Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast (Real Talk for IT Pros & MSPs)

In this episode I get caught with with Sean, who describes the MDF initiative that ConnectWise has invested in the partner program. I sidetrack Sean with this question - What's the main problem for MSPs right now? And...oops, this did not published before Tuesday's Battle Royale.Website: https://www.connectwise.com/===== Podcast I referenced about having processes for customers they don't have, The Sweaty Startup: https://sweatystartup.com/===== Join me in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

My 20 Year Anniversary Video on The Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/r4enxpxv===== Other stuff discussed tonight: : My time at the ASCII conference in Miami. : My client that had water in the server room: Malwarebytes Toolset, ===== I received a laptop to review from Refurb Connection. I hope to fire it up and use it this weekend, then give them a review next week. Has anyone ever purchase from them before? Website: https://refurbconnection.com/===== Anyone headed to Dallas for the ASCII MSP Success Summit in October? Let me know so that we can meet up. If you're near Oklahoma City, let me know that too. You're not signed up? Sign up here... https://asciievents.com/===== Florida Man Solicits Prostitute During Honeymoon: https://tinyurl.com/ac87dbwa===== Join us in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Carbon Systems provides servers and workstations built for small business. They only work with partners and provide a simple way for IT pros to buy, provision and support business-ready hardware.===== Website: https://www.carbonsys.com/===== Join me in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

New friend Al and I talk about insurance companies and how they are changing the cybersecurity market. Be sure to look at your cybersecurity insurance - check the declarations page.CyberGuard360 is a cybersecurity company that designs and builds cybersecurity platforms and products built by MSPs for MSPs. ===== Website: https://cyberguard360.com/===== Join me in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

ConnectWise's PitchIT and Channel Program's Channel Pitch are teaming up on August 30th and September 1st for an exclusive 2-round event: The Battle Royale - Channel EditionRegister to watch and vote! https://tinyurl.com/4hdds5m6 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Alan and I start off a series of onsite interviews with CEOs, Vendors and Tech Friends at ASCII's 2022 MSP Success Summit in Miami, Florida. ASCII recently started a virtual peer group called Spark. Spark will be a part of ASCII Insider, where members have deeper interaction with peers to challenge their business to grow and stand out in the market. ===== Apply to be a part of ASCII Spark: https://tinyurl.com/bn7vthxh- Or contact Trevor at 800-394-2724, [email protected] the closest ASCII Success Summit near you: https://asciievents.com/===== Join us in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Khadirah is a Systems Implementation Engineer that helps business owners learn how to scale with systems, automation and outsourcing. She shows you how to leverage automation tools to save hours of time each week. My next step... to see if Khadirah can help me leverage Zapier. Join us for the Live Show on September 21 to see how I did.===== Khadirah's LinksWebsite: https://succeedingwithsystems.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/servicetimefreedomLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khadirah/===== Join us in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Every business owner needs some time away. Six weeks is a long time to walk away, but Tom did it. He was able to leave his business in a place where it could function completely without him. Imagine trying to create an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) Manual for yourself. Tom had to do that in two months. Of course we talked about the business side of being away, but we also discussed the personal side. Re-focus, Re-energize, Re-entry... ===== Tom's LinksMy Camino Podcast 1: https://tinyurl.com/bdfasye - Tom shares his motivation and planning before the CaminoMy Camino Podcast 2: https://tinyurl.com/bdfasye - After his return from the CaminoTom's Blog: https://tinyurl.com/4huc46j4 - Follow Tom's virtual journeyLearn about the Camino: https://tinyurl.com/2862tpdrThe Way: https://tinyurl.com/3r8y3e7s - The movie that helped provide inspiration===== Join us in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Get a clean and professional website for your IT business. Tech Marketing Engine has a complete toolbox to help with your organic online marketing as well. Website: https://www.techmarketingengine.com/===== Join us in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Tech Marketing Engine was last year's Swag Winner. Can they defend their title? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Dark Cubed provides automated threat detection and blocking for your clients. Dark Cubed: https://darkcubed.com/ Schedule a demo here: https://darkcubed.com/schedule-a-demo-2Bigfoot Festival: https://hockinghillsbigfoot.com/===== Matt Lee's Beard Challenge: https://cybermattlee.com/shave-that-beardDonate here – https://go.cybermattlee.com/gofundme===== Join us in Chicago for Techcon Unplugged: September 16-18, 2022Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

It's been two years since JB Fowler has been on the show. There have been a lot of new features and integrations added, making Domotz a force in the channel for MSPs. Some of the new features:Updated and Customizable Monitoring DashboardsSearch for endpoints across ALL of your sitesPre-configured SNMP SensorsMore integrations... now more than 120 hardware and software integrations===== LinksDomotz Website: https://www.domotz.com/Domotz Github Community: https://github.com/domotzTechcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Pay attention to Matt's "two sentence response" about his upcoming session at this year's event.We also have a nice chat on cybersecurity and insurance. Do you know anyone else in the industry that gets this excited about actuarial data? And finally, someone explains the MSP world with a great sports analogy.Hockey stick vs. Asymptote? Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Local Circuit is a Denton, Texas-based managed service provider specializing in small business technology management and security.Some items in their stack include Cisco Meraki, Unify, Cylance, Mail Protector, Solutions Granted, Synology, Synchro and Pax8.Check out the post-show on YouTube as they share some of their work with municipalities and local police departments.=== In the NewsApple will no longer help you setup a dial-up modem on your Mac: https://tinyurl.com/cxm8ndwtFlorida Man accused of stealing over 100 bronze vases from cemetery: https://tinyurl.com/fwn5fudz=== Last Weeks Show: 413 Stand Your Ground=== Techcon Unplugged: https://techconunplugged.com/Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Little Meta Sues Big Meta: https://tinyurl.com/3ubxb2ebFlorida Man Sued for Using Umbrella at the Beach: https://tinyurl.com/2smtmcw4=== Links from last weeks show: 412 Document How Things Get Done | IT Business PodcastWebsite: https://www.sweetprocess.com/unclemarvLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sweetprocess/=== Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Guest Owen McGab Enahwo explains how documenting all those repetitive tasks can free up your time, reduce errors and re-dos. Getting them out of your head and documented gives your business the systemization it needs to scale and grow. Stop doing everything yourself. If you have to do it twice, document it! Website: https://www.sweetprocess.com/unclemarvLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sweetprocess/=== Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

In some cases, it means a great deal how you word your proposal to a client. Calling your proposal an estimate, job quote or statement of work (SOW) can mean different things to the client, and to the law. As estimate is a "guestimate" or an approximation. Estimates are flexible and in most cases, negotiable.A quote provides your client with an exact price for the job or project. Quotes are exact, and in some cases, more legally binding than an estimate.A Statement of Work seeks to define liabilities, responsibilities and work agreements between two parties. It allows you to manage expectations and add a layer of detail about what the project will and will not cover.Freshbooks - Quote vs Estimate Your Traderbase - Estimate vs QuoteBradley Gross does a much better job of explaining these than I do. Check out two of his podcasts on this topic.Technology Bradcast 41 - Quotes: How Long? How Detailed? How Terrifying!Technology Bradcast 21 - Quote vs Proposal vs SOW: A PrimerLaw Office of Bradley Gross – Business Technology Law=== Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

I recently gave a client their second strike. One more and we are done. Here's a short list of my customer red flags: The client is rude and abusiveThe client doesn't support your worth: always tries to talk me down on price or doesn't have time to meet with me regarding big decisions. If they don't have time for me, I don't have time for them.The client slow pays.The percentages are off. A client that pays 10% of my revenue but demands more than 50% of my time. It's time to goLaw Office of Bradley Gross – Business Technology LawThe Technology Bradcast (podbean.com)Jacksonville man arrested after police say he killed neighbor’s pet rooster – Action News Jax=== Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

