On my blog I have two series running. One is about how to talk to your clients. I keep hearing from MSPs that they aren't doing or are skipping meeting with their clients because they don't know what to talk about or are simply too nervous to do so. Check out the article about talking about security awareness training. It's not just about scheduling training. It's about building the right culture within you client. You can talk tech, provide something useful and build a security culture all at the same time.
The second series is about rebuilding an MSP to position it for the next 10 years. AI is disruptive to our industry and showing our value to clients is getting harder and harder, until you make these changes. Then you'll be set for a decade.
4 things to know: 2 examples from Microsoft on using AI effectively: Procurement and Collections. As Microsoft continues to integrate Anthropic into it's products Copilot Cowork is not generally available. This makes it a great time to have a conversation about usage based pricing.
Business to do's: Get security training; Read the blog; Buy the book and start running a better business
4 things to do: Microsoft's industry benchmark highlights KnowBe4's dominance at promotional email filtering; Copilot is more than just chat. Learn to use Researcher, Pages and Notebooks and tell your clients about them too. Non-human admins are a thing. Get them under your control; Make a real plan for rolling out Purview; Claud AI has found its way in the networks you manage. Secure it.
THURSDAY I'm speaking on a panel at SMB Community Online Conference. I'll be there on day 3. It's a unique format of 3 afternoons. I think this is awesome because there
no travel and it means that you don't have to block off your whole day. Just a couple of hours each day. I have a coupon code for you too: THIRDTIER It'll drop the price of participation significantly. Bring a question for me! I love Q&A. Registration:
smbonlineconference.com
Join me in Omaha for a two-day conference at the end of July. In person! I'll be speaking on opportunities for monetization within your MSP stack for AI services: http://bit.ly/kernanmastermind