How Managed Service Providers (MSPs) Can Partner With Each Other (Slides)

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How Managed

Service Providers

(MSPs) Can Partner

With Each Other

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to Those Managed

Service Providers

Who Can

Effectively Partner

With Each Other



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“What are the

Different Ways

in Which Managed

Services Providers

Can Partner?”



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Focus On

Non-Competitive

MSP Partnerships



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When a Managed

Service Provider

Lacks Clarity About

its Competencies,



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It Cannot Possibly

Be a Good Partner



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Look for

Similar-Sized

Partners



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If Your Company

Has 10 Employees,

Look to MSPs

to Partner With



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That Have Perhaps

Anywhere From

5 to 50 Employees,

Not 50,000+

Employees



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Add Some (or All)

of These 12 Steps

to Your MSP

Partnering

Marketing Plan



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• Trade Guest

Blog Posts



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• Make Regular

Guest Appearances

on Each MSP’s

Podcast or Vidcast



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• Jointly Sponsor

a Seminar

or Webinar



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• Share a Trade

Show Booth



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• Barter

Newsletter or

E-mail Newsletter

Sponsorships

With Each Other



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• Plan a Shared

Direct Mail

Campaign or

Solo E-mail Blast



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• List the Other

MSP in the Partners

or Affiliations

Sections

of Your Website



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• Add Their Blog

to Your Company’s

Blogroll



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• Invite Their

Owner to Join Your

Advisory Council



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• Co-author a

Whitepaper That

You Both Market



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• List the

Other Managed

Services Provider

as a Sponsor



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on an Existing

Related Whitepaper



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• Introduce All

of Your Partners to

Each Other, Either

Informally or By

Hosting an Event



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Expand Your

MSP Partnering

Program with

Non-MSPs



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Trusted

Technology

Advisors Including:



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• Cloud Computing

Consultants



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• Computer Repair

Businesses



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• Direct Market

Resellers (DMRs)



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• Network

Integrators



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• Software

Developers



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• System Builders



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• Trainers



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• Value Added

Resellers (VARs)



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• Video Producers



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• Website

Designers



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Trusted Business

Advisors Including:



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• Accountants

(CPAs/CAs)



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• Attorneys

(Solicitors)



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• Graphic

Designers



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• Management

Consultants



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• Marketing

Agencies



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• PR Agencies



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What’s Your

Favorite

Partnering Option

For Managed

Service Providers?



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What Do You Think

is the Most

Overlooked and

Underrated?



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Please Share

Your Thoughts

in the Comments

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