Cