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Recap.As a quick recap last time, we concluded the ‘Who’ of communications and communications-sabotage. This means that we’ve largely covered the ‘what’, ‘who’ and the ‘why’ of communications, leaving the ‘when’, ‘where’ and ‘how ‘ and I’d like to start to cover all that now in another section around ‘environment’ – or more specifically –…

Recap : As a quick recap last time, we concluded the ‘who’ of your communications, in terms of the various different stakeholders that you can be communicating with. We did this by ensuring that you : – Start With an Offer.– Change your offer – different types.– Changing the offer – different times.– Provide a…

Recap : As a quick recap, last time we looked at communicating with your stakeholder groups by firstly looking at those groups over whom you have the most control and this meant reviewing onboarding sessions with your clients, then reviewing onboarding sessions with your staff and other suppliers and then looking at developing your referral…

Recap : Last time we looked at :– Different Stakeholders – this was a worthwhile framework to use as a business-owner to ensure you are at least aware of (and can communicate with) your entire stakeholder list, for all practical purposes, in the future. Then we started looking at communicating those stake-holders, namely : –…

As a quick recap, last time we looked at the product matrix : – What you do sell– What you could/should sell– Outlining where the Gaps are on the Matrix– Reviewing increasing Sales  – Increasing Value x Volume– Increase prices of items within the basket– Increasing the average size of existing items within the basket…

As a quick recap from last time, we looked at the ‘why’ of the question-qualifiers Why, What, Who, How and When and Where : In this section, we’ll be covering referral sabotage around the ‘what’, i.e. what it is that you actually offer. I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s pretty frustrating when you hear that…

As a quick recap from last time, we looked at the 4 main ‘silos’ of communication that can be sabotaged, which were : 1 – Internal to Internal : i.e. MSP Staff to MSP Staff2 – Internal to External : MSP Staff to Stakeholder’s Staff3 – External to External : Stakeholder’s Staff to Stakeholder’s Staff4…

Okay, so as a quick recap, last time we looked at how referrals can be sabotaged in terms of personality issues. Specifically, we looked at : – Underestimating the Importance of Soft Skills– Lack of Personal Connection– Lack of ProfessionalismAnd then we looked at the personality traits to foster, namely empathy, trustworthiness, enthusiasm, and likeability.…

Rampant Referrals for MSPs : Self-Sabotage (Part B) Okay, so as a quick recap from last time, we started looking at ways that MSPs can reduce their referral-flow as a result of reduced client-service satisfaction, as a result of service-sabotage. This started off with a quick appreciation that we all have lots of biases and…