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Practical guides for MSPs, IT teams and schools: service delivery, billing, growth and the tools behind them.

Articles by Jordie Black

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Are You Ready for AI Bot Assistants in Your MSP?

Are You Ready for AI Bot Assistants in Your Workplace?

Jordie BlackAug 16, 20236 min read
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How Much Should Your MSP's Service Desk Software Cost?

How Much Should a Good Service Desk Software Cost?

Jordie BlackJul 27, 20236 min read
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Useful Online IT Skill-Building Resources

Free and low-cost places to build real IT skills online - courses, labs and communities worth the hours you put into them.

Jordie BlackJun 21, 20237 min read
How To Prevent IT Support Desk Burnout

How to Prevent IT Support HelpDesk Burnout. Why IT Burnout Happens? How to prevent it? But just how do you stop your support staff from burning out and reducing your staff turnover rate?

Jordie BlackJun 15, 20235 min read
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How To End Micromanagement To Improve Your MSP Team

How To End Micromanagement To Improve Your IT Helpdesk Team

Jordie BlackMay 31, 20236 min read
Tips For MSPs To Comply With Regulations

Explore an MSP compliance framework covering regulatory planning, staff training, ongoing monitoring and process updates as requirements change.

Jordie BlackMar 22, 20235 min read
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Best Side-Gigs For IT Pros

Best side gigs for IT Pros and how to get them.

Jordie BlackMar 2, 20237 min read
Five Data-Backed Reasons Your Tech Employees Quit (and How to Overcome Them)

5 Data-Backed Reasons Employees Quit (and How to Overcome Them)

Jordie BlackFeb 22, 20236 min read
Top Tech Conferences of 2023

The tech events worth attending in 2023 - where to network, what each covers and how to pick between them on a limited budget.

Jordie BlackJan 31, 20239 min read
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What IT Helpdesk KPIs Should You Be Tracking?

What IT Helpdesk KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Jordie BlackAug 18, 202210 min read
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Use SherpaDesk's Asset Management Tool

IT asset management tips to increase your IT helpdesk's eficiency.

Jordie BlackMay 5, 20227 min read
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How To Create A Healthy Culture In Your Startup

Company culture starts on day one, whether you plan it or not. What founders get wrong about building culture in an early-stage startup.

Jordie BlackJul 24, 20196 min read
6 Projects IT Teams Can Tackle During the Summer Slowdown

Summer slows down in most IT departments. Six projects worth tackling in the quiet weeks so autumn does not catch your team unprepared.

Jordie BlackJun 27, 20196 min read