Business Advice

1. 9 Questions MSPs Should Be Asking Their Prospects And Customers 5/5/2017

   The best way for an MSP to increase their chances of closing a deal is to understand the customer. You also need to know what problem the customer is trying to solve and how the solution you are offering can help them address the challenges they’re facing.

2. What IT Departments Should Know For 2017 5/2/2017

   Advances in technology have armed companies with more resources and power than ever before. Technology offers companies the ability to connect with customers and prospects whenever and wherever they want.

3. 7 Ways To Build Business After M&A Activity 3/31/2017

   If someone is acquiring a business, there is usually a strategic method behind the move whether it’s intellectual property, geographic reach, human capital, technology, or other valuable resources. But with any business activity of this magnitude, there must be a system in place to ensure the transition is as smooth as possible.

4. 8 Considerations When Starting A Business 3/30/2017

   Every year 100 million new business are launched across the globe. That’s the equivalent of just over three businesses every second, or 11,000 per hour. It is, therefore, a common experience.

5. 5 Reasons You Should Lead With Endpoint Security 3/29/2017

   Endpoint security presents a big opportunity — maybe even responsibility — for solution providers serving as trusted business and IT advisors for small business clients. SMBs don’t have the skills necessary to recognize the risks associated with today’s advanced threat landscape and they want help.

6. How To Differentiate Your IT Solutions Company From Your Competition 3/27/2017

   You may have heard — or even said yourself — your IT solutions company’s most important asset is its people. But that’s only part of the story. In fact, your people have little to do with why companies choose your firm over another.

7. 6 Reasons Your Company Should Have A Blog 3/15/2017

   The mention of the word blog may conjure up visions of outdated strategies from more than a decade ago. By Jenna Hardie, Account Manager, Compass Integrated Communications

8. The First Person To Attempt To Swim The English Channel And What It Has To Do With Sales 3/8/2017

   Tragically, no one knows the name of the first who tried to swim the English Channel. As folklore goes, he made it halfway to France, figured he couldn’t continue, then turned around and swam back to England. He did not get the recognition, success or glory that would’ve been his had he completed the swim. By Gil Cargill, Sales Acceleration Coach

9. Product Comparison: Backup And Recovery Software 3/1/2017

   We compare the certifications, pricing structures, and support of 10 business continuity solutions.

10. Business Intelligence Trends To Look For In 2017 1/18/2017

    In recent years, organizations have become infused with data, big and small. Organizations that saw the competitive advantage in collecting, storing, and harnessing this data quickly began to innovate quicker than ever before. The old way of approaching business intelligence was fading, and the business and IT sides of companies began collaborating to maximize this new found influence. Since this infusion of data and collaboration with IT and business, trends in the business intelligence industry have become a hot topic.