“There is no way we’re going to change our model and switch to a flat fee!” This is what I last heard from a computer business in Dallas over 8 year ago, after I had warned them the marketing direction was transitioning to managed services. I had thrown down the gauntlet and said I was going to stop providing any technology sales leads for them if they didn’t change. I loved these guys at this firm and had learned a lot from them, but I was not going to flinch from my belief that I should only work with the best companies that offered the best value in the market.
Why would I mention this old battle about the flat fee model, since for the most part it’s been decided that managed services has won the battle and it’s taken over most IT consultants model. It’s because I found myself in the office of the exact same firm I had provided IT Sales Leads for over 8 year ago. They had been forced to offer managed services since the market went that way! Instead of listening to me and being an ‘early adopter’ they instead waited as other computer services firm offering the flat fee ate out of their market share. (more…)

While I was relating the success that some of our computer services clients have had with our

