Building a $6 Million MSP Business: 5 More Things I Wish I’d Known

Aaron Underhill of Dedicated IT shares tough, honest advice for new owners starting managed services provider businesses, and explains how his company has been able to grow its revenue 10x in five years, hitting $6 million in ARR.
How Firing Customers Fueled This MSP’s Growth

In this edition of MSP Zen meet an MSP who was willing to turn his back on 25% of his revenue by firing his worst clients. Find out why his only regret is not doing it sooner.
Cybersecurity Stats You Need to Know in 2019

The latest cybersecurity statistics show small businesses are becoming increasingly big targets for cyber attacks. Find out how often SMBs are getting hacked, how much it’s costing them, the top security challenges they’re facing, and who they’re turning to for help.
How MSPs Are Using Endpoint Detection & Response Tools
MSPs looking to level-up from traditional antivirus are turning to endpoint detection and response tools. But how many have actually adopted EDR? What about these tools works — and doesn’t work — for MSPs? And how does that compare with the traction EDR tools are getting in the internal IT world?
How to Convert Break/Fix Customers
You may be ready to make the move to managed services, but what about your customers? Here are key do’s and don’ts to convince as many as possible to make the journey with you.
What Managed Services Have to Offer
Competition in the MSP market is heating up. Learn how to differentiate yourself by building a managed services offering that stands out and gets you more customers.
Building the Right MSP Software Stack
How should you be successfully evaluating MSP software to make sure you’re building the stack you really need? Whether you’re just getting started or reassessing your tools, here are some key criteria and important do’s and don’ts.
How to Improve Customer Retention
If you’re a small but growing MSP, balancing your focus between acquiring new clients and keeping the ones you have happy can be difficult. Learn why active customer retention efforts are crucial to ensuring the growth you achieve is sustainable.
3 Ways to Increase Revenue from Existing Customers
The most successful MSPs don’t grow simply by acquiring new customers. Another key driver they rely on is finding ways to increase recurring revenue they’re getting from their existing customers. Here are three paths you can take to follow their lead.
Pricing Strategies to Boost Profitability
Determining the best pricing strategy for your MSP business is no small task. Let’s look at some of the basic MSP pricing model options and help you understand what approach will be most profitable for you, starting with understanding your costs and margins.
A Practical Growth Strategy for 2023
There are two primary paths you can take to grow your managed IT services company, and four major challenges you’ll face along the way. Learn how to anticipate and overcome those challenges by developing a successful, realistic growth strategy.
How to Build a Customer Acquisition Strategy
For managed IT services providers, relying on word of mouth and attending the same business mixers leads to diminishing returns. Learn how to ramp up new customer acquisition efforts to grow your business more successfully.
7 Steps to Scaling Your Services
Achieving sustainable growth as an MSP company involves coordinating many moving pieces and adjusting a variety of dials to ensure you can scale your business operations effectively. Here are seven steps to help you do just that.
How to Take Advantage of Windows 7 EOL
With Windows 7 EOL less than nine months away, here are two things every MSP should be doing to maximize their opportunity to secure additional commitments, streamline their operations, and boost their revenue.
How to Survive a Coordinated Ransomware Attack
Huntress Labs CEO Kyle Hanslovan shares what he’s seen firsthand from working with more than 40 MSPs who had their tools hijacked to deploy ransomware across their entire client base.
Achieving Predictability in RMM
Achieving predictable service with a RMM solution can be difficult. This blog focuses on the steps to ensure predictable, productive, and reliable service.
This MSP Wins Clients by Being Easier to Do Business With (And Picking the Right Tools)
A veteran of the MSP industry who decided to branch out on his own and found his own company in 2017, Nicholas Walker places high value on tools that can help him provide dependable service with as little friction as possible.
How to Pick a RMM
RMM is short for remote monitoring and management. As the name implies, RMM software is used to gather information from remote endpoints and networks, and to perform various remote IT management tasks on them without disruption. See the top features of RMM software, 2024 RMM ratings, and more.
Selling to Involuntary IT Managers
An easy, 5-step marketing plan for MSPs selling to “involuntary IT managers” — people who get stuck with IT duties that aren’t part of their official job.