Next Odd Tuesdays episode – Feb. 4 will feature Sam Saab, President and Founder of DPS Consulting and Results Software. Some of you may have met Sam at Karl’s annual SMB Preday event in Vegas last year.
Sam will discuss how you can help your clients leverage the virtual office business model. A breakdown of the topic can be found here. Feel free to send questions in via our Contact page!
Join I.T. Author Karl Palachuk as he delves into what’s new in tech management & guides listeners on the best options for running their I.T. business. Podcast airs odd week Tuesdays and features a variety of Vendor & MSP consultant interviews and advice segments.
Karl’s first guests will include SMB Nation’s Harry Brelsford and Sam Saab, Founder of Results Software.
Podcast Producer Monica Caraway will also introduce in the new year our Oddballs segments with regular contributors “Computer Wallah” Bob Nitrio, Harbor Computer Services President Amy Babinchak, and ABC Solutions Owner Rayanne Buchianico covering various aspects of running an MSP business.
More geek talk & tech news in today’s 7th episode of Odd Tuesdays!
Our special guest is Ted Hulsy, VP of Marketing at eFolder. Ted talks to Karl about sync and security for MSPs and VARs. Ted also notes a number of eFolder offerings that can make business clients happy. Ted extends a free-trial offer as well for listeners.
Also on today’s episode, Rayanne Buchianico, from ABC Solutions and one of our resident Oddballs, continues her QuickBooks tips segment with today’s tips surrounding the variety of preferences you can take advantage of in making QuickBooks much more user friendly with daily entries.
Click below to hear April 15th’s show:
In today’s episode, Karl is joined by Chip Reaves, from Bigger Brains MSP.
Chip joined Karl and the Small Biz Thoughts crew in 2013 in our annual SMB Online conference in which he spoke about how an MSP can train or educate their clients in such a way that will help lead to future sales. We had a lot of positive feedback on that presentation.
Chip is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding and awareness for a series of courses Bigger Brains is currently developing. The Brain Bites mini-courses are basic productivity courses MSPs can resell to their clients that cover productivity skills in Time Management, Organizing Files, and Managing Email.
Chip explains that the intention is to use crowdfunding monies raised to purchase additional equipment and hire illustrators and graphic artists to complete and enhance the courses. Chip also shares some of the ins and outs he has discovered in trying to work with the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.com.
One of resident Oddballs, Rayanne Buchianico, also joins the program in our Oddballs segment to share sales tax tips for MSPs.
We also cover the latest in upcoming Tech events and Tech News!
Click below to hear September 16th’s show:
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Join us March 18th when Chip Reaves from Bigger-Brains talks to Karl about the Bigger MSP Program.
Bigger-Brains has put together a series of studio-quality, unique training programs. The courses are highly interactive – a cut about the typical “screenshot and lecture” training videos.
Bigger-Brains allows MSPs access to selling these trainings as part of their Managed Services packages. Videos cover training in MS Office, QuickBooks, Sales, Marketing, and more.
The episode will feature as well our Tech News & Oddballs segment – More tech & MSP highlights to keep you going!
April Sage, from Online Tech, joins us to discuss HIPAA compliance – a topic our Odd Tuesdays audience has been asking more and more about (Follow Karl’s HIPAA Pinterest Board).
April encourages MSPs to embrace the notion of HIPAA compliance because trying to work against or get around the regulations can cause a lot of headaches. She says it is a good idea to become familiar with the Business Associates Agreement – a contract that outlines the accountabilities in the chain of trust and what the flow of responsibilities are. She notes that the Department of Human Services has a good example of what that agreement should look like (See link here).
Rayanne Buchianico joins us in her debut Oddballs segment. She discusses how to record Hardware as a Service (HaaS) in QuickBooks. She outlines four key points:
1) What to record right after you buy the equipment
2) How to set up the rental income accounts
3) How to track associated costs
4) How to retire the item at the end of the lease term
Click below to hear March 4th’s show:
In this episode Karl talks to Phil Elder and Susan Bradley from the SMBKitchen Project.
Both Phil and Susan have some key specialties in the world of tech management and share upcoming projects they are involved with. They also offer the chance for a lucky listener to win a year-long membership to the SMBKitchen ASP Project, a managed services educational project we have been highlighting on our show in recent weeks.
Resident Oddballs
co-host Amy Babinchak joins the program again.
Amy is also involved in the SMBKitchen project, although today she joins the show to share insight into when to hire and how to train administrative and tech staff for your managed services business.
Click below to listen to the show – lots of Tech News, tech event highlights, and a forecast on the rest of the year ahead for Karl Palachuk, which includes information on Karl’s recently announced Roadshow Down Under tour.
Click below to hear July 1st’s show:
