The customers your MSP depends on most.
Many owner-led MSPs get a large share of their business from one or a few especially important customers. Often that reflects years of excellent service and trust. We are focused on helping the owner understand, protect and strengthen those relationships.
A great customer can be hard to see clearly.
When one customer means so much to the business, the information needed to understand the relationship is spread across the company: operational data in the PSA, financials in the accounting system, and the history and relationship knowledge with the owner and the service team.
That is normal. It also means the owner is often making decisions about the most important relationship in the company without the whole picture in one place.
This is not about walking away from a customer. It is about knowing the relationship well enough to protect it.
Four questions worth asking about an important customer
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What it contributes
After technician time, software, vendor expenses and management attention, what does the relationship actually contribute?
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Has the scope changed?
What has changed since the original agreement, and has the agreement kept up with it?
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Does pricing still fit?
Does pricing still reflect the services being delivered today?
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Who holds it?
Is the relationship held across several people on both sides, or mostly by one or two?
What the review delivers
The review brings the financial, operational, service and relationship perspectives together, so the owner can see the customer clearly and decide what to protect, what to watch and what to strengthen.
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Customer contribution view
Revenue against the real cost to serve: technician time, software, vendors and management attention.
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Scope and agreement check
What the agreement says compared with what is actually being delivered.
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Pricing-to-services check
Where pricing and services have drifted apart.
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Relationship map
Who holds the relationship on both sides, and where it is thin.
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Owner summary
One page: what to protect, what to watch and what to strengthen.
We start by listening.
The first conversation is about what is going on in your business and with your most important customer. It is not a pitch. You decide what to share, and we tell you what we see, even when the honest answer is that the relationship is in good shape.
What you share is not discussed in public.
If you run an MSP with a customer like this, or you advise owners who do, send me a message.
Tell me what is going on in a few lines. I read every message myself.
We would welcome a brief meeting to explain our process and deliverables.
Prefer email? Write to bob@rdolcegroup.com