In response to the show title being terrible advice. Here is some real things to put on your backup checklist. Get Email Notifications: Whether you get them or your clients get them, you should choose to get documentation where a backup is successful or fails. Check the Email: If you get the emails, someone should read them. Or at the very least, make Sure it doesn't go to the spam folder. Test the backups: Just because you can see the file doesn't mean you can recover the file.Don't ignore warnings: If you've read this far... send me an email and let me know what we left out. Magnus Box WebsiteFlorida Man Robs Victim Who Wouldn't Buy Him Wendy's Chicken Nuggets=== Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

When Jay McBain speaks, people listen! As Chief Analyst at Canalys, Jay continues his legendary thought leadership at the world's leading analyst firm with a true focus on channels, partnerships, alliances and ecosystems.We only touched on a few of his predictions:76% of CEOs think current business model will be unrecognizableThe world shifts to subscription and consumption modelsDistributor disruption continues72% of US tech workers are considering quittingListen to the full list of Jay's Channel Predictions For 2022 on the Channel Journeys Podcast with Rob SpeeFollow Jay on LinkedinCheck out A Few thoughts on Jay's personal website. === Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

If you ever have connection issues with a device, use Domotz to check for any packet loss and see the historical ping range. It helped me pinpoint a cable issue that we that was a firewall issue. Whew!Get a Domotz box from Amazon. I installed Uplevel's Secure Remote Gateway at my house over the weekend. It was much easier than I thought it would be and should be a pretty good option in you have client's with remote workers that need a good connection from their home. My next goal is to reconnect the Uplevel Gateway at my office and test the VPN connection. Stay tuned.=== Other links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.Largest python ever found in Florida!"Florida Man" fighting off a gator with a frying pan - FAKE! === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Other reviews have claimed that the RT2600 is one of the fastest Wi-Fi routers on the market. My quick review puts the Synology router up against two access points: the Ruckus R710 and an Engenius EWS377APv3. It's not very scientific, but it works for me to quickly access how a wireless access point works here in south Florida.=== Links for items mentioned in this showSynology RT2600ac 4x4 Gigabit Wi-Fi RouterTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.Sign up for a 100% complimentary Platinum Conference Pass to Cannatech and MSP Expo in Fort Lauderdale, June 21-24, 2022.Site: https://www.cannatechexpo.com/Complimentary Code: CANNATECH100Alligator Lunges at Man at Florida Park === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

As managed service providers (MSPs), we know what phishing is. We know that we should be helping our clients get the proper training to prevent a successful phishing attack. Phin Security helps us get past the challenge of training and make training easier and more pleasant for our clients.=== Links for items mentioned in this showPhin Security Website: Channel Only Security Awareness & Phishing SimulationContact Connor: Email, Twitter, LinkedInFlorida Man killed in possible alligator attack while searching lake for frisbeesTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Ever wonder how Amazon determines when you get your packages? Do you want to get Amazon bucks added to your account simply by changing the days of your delivery? John shares his behind the scenes tips as an Amazon delivery driver. Oh... and make sure the numbers on your house are legible!=== Links for items mentioned in this showAmazon Rewards Chase Visa Card: Endorsed by Paco Lebronsmile.amazon.com: Amazon will donate to your favorite charity with purchases done using this link.Techcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

This episode expands on what I mentioned last episode where I helped a fellow MSP with a network discovery audit. I used both the NetAlly EtherScope nXG and a Domotz box to scan the network. We do a deep dive into my audit and what I provided my client afterwards. For prospects, you can assure them that you won't need a password to "see" their network.With the EtherScope you can do all this in just a few minutes: Scan up to 1024 IP AddressesDetermine Device TypesSee both wired and wireless networksUse SNMP to look inside routers and managed switchesLooks are what devices are connected to what switchIdentify ports with errorsFind bad subnet masks=== Links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.Netally EtherScope nXG: The tool that I used to run the network discovery audit for my friend.Purchase yours here: https://amzn.to/3N7lxmfDomotz: I also used a Domotz box to scan the network for endpoints.Purchase yours here: https://amzn.to/39fv63RFlorida Man in Ape Mask Used Sledgehammer to Rob Laundromat === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

