As an MSP, finding ways to promote your business and increase revenue can be a challenge. Fortunately, Market Development Funds (MDF) offer a valuable resource that can help MSPs grow their business and promote technology vendors’ products and services. In this blog post, we will provide an overview of MDF funds, how they work, how MSPs can use them effectively, and the vendors that offer MDF funds. What are MDF funds? Market Development Funds (MDF)…
Marketing is a crucial aspect of any successful B2B strategy, but it can be challenging to navigate. To gain insights and inspiration for B2B marketing, we’ve distilled lessons from five of the most influential marketing books of all time. The five books we’ll be referencing are ‘Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind’ by Al Ries and Jack Trout, ‘Building a StoryBrand’ by Donald Miller, ‘Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion’ by Robert Cialdini, ‘Contagious: Why Things…
The last couple of weeks have seen a flurry of news in the finance world about GameStop. Given the wide coverage, I’m going to assume readers will be somewhat familiar with the story. But to briefly recap, an unorganized group of retail investors on Reddit’s /WallStreetBets/ noticed that GameStop’s stock was being targeted by hedge funds with massive short positions; so Reddit users started buying up GameStop shares in an effort to drive up the…
The discussions I’ve seen online in places like r/msp/ about marketing during the pandemic tend to focus on tactical elements. They often read like a search for a magic bullet…the next new marketing breakthrough. But ladies and gents, it’s not like COVID has afforded us new marketing tactics! It’s clearly the opposite; the many challenges posed by COVID have restricted tactical opportunities for MSPs (and businesses generally). I hate to break it to you…but there was no magic bullet to be found before the pandemic, and there’s certainly not one that’s come along since.
The most common MSP marketing question I see posted on Reddit, Slack, and Discord, is usually some flavor of: “Which marketing tactics are working for MSPs?” A good question, no doubt. However it’s difficult to answer without knowing a little bit more about the particular MSP and its stage of growth. While some MSPs may have great results from inbound marketing campaigns for example, others would be set-up to fail by utilizing this somewhat costly…
This is the fifth and final installment of eBridge’s ‘eCommerce Marketing Hierarchy of Needs’ blog series. Now at the peak of the pyramid, we’ll be discussing marketing tactics to gain mainstream brand awareness. This includes the type of alluring tactics which draw junior marketers into the profession. When well-executed, a quality tier five campaign can win awards and accolades. But realistically, most brands never reach the point where they’re a legit household name. So while…
Digital marketing agency, eBridge Marketing Solutions, shared insights into the intensely competitive marketing landscape and offered strategies on how to differentiate your business when they presented two sessions to groups of cloud solution providers at the 2018 Ingram Micro Cloud Summit in Boca Raton, Florida. The Summit welcomed more than 1,400 Ingram Micro partners and colleagues to the industry’s largest cloud ecosystem conference where they took a deep dive into all things cloud including new…
We recently attended the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2018 which took place at the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Boca Raton, Florida. eBridge Marketing Solutions was excited to join 1,400 Ingram Micro VARs, MSPs, ISVs, telecommunications providers and distributors in taking an in-depth look at the infinite potential of the cloud. Here are some of the highlights from the Summit. This year’s cloud summit was focused on five key areas: Infinite Possibilities: Attendees learned…
Welcome to part three of our eCommerce Marketing Hierarchy of Needs. This edition is all about tactics to gain brand awareness within a specific niche market. You may wish to check out the prerequisites outlined in the first and second parts of the series before reading this entry. The recommendations that follow assume that you’ve already proven your business concept and created a basic and functional website. If you’re at the stage where you find your…
This is part two of a five part series called the eCommerce Hierarchy of Needs. Part One discussed marketing tactics for very early stage start-ups trying to prove their business concept. This installment is for companies who have proven their concept and determined it worthwhile pursuing and investing in. The biggest need for entrepreneurs at this stage is the basic building block of every eCommerce company — a functional website. For each tier in the…