Nothing Happens by Itself
Copyright © 2022 Karl W. Palachuk
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Greetings!
Looking ahead: Q4 . . . and then on to 2023!
I've got a busy Fall. I guess we all do. The economy is a bit shaky, but still growing. The US Federal Reserve is trying to raise interest rates "just enough" to create a little inflation, but not too much.
Some economists refer to this attempt as a soft landing. The idea is to get us back on track without crashing the economy. So far, the Fed has managed to do this zero times, ever. As a result, like it or not, we're probably in for a hard landing.
But we're also in an economy that really just wants to expand. With luck, that means 2023 will be a little rough, but we'll have a short recession, followed by more growth.
I have no crystal ball. I'm just guessing.
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My company - Small Biz Thoughts - is planning a two-day online conference in 2023. Of course I'll still travel a bit, but no roadshow in 2023. The plan is to do a roadshow in 2024.
I also plan to get at least one new book out in 2023.
We're also planning a price increase for the Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community in July. For several years now, I've been committed to putting every new thing I do into the Community at no additional charge. So, if you're "in," you get all the new stuff free of charge.
That includes the SMB Online Conference. All Community members will get in at no additional charge! Remember, you also get all my books, all of our classes, and pretty much everything else I have at no additional charge. Most members save twice the cost of membership every year.
Existing members lock in at their current price, so only new members will feel the price increase. If you want to save an extra $100, now is a good time to lock in.
On other fronts . . .
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NSITSP: First Elections Completed Successfully
I'm going to brag a bit. Feel free to keep scrolling.
I founded the National Society of IT Service Providers to help improve the entire industry. In fact, to turn the industry into a profession.
We started with nothing but a webinar dedicated to the challenges we face. I didn't have a plan - certainly not a plan to create an organization or to grow it. And certainly not to RUN it. I have a business to run. I have a job.
But my personal mission is to make as many IT consultants as possible as successful as possible. So, when the response to my first few meetings was overwhelming, I found myself creating a not-for-profit membership association.
A friend (who is extremely involved in the project) warned me: I'm not the right person to do this. My response was, "It's not about who should; it's about who DOES." So off we went.
While we've been working at this for about 18 months, last week marks a major milestone:
As of Friday, we now have a Board and Committees that are 100% elected by the membership. We are officially out of the start-up phase and on our way to a massively successful 2023.
As of Friday, we have almost 800 members and nine vendor sponsors. That may not sound like a lot, but it's really phenomenal. I have been secretly hoping we will hit 1,000 members by the end of the year. In some ways, that feels far off. But then I realize we have three months left!
And with nine vendors jumping onboard in the last month, I am sure the growth will be amazing going forward.
If you haven't become a paid professional member yet, head over to https://nsitsp.org and drop $100 today. I promise we'll make it worth your while! |
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Snippets
Shout out - and big thanks - to Chris Tate from Jumpcloud for listing the SMB Community Podcast on his very short list of podcasts YOU should be subscribed to!
Two quick notes about the SMB Community Podcast.
1) We are possibly the longest-running podcast in the industry. I've done three other podcast "series," but we've been the SMB Community Podcast for more than TEN years. www.smbcommunitypodcast.com
2) We have a HUGE announcement coming soon. We are retooling a bit, adding another amazing world-famous host, and creating a format that really separates us from the crowd.
Oh, and maybe 2.5, I'm doing some research and planning to do a blog post on the podcasts targeted to the SMB IT industry. Stay tuned to this newsletter, or my blog.
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My personal travel update . . .
I'm headed to my college reunion at Gonzaga University in Spokane in mid-October. With luck, I'll leave there before I need a real coat, because I'm not packing one.
I fly from Spokane to Brisbane, Australia and the Gold Coast. I'm speaking at the SMB IT Pro conference. If you can, join us!
The SMB IT Pro conference is always one of my favorites and I'm very happy to be heading back this year.
Next, I'm off to spend a week in Thailand and then a few days in Singapore. Follow my adventures on Facebook. I'm hoping to see elephants and monkeys . . . but no cobras.
I fly home for a few days (like, two), and then I'm off to Florida and the Acronis #CyberFit Summit. I'm going to be joining a lot of friends - and podcasting from the conference. As always, stay tuned. More info here: https://acronis.events/summit2022/.
And then, I believe, I'll be home for a while.
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Keep sending me 2023 events! We've added a bunch, but we estimate we are 300 events short. Please let us know where you're going to be.
Thanks for reading. Have a great week.
- Karl P.
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Current Course:
Core SOPs for IT Service Providers
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You only missed two weeks. It's recorded. Sign up, catch up, and join us live tomorrow!
Core Standard Operating Procedures for IT Service Providers
You’re guaranteed to learn something that will make or save you the price of admission!
Taught By: Karl W. Palachuk, Author and community builder
- Five Tuesdays - September 13th - October 11th
- All classes start a 9:00 AM Pacific
This course will cover the most important procedures you need to have in place to run an efficient and highly profitable Managed Services Business.
Whether you're a new Computer Consultant or an experienced Managed Service Provider, you need to create successful processes that will propel your company forward. Nothing is more critical to making profit than having the right processes and procedures in place!
When I take on new coaching clients, they have many of the same issues over and over again. And almost all of them boil down to SOPs - Standard Operating Procedures. Or the lack thereof.
Everyone knows you need SOPs. In fact you probably know which ones you need. But where do you start?
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You will learn:
- A practical introduction to SOPs
- The relationship matrix of SOPs
- Clients
- Employees
- Vendors
- Internal Organization
- The Ten Most Important SOPs for your IT Consulting Business
- SOPs management, organization, and updates
- Implementation strategies internally
- Implementation strategies for clients
- Service Department SOPs
- Building
- Training
- Deployment
- Upkeep
- Avoiding the biggest pitfalls with SOP development and deployment
- Building an Action Plan that works
and MORE!
