Industry Voice
Five golden rules for meetings
Meetings needn't be hell, according to UKFast CEO Lawrence Jones
The key to winning government tech contracts
G-Cloud and the Digital Marketplace aren't going to help SMEs win government technology business, argues Mantis PR co-managing director Gavin Loader
My beef with partner programmes and rebate schemes
Barrie Desmond, COO of Exclusive Group, explains what he'd change about how vendors interact with resellers
Eddie Pacey's credit casebook
The former distribution credit boss explains how resellers can often avoid formal insolvency proceedings if they communicate with their distribution partners
A quest to build a better channel workplace
Bandish Nayee, managing director of London-based VAR 64TEQ explains how he is putting the theory that 'happy staff = business success' into practice
A time of reflection
Credit management veteran Eddie Pacey predicts that the current IT distribution model is unlikely to exist in 15 years' time
How to incentivise resellers to improve sales and create super fans
Love2shop Business Services' Adam Whatling argues resellers should look again at how they can improve their sales incentives to develop brand advocates
Six fixes to make your website better at winning new clients
IT marketing guru Paul Green offers his tips on how to make your website stand out from the crowd
The evolving storage market
A decline in an established sector of the IT market means adaptation, not giving up, is the order of the day, says Context's Gurvan Meyer
Distributors are friends, not food
Exclusive Group's Barrie Desmond argues that recent events in the distribution sector should serve as a warning to the whole channel ecosystem
Update your MSP marketing mindset to the 21st century
Paul Green offers three top tips on how to be a marketing master in the digital era
CSPs are missing out on the SMB opportunity
Gartner research director Mark Paine explains how communications providers can cash in on this end of the market
Why the adage 'it's not what you know, it's who you know' is wrong
In an industry where partner-to-partnering is taking off, limiting yourself to your own network could be limiting, claims Jacqui Rand
In defence of the G-Cloud management charge increase
UKCloud's Nicky Stewart insists newly increased G-Cloud fees are still lower than on other frameworks
Do not assume GDPR does not apply to you
Customers and channel firms could be caught out if they dismiss GDPR talk as simply hype, claims CIF board member Ian Moyse
Is the partner marketing campaign-in-a-box dead?
Vendors should start integrating with the marketing tools their partners use, not the other way around, argues Foursys' Andy Wool
How to sell your MSP for a tidy sum
IT Support Marketing's Paul Green discusses how owners can sell their MSPs for more than the standard industry valuation - and what makes some MSPs unsellable
Global cloud domination could mean UK is sleepwalking into oblivion
UKCloud CEO Simon Hansford assesses what he sees as the serious impact US cloud giants could have on the UK economy
We must immerse ourselves in our customers
Circle IT's Roger Harry argues that resellers should be making the most out of business intelligence to understand exactly what each customer wants
Will grey market get Brexit boost?
Bond Dickinson's Patrick Cantrill and Rose Smalley argue that a 'hard Brexit' could spell a sea change for parallel importers in the UK
Top five cloud predictions for 2017
Unclouding to continue, claims Nuvias' Karl Roe
Five easy ways to improve your MSP
From improving website lead generation capabilities to switching from proactive to reactive support, IT Support Marketing's Paul Green runs through five marketing and development activities MSPs should be focusing on
Seven steps to supercharge your sales team in 2017
Ensuring your sales engine is well oiled is essential for the year ahead, claims Darren Spence
