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MSP leadership team discussing a marketing budget
By Anne Mitchell • November 5, 2026
What a full-time marketing manager really costs an MSP, how fractional CMO and agency pricing works, and how to compare quotes by what each option delivers.
MSP owner checking AI assistant results on a laptop
By Anne Mitchell • October 29, 2026
Learn how MSP owners can track whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude recommend them, which prompts to track, and which free reports to use.
A LinkedIn outreach sequence targeting multiple executive contacts, CFO, CIO, and business owner.
By Anne Mitchell • October 8, 2026
Cold LinkedIn outreach to CIOs and CFOs mostly fails because it skips the buying committee. Here's the approach that actually books meetings.
An MSP owner reviewing a checklist of interview questions before meeting with a fractional CMO
By Anne Mitchell • October 7, 2026
Hiring a fractional CMO is a different interview than hiring an employee. Here's what MSP and MSSP owners should actually vet before signing.
Follow-up email being drafted in response to a prospect's price objection
By Anne Mitchell • October 5, 2026
A price objection rarely means the deal is dead. Here's what to send a prospect who said your proposal cost too much, and why most MSPs get the follow-up wrong.
A buyer's phone screen showing an AI chat assistant naming a specific vendor recommendation
By Anne Mitchell • October 2, 2026
AI chatbots are already naming vendors to B2B buyers. Here's what determines whether an MSP or MSSP gets named, and what to do about it.
Stage-by-stage nurture sequence timeline showing email and LinkedIn touches across a 6-18 month MSP
By Anne Mitchell • September 25, 2026
Growth-stage MSPs live with 6-18 month sales cycles. Here's the stage-by-stage nurture sequence ChannelSpring builds to keep prospects warm.
Split-screen illustration of a CFO reviewing budget and risk data next to a CIO reviewing technical
By Anne Mitchell • September 23, 2026
A step-by-step ABM framework for MSPs and MSSPs: how to pick accounts, multi-thread CFOs and CIOs, and mix channels that actually get meetings booked.
Dashboard comparing MSP marketing vanity metrics like followers and impressions against pipeline.
By Anne Mitchell • September 17, 2026
Impressions and followers don't predict revenue. Here are the five KPIs that actually show whether MSP marketing is building pipeline and recurring revenue.
MSP owner reviewing a marketing budget spreadsheet showing spend as a percentage of revenue.
By Anne Mitchell • September 15, 2026
Gartner and The CMO Survey put marketing budgets at 7.8%–9% of revenue. Here's why growth-stage MSPs need a different number, and how to set yours.