Saturday, July 27, 2013

Hard to acquire new clients

The companies who are not supported by MSPs are declining. Surely, there are still blank spots, but if a company had a problem previously, it has long since been settled by having a MSP. So, if other areas are not supported, it is because the need is not there, or IT does not place much value in them. So these companies do not offer great opportunities.

The hard fact is that good prospects are already served by other service providers, so you have to compete to acquire them.

And here is the problem. Usually the clients are satisfied with the local MSP for several reasons, which makes the work for the entrants hard. Either the MSP or the client is an old buddy, or the clients just do not see other options, or they just trust the vendor because they are not able to measure the performance. So, this is not an easy task to reframe the client to use our services, right?

Another option is when the client has a bad experience with the provider. This is an easier situation, provided the timing is right and Client is really upset. However, usually there are highs and lows in those relationships, and the bond is so strong that they would need to invest a lot during the change, so they usually come up with the decision of not changing to another vendor. They are afraid of what happens when the service provider is leaving in terms of security and continuity.

Just imagine:

With ReframingYourClients you are able to 
  • have a unique value proposition on the measurement and management of the IT competitiveness, which is far from the IT techy stuff
  • measure, assess, and benchmark all the business related IT areas without having technical conversations, done with a measurement tool
  • demonstrate to the CEO the general performance of his service provider against a benchmark
  • give an eye opener experience and position yourself as a trusted advisor in the IT management area
  • control the local service provider and challenge them after having made an action plan in spite of the fact that they may be given a second chance 
  • collect the high value added, high margin work components like project management, high tech work, integration, organization etc.


The power is in the trusted advisor's hands. It is the trusted advisor who does the reframing.

Checkmate. Yes, this is truly an "unfair" advantage in your hands.


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