by Josh Peterson | Jan 21, 2022 | BMK Event
by Hiring a Retail Veteran Adding New Skills to Its Rapidly Growing Team NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago, IL, January 11, 2022—BERING MCKINLEY (BMK), a business consulting firm that helps managed service providers (MSPs) and managed print partners around the...
by Josh Peterson | Sep 16, 2021 | Sales & Sales Management, Business Planning, PSA Consulting, Uncategorized
Today I am interviewing Ben Altman, a Sales Consultant at Bering McKinley. BMK Sales Consultants focus on helping professional service providers find, hire and produce highly-producing sales teams that achieve revenue results. For the past 20 years, Ben has walked in...
by Josh Peterson | Jul 6, 2021 | Business Performance Audit, Business Planning, ConnectWise Training, MSP Top Picks, Uncategorized
Time entry – any service-oriented organization knows the value of technician time entry within their professional services automation software. Many technicians find it tough to follow through with time entry, resulting in inaccurate tech utilization reports and data...
by Josh Peterson | May 26, 2021 | Business Planning, Uncategorized, Work-Life Balance
17 Life & Business Lessons Learned Dear Business Leader, My name is Josh Peterson, and I am the CEO of Bering McKinley. I want to share the 17 life and business lessons that I learned over time through effort, struggle, error, and success. I hope you will...
by Josh Peterson | Feb 10, 2021 | BMK Event, ConnectWise Training, PSA Consulting, Uncategorized
ConnectWise user, we have 3 questions for you: Do you waste too much time keeping data updated between ConnectWise Manage and QuickBooks Online (Invoices, Payments, Expense Reimbursements, etc.)? Do you struggle to access QuickBooks Desktop from outside of your...
by Josh Peterson | Jan 25, 2021 | Compass Program, Business Performance Audit, Business Planning
Your financial records aren’t just a set of numbers that indicate your profitability. They’re the story your business is telling you day in and day out. Most IT and managed service providers (MSPs) we talk to aren’t getting as much out of their financial stories as...
by Rose Avila | Jul 22, 2020 | PSA Consulting, Uncategorized
ConnectWise Sell – most of us first discovered this tool when it was initially called Quosal and was later purchased and renamed ConnectWise Sell. ConnectWise Sell has some unique features that, if set-up properly in advance, will increase the likelihood of accurate...
by Rose Avila | Jul 15, 2020 | PSA Consulting, Uncategorized
Real-Life Business Improvement Story Not having ConnectWise Manage properly configured is something many MSPs can relate to. Here’s a real-life client story that speaks to the business improvement that can be gained when your ConnectWise instance is aligned to the way...
by Rose Avila | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized, Business Performance Audit, Business Planning, ConnectWise Training, PSA Consulting
,{As an MSP, you probably already have a Professional Services Automation (PSA) tool in place. You are likely using ConnectWise or a similar PSA that you expect will help you centralize your data and provide you with more meaningful reporting in order to make better...
by Josh Peterson | Mar 19, 2020 | Business Planning
Good afternoon! It’s a rainy and dark day here in Chicago. Yesterday we had an amazing webinar around the topic of COVID-19 Communication Strategies. We were able to hear from lots of folks regarding their thoughts and planning. We learned that there is a lot of...
