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Stop Selling Compliance Like a Scary IT Project

July 7
11 mins

Episode Description

MSPs keep asking how to sell compliance without sounding like a fearmongering weirdo or a walking control spreadsheet. This episode is a talk from ChannelPro Chicago on why compliance sales usually go sideways, and what to do instead.


Takeaways:

- FUD is a weak sales strategy because whoever tells the best ghost story wins

- Clients do not care about your feature list nearly as much as risk, progress, audit readiness, and cost

- Do not sell the whole mountain, sell the first step

- Compliance should be priced like an ongoing practice, not a one-time project


We answer:

- How should MSPs talk about compliance in a way clients actually care about?

- Why does selling controls, frameworks, and tool features make buyers tune out?

- How can compliance create the context for more revenue without turning into sleazy upselling?


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