Managed Services in a Month: Build a Successful, Modern Computer Consulting Business in 30 Days

by Karl W. Palachuk

Build a Successful IT Services Business in 30 Days! The ultimate do-it-now guide to getting started in Managed Services. Managed Services in a Month is a no-nonsense guide to building a successful managed service practice. Whether you are just starting out, or converting your existing break/fix technology consulting business to managed services, this book will show you the way. The newly revised and expanded 3rd edition has ten new chapters, covering the latest products and services available today-including cloud technologies. Karl Palachuk makes it very clear that managed services is the business model of the future. Managed Services in a Month is a very practical and straight to the point. Karl shows you how to transform your business step by step. And yes-You can really do it in one month! Karl W. Palachuk is the author of seventeen books, including Managed Services Operations Manual, The Network Documentation Workbook, Service Agreements for SMB Consultants - A Quick-Start Guide to Managed Services, and The Network Migration Workbook. He is also the author of the most popular blog on Managed Services. Karl ran a consulting business for seventeen years and is a speaker, trainer, and coach. He provides technical support to small and medium size businesses in North America. In that role, Karl provides business consulting services and CEO-level training on technical topics. Whether you're a NEW Computer Consultant or an experienced technician making the move to managed services, this is the perfect book for you! The book includes step-by-step instructions for creating service offerings, reformulating your business, creating service agreements, and more! The best selling book on Managed Services - Now in it's 3rd edition. "The ultimate guide to managed services." - Joshua Liberman, Albuquerque, NM

Genres: Business

300 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 23, 2010

Reviews

[Megan Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm super happy with the writing style, breaking it down and making it easy to understand! Although the resources on the website are not well maintained.

[Steven]

Good overview of MSP and history of where it came from and problems it solved along the way. We're seeing many of these same problems take place again today in different forms.

Hard to rate since it doesn't describe the current challenges, but the models to think through are there.

[عبدالله عطيه · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book for Managed services on the business side.
It is best suited for a one man show up to a couple of employees

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

The only good thing about this book is - its short.

[Tom Lambotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is hands down the best book to read if you are considering going into managed services. 2.5 years ago I decided to convert my business from break/fix (hourly consulting only) to Managed Services. This book was recommended to me and it was very easy to read with a very usable, step by step plan to actually do it. It worked so well for me that we are now 100% Managed Services, we let go 80% of our clients a year ago and are growing and more profitable than ever before. I actually ended up getting personal coaching from Karl, which was worth every penny!

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ready & very insightful for someone looking to change their business model to a MSP