2B marketing is a misleading categorization. Businesses don’t buy anything. PEOPLE in businesses buy things – and...
Some of you reading this might be old enough to remember the wildly popular BluBlocker sunglasses from the ’80s. The technology in the lenses was originally created by NASA to block the sun’s blue rays; but they didn’t become a hit with the general public until adman Joe...
Here’s are the 5 things prospects are really trying to figure out when they meet with you. This will be a good list for you to take in every sales meeting before you sit down with a prospect just to remind yourself. The first thing clients are trying...
The thing about referrals is that people refer more because of their relationship with you than any reward you’re going to give. So, people get really hung up on the “If I just reward them enough, I’ll get the referral.” When the reality is it really has to...
Running 20 Years WITHOUT A Marketing Plan As husband-and-wife cofounders, we just celebrated our 20th year in business this July. My husband, Page, wears both the tech and sales hats while I have always donned the business administration hat. In 20 years, we have evolved from an e-mail...
Close more sales and overcome fee objections with these tips. If you’ve been selling IT services for any length of time, I am sure you have dealt with this: fee resistance. People who don’t want to take your advice and think, “We don’t need all that. Your prices...
All 4 will ensure smooth sailing of your marketing endeavors. If you’ve ever run a campaign that failed and you’ve been frustrated by it because you don’t know where it went wrong, I can virtually guarantee that you missed out on one of the 4 M’s of marketing....