ITSP University Certification:
Meets Certification Requirements for:
- Management
- Service Manager
- Technician
This class will be recorded. Each unit is generally posted within 24 hours of the live class. These recorded units will become the On-Demand class and you’ll have lifetime access to it.
Class Content
Unit 1 Introduction and Organization of SOPs
Unit 2 Managing Time and Money
Unit 3 Service Delivery and the Service Board
Unit 4 Practical Operating Considerations
Unit 5 Putting It All Together
Note: * Members of the Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community attend at no additional charge. See details in the Community
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All the Resources That Are Fit to Print |
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Recent Blog Posts, Podcasts, and Videos |
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Small Biz Thoughts Blog:
SMB Community Podcast - New episodes drop every Thursday
The Killing IT Podcast - New episodes drop every Tuesday
National Society of IT Service Providers News Blog
Relax Focus Succeed:
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Selected Recent Videos and Webinars:
Our YouTube IT Consulting channel now has more than 530,000 views!
Subscribe today and don't miss a thing!
A quick guide to my Playlists:
- Total: Over 835 videos on the Small Biz Thoughts channel
- 345+ SOP videos
- 265+ Relax Focus Success videos
Plus . . .
- Training, Courses, Seminars on Managed Services
- Product Reviews
- and more
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Community News
SmallBizThoughts.org
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Community News comes out Friday. Members, keep an eye out
- and Our Roundtable is next week
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The SBT Technology Community Newsletter goes out on Friday, along with the news video.
And on the First Thursday of every month we have our members-only Roundtable.
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Russell Benaroya will be our special guest on October 6th.
Russell Benaroya is an author, entrepreneur, coach and speaker focused on helping people achieve their highest and best use by staying in their genius zones. Russell has spent the last twenty years in investment banking, private equity, and entrepreneurship and today is the cofounder of Stride Services, an outsourced accounting and strategic finance firm that helps business owners use their data for better decision making. Russell speaks on topics designed to help business leaders build more successful businesses through a combination of self-discovery and tactical financial tools.
We'll talk a bit about Russell's book, One Life to Lead. But, as always, we try to get folks to abandon their "script" and have a rock-solid business discussion on the SBT Roundtable.
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Members join us - Free!
Non-Members pay only $1,199 (includes one year of membership)!
Also join us for the weekly Zoom call. We continue to have good turnout and great discussions - every Thursday at 9AM Pacific, Noon Eastern. Join us!!!
The link for the weekly Zoom call is always in your Dashboard.
All meetings are recorded, along with the transcript, chat, and links mentioned on the call.
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That's it for this week. I'll see you at the meeting on Thursday.
Thank you!
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Did you have the same reaction as me?
"Nice Wheels!"
(Spotted in Sacramento, CA)
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What's Here?
This calendar lists two kinds of things: LIVE in-person events from any organization that focuses on the SMB consulting community; and MY events, whether live, webinar, etc.
If you have live events on your calendar that may be useful to others in the SMB Community, please let us know. We'd be happy to list them.
Of course: Everything here is subject to change based on Covid. Click the links for the latest details. Please send updates so we can post them.
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September
InfoSec World
Sep. 26-28, 2022
Lake Buena Vista, FL
ASCII Success Summit
September 28-29
Parsippany, NJ
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
Sept. 29-30
Omaha, NE
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October
ASCII Success Summit
October 4-5
Dallas, TX
SMB Techfest
October 20
Anaheim, CA
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SMB IT Professionals Conference - Australia
October 21-22
Gold Coast
Join me Live !!!
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Xchange NexGen Security
Oct. 23-26, 2022
Orlando, FL
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November
ChannelPro SMB Summit
So Calif
Nov 3rd
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Acronis Summit in Miami
November 7 - 9
Miami, FL
Join me Live !!!
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MSP Community Block Party
Nov. 9, 2022
Orlando, FL
IT Nation Connect 2022
November 9 - 11
More Info: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/connect-na
Service Management World
Nov. 12-16, 2022
Orlando, FL
Managed Services Summit North
Nov. 16, 2022
Manchester, England
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December
Cybersecurity & Cloud Ezxpo
Dec. 1, 2022
London, England
Cisco Live!
Dec. 6-9, 2022
Melbourne, Australia
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
Dec. 8-9
Las Vegas, NV
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January
Send me your events !!!
Karl's 14th Annual State of the Nation Address for SMB IT
January 11th - 9:00 AM Pacific
Join me Live Online!
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February
MSPExpo
Feb 14-17, 2022
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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March
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
March 30-31
Orlando, FL
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April
The IT Sales And Marketing Boot Camp
April 11-14, 2023
Nashville, TN
RSA Conference
Apr. 24-27, 2023
San Francisco, CA
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May
2023 SMB Online Conference!
May 17-18
Zoom
Online - Stay Tuned for Details - but mark your calendar now.
Join Me Live Online!
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June
Cisco Live!
June 4-8, 2023
Las Vegas, NV
IT Nation Secure
June 5-7, 2023
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Infosecurity Europe
June 20-22, 2023
London, England
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
June 29-30
Denver, CO
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July
Send me your events !!!
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August
Send me your events !!!
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September
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
Sept 28-29
Omaha, NE
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October
dattoCon 2022
Oct. 2-4, 2023
Miami, FL
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November
Send me your events !!!
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December
James Kernan's Millionaire Mastermind Quarterly
Dec 7-8
Phoenix, AZ
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