How do you bill a client when they ask you to be available all day, but then you only are onsite with them for a few hours?I explain how I used the Netally Etherscope nXG to help another MSP with a network discovery audit.Please give me your advice for running a virtual server and file server on the same Synology NAS. I also want to mix solid state and NAS drives for each storage pool. Please let me know what you've done. Let me know by using the Message App on the website or using the Contact Us page on the IT Business Podcast website.=== Links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.Netally EtherScope nXG: The tool that I used to run the network discovery audit for my friend.Purchase yours here: https://amzn.to/3N7lxmfDomotz: I also used a Domotz box to scan the network for endpoints.Purchase yours here: https://amzn.to/39fv63RFlorida Man Lands Plane After Pilot Falls Unconscious === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

If you don't have a local recycler, give MSP Disposal a try. They offer pickup just about anywhere in the lower 48 states and make it easy with the new FedEx Freight Box Program. Just like a moving pod, you get a box delivered to you, pack it then arrange for pickup at your leisure. For reference, MSP Disposal works with Kaseya, Broadcam and hundreds of MSPs. They also supply "rage rooms" with inventory. What is a smash room you ask? In simple terms, it's a place where you can go and break sh!t. === Links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.MSP Disposal WebsiteFedEx Freight Box ProgramThe Smash it HouseFlorida Man crashes $706,000 Ford GT into palm treeFlorida Man kills another homeless man over masturbation dispute === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Akarsh shares his journey that was inspired in 2017 and has finally resulted in his speakers being produced and ready for shipment this year. A major difference in bringing a consumer hardware item to market is the amount of work that goes into creating the concept, coming up with a prototype, and approaching the big boy manufacturers to help produce it. Some of Akarsh's tips to getting started include: Learning to de-riskYou don't have to commit all-in to scaleLearn the language and know the spaceEarn trustWant to contact Akarsh? Email him at [email protected].=== Links for items mentioned in this showOrder your Dio Node: Get 17% off now, then 35% off future purchases by getting in early.Dio Node WebsiteTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.Florida Man claims being Jesus, then kisses a minor in gym locker room === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

We start with the joy of a client visit where we brought in a cable tech to help cleanup a server closet and move about 30 cables from one side of the room to another. Ugh!The show received email from Tom and Diana asking about Synology. Tom wanted to know if Synology could be monitored through N-Able RMM and Diana wanted to hear about Synology features to replace an on-premise server.Looks like I got spammed by Podstatus, a website that monitors reviews and rankings of podcasts. The next podcast will feature Dio, the easiest and most affordable way to have audio throughout your home. === Links for items mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Use discount code ITBP75OFF and save $75 off the ticket price.NetAlly EtherScope nXG Portable Network Kit: Synology Active InsightPodstatusFlorida Sheriff Encourages Homeowners to Shoot IntrudersDio Node === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast - Presented by NetAlly=== Mentioned in this showPitchIT: Join the PitchIT Accelerator Program to share your innovation that solves a need in cyber security, finance, or another practice area. Modes Theory Assessment: The Mode Mindset combines how you define success, manage your service delivery offerings, lead your teams, build systems and develop partnerships.Techutainment: a word I made up to describe the podcast experience. Synology: Yes, I am using them. There will be a Synology Podcast Series coming in May. Stay tuned.Techcon Unplugged: Join me for the 2022 Annual Conference this September in Chicago hosted by techs for techs. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast - Presented by NetAlly=== Mentioned in this showNerdio: Ron is currently moving two clients to AWS using Nerdio. Synology: We talked about using Synology boxes as file servers and backup appliances. Snapshot Replication and Hyber Backup have been our applications of choice. I brought up using the Synology Directory Server package to setup domain services for a client. Techcon Unplugged: Join me for the 2022 Annual Conference this September in Chicago hosted by techs for techs.=== In the news...Florida Man sentenced for nationwide tax fraud schemeFlorida Man impersonates police office for discount at Wendy's === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast - Presented by NetAllyIn this podcast, Stan shares some of his tips and philosophies to reaching his goals.Sell product to get service; service makes the most moneyBill based on value, not hours.Invest in processes and standardization to work smarter, not harder.It takes the same amount of energy to go after big clients as it does to go after smaller clients. Go after the big ones.=== Mentioned in this showKaseya to acquire Datto for $6.2 billionASCII '22 MSP Success Summits: You can see Stanley live this summer at the ASCII events. Hear first hand how he grew his business to over $1 million in sales for the last two years as a Solopreneur. QuoteWerks: Stan uses this as his quoting tool. Techcon Unplugged: Join me for the 2022 Annual Conference this September in Chicago hosted by techs for techs. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

=== Mentioned in this showTechcon Unplugged: Join me for the 2022 Annual Conference this September in Chicago hosted by techs for techs.NetGuard Plus - Cyber Liability: Find the different application and renewal forms The majority of this episode focused on the NetGuard Plus Application that businesses are now getting when they apply for or try to renew their cyber insurance. Intermedia: Our preferred VoIP provider, a full cloud communications provider.=== Other links for this episodeLaw Offices of Bradly Gross: The technology lawyer for managed service providers (MSPs) and value added retailers (VARs). === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

=== Notes from the showTechcon Unplugged: Join me for the 2022 Annual Conference this September in Chicago hosted by techs for techs.NetGuard Plus - Cyber Liability: The majority of this episode focused on the NetGuard Plus Application that businesses are now getting when they apply for or try to renew their cyber insurance. The form I referenced is available here... it's the first one in the list.PortableApps.com Platform: It looks like I'm behind on my version of this software. I started using this as a respository tool for all my portable apps to keep them in one place. === Other links for this episodeSpace Force - Netflix - John Malkovich - Dr. Adrian Mallard - "F*uck Microsoft" === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

=== Notes from the showIT Glue: IT documentation N-Able: My RMM program. Other products include EDR, DNS Filtering, Passportal and more. Solutions Granted: I use them for firewall monitoring. They also offer SOC as a service and other services. === Other links for this episodeWizTree: The fastest disk space analyzer that I have found. Faster than TreeSize! === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

=== Notes from the showCan you run a business? Know your numbersChoose your "hard"** After the podcast, Dawn mentioned that she should have mentioned Western Governors University. WGU is an online university that focuses on competency-based education that allows you to work at your own pace. You are measured on skills and learning, not time in a classroom.Dawn Sizer is the C.E.O. at 3rd Element Consulting, a WBENC Certified, Woman Owned Managed IT Service Provider=== Links for this episodeSimple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: A great book to understanding your business numbers.IT Nation: The must attend cybersecurity conference for MSPsMan crushed by bulldozer at Florida landfillFlorida Woman Crashes into Florida Trooper === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Shanna Utgard is the Success manger at Defendify. Defendify is an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform that makes managing cybersecurity simple. It streamlines cybersecurity assessments, testing, policies and training in one consolidated and cost effective solution. You'll want to hear the answer to my question at the 30:12 mark... "what is the biggest thing lacking among MSPs?"If you want to hear more about Defendify, check out Episode 381: $2 Million Cyber Security Education. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Brad's last two podcast episodes caught my attention. So I reached out to him to clarify what fiduciary duty means and why attorneys may be using it to sue us. Some quick points: Everyone signs a Master AgreementDon't hide your agreementYou may want to stop calling yourself a "Trusted Advisor"We also answered a question from the chat asking how to handle a tech that leaves your business and undercuts you to take your clients. === Links for this EpisodeGuest: Bradley Gross, Law Office of Bradley Gross PABrad's Podcast: The Technology BradcastEpisode 36. Avoiding the Biggest Legal Threat to MSPsEpisode 37. Lost in Translation: How Good Agreements Can Go Bad === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

We share some recent customer stories that you might find enjoyable. A customer "forgets" to tell Matt that they've moved two of their three offices. On a personal note - Mom is still doing well. She is on her third week of chemo and dialysis and should get an update on her prognosis next week. === Mentioned in this EpisodeWorktime Employee Monitoring & Service: https://tinyurl.com/377rrmp5.This is a fairly simple cloud-based solution that tracks employee time and productivity. It tracks active and idles times for both in-office and remote users. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

The Podnutz Pro Podcast is now Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast.===== Mentioned in this podcastLight Chain Multiple Myeloma: https://tinyurl.com/43n9u9awMicrosoft updates cause DC boot loop: https://tinyurl.com/jwapp8x3===== Florida ManFlorida Man charged with human smuggling: https://tinyurl.com/4k955w2bFlorida Man arrested at Waffle House because of bacon: https://tinyurl.com/9rc9mcw3Florida Man first off bear to save dogs: https://youtu.be/suG6qLZI3HYFlorida Man reunited with dog 7 hours after tornado: https://tinyurl.com/bvvt2wpu === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Please join us as we answer questions regarding personal and family issues affecting the podcast since January 7. === Connect with Uncle Marv 🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/ 🎙 Host: Marvin Bee 🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcast If you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Website: https://oit.co/partners/OIT, LLC specializes in telecommunications and distributed networking. OITVOIP has strong channel and white label programs offering best-in-class features, phenomenal responsiveness and a team that stands ready to help you succeed. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

The Podnutz Pro Podcast is now Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast. My goal with the podcast is the same... to help everyone run their IT business better, smarter and faster. If you're a System Admin working for small business, the hope is to help you know your network and give the best support as you can. See below for all the relevant changes for the website and social media links. then be sure to find and follow the show in your favorite pod catcher. === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Guests: Jason & Rachel Miller (Unbound Digital) – Dawn Sizer (3rd Element Consulting) – Chad Kempt (Fast Computers) – Diana Giles (Skyline IT Management) – Mike Pennachi (Network Protocol Specialists) – Lisa Hendrickson (Call That Girl) – Jim Collison (Gallup) – Matt Forman (Local Circuit) The Negroni Cocktatil: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/negroni/ ======= Sponsors & Affiliates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music (Courtesy of Storyblocks) Whip Game: Artist C.J. Harris We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Artist Oleksii Abramovych First Snow: Artist LiQWYD Joy To The World, Artist Neil Cross ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Guest: Cramer Snuggs, Cascade Technologies What does it take to provide work class Disaster Recovery and Cyber Protection Solutions? We talk about streamlining your stack and making the right transitions in your business. Cramer has grown his IT Consulting company in an MSP beast, serving customers in 9 states across the US, as well as customers in Latin America. Now he’s on a journey to grow from MSP to MSSP. Website: https://www.cascadetechusa.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cascadetechusa/ Florida Woman Drives Drunk on Golf Course: https://tinyurl.com/4mab2tnf ======= Sponsors & Affiliates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Whip Game: Artist C.J. Harris ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Guest: Colin Knox. Colin is back with his third business launch, seeking to help IT service providers ease and automate monthly billing tasks. Billable from Gradient MSP is the easiest way to reconcile MSP billing. Website: https://www.meetgradient.com/ ======= Sponsors & Affiliates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Whip Game: Artist C.J. Harris ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Guests: Shanna Utgard and Glen Capen, Success Managers at Defendify. What scares you about cyber security? How about wiring $2.1 million to a cyber attacker? Learn how not to do that… and how to educate your clients. Website: https://www.defendify.com/ Remote Workforce Cybersecurity Checklist: https://mailchi.mp/2af7303545eb/wfh-checklist Florida Man: Dog Riding Monkeys Shut Protested at the Broward County Fair: https://tinyurl.com/yzj5xpdt Florida Man: Pony Ride Kicked out of Broward County Fair: https://tinyurl.com/4bswsvez Florida Man: Fair Ground Shooting Strikes 91-Year Old in Nearby Assisted Living Facility: https://tinyurl.com/mryxdxzs Florida Man: Broward County Fair Sues… Broward County Fair: https://tinyurl.com/yckvc588 Mainer Man: The North Pond Hermit: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ma684 Mainer Man: Drive-By Bombing via Lawn Mower: https://tinyurl.com/5dpp2774 ======= Sponsors & Affiliates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Whip Game: Artist C.J. Harris ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Insurance companies and others are forcing our clients to upgrade and audit their security. What is your firewall security checklist? How do you audit your firewall? I ask Michael Crean these questions and more… Website: https://solutionsgranted.com/ – Become a Partner ======= Sponsors & Affiliates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Whip Game: Artist C.J. Harris ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Executech is an award-winning, outsourced IT services provider. How did they get that way? White Glove Service where they place people first and do the right thing… no matter what. James is the Senior Vice President of Technical Operations. In this episode, I chat with James about what has made Executech the one of the largest MSP companies in the West. Website: https://www.executech.com/ ======= Sponsors & Affilitates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Whip Game: Artist C.J. Harris ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

2 Blacks Guys – 1 Black Friday You can already shop Black Friday Deals… Eric Pinto and I will chat about some of the best sales for you. Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Amazon Early Black Friday Deals: https://amzn.to/3oRetjo NEXPOW Portable Power Station: https://amzn.to/3l1yDGa EcoFlow RIVER Portable Power Station: https://amzn.to/3nJSNpN Roku Streambar: https://amzn.to/3oLHWLu YETI Roadie 24 Cooler: https://amzn.to/3DLVxsA Netgear Orbi Whole Home WiFi 6 System: https://amzn.to/32iUVwu ======= Other items mentioned Black Friday: https://blackfriday.com/ Last Pass Black Friday Sale: https://tinyurl.com/4buxx8n3 RYOBI LINK Modular Storage System: https://tinyurl.com/wt2e3nbk News: Amazon and Apple hit with multi-million dollar fine: https://tinyurl.com/3xejbd4m ======= Sponsors & Affilitates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ Domotz Box: https://amzn.to/3xcE2PF ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Uncle Marv and Podnutz Pro participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Ready and Go, AudioBlocks ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.

Matt Solomon and Kevin Lancaster join the show and introduce the Channel Program. Channel Program is a video-enabled collaborative platform designed to bring the entire channel community together. There are three current components, Channel Pitch, Channel Explorer and Channel Cash. Website: https://channelprogram.com/ Channel Pitch is a live-stream and on-demand showcase combined into one cohesive digital springboard that promises exponential visibility to vendors and clear curation for Channel Partners. None of the fluff, all of the value. Channel Explorer is the industry’s first, truly innovative video and social-first collaboration platform. We have achieved true innovation for online video sharing and a social media dynamic, thoughtfully tailored directory of the most effective players in the channel. Channel Cash is an industry first, ridiculously easy to use Marketing Development Fund (MDF) program that is completely vendor independent. Channel Cash is simple and has no complicated hoops to jump through, no cumbersome application processes, ROI justifications, and ridiculous reporting. Just straight cash incentives and discounts to help the channel grow in a meaningful way. ======= Sponsors & Affilitates: Presenting Sponsor – NetAlly: https://www.netally.com/ Live Video Sponsor – Computers Done Right: https://computersdoneright.com/ ======= Show Information Web Page: www.podnutzpro.com Host: Marvin Bee ([email protected]) ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podnutz-pro/id404500656?mt=2# RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podnutzpro ======= Support the Show Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store: https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podnutzpro Donate using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=VJNEJWGK3JAXJ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unclemarv Eric Arduini GoFundMe – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family Podnutz Pro and MB Systems participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ======= Show Music Ready and Go, AudioBlocks ASCAP Account 40000754 === Connect with Uncle Marv🌐 Website: https://www.itbusinesspodcast.com/🎙 Host: Marvin Bee🛒 Uncle Marv’s Amazon Store (gear & tools I recommend): https://amzn.to/3EiyKoZ☕ Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/itbusinesspodcastIf you found value in this episode, share it with another MSP, IT provider, or tech entrepreneur. Your support helps keep practical, no-nonsense IT business conversations coming every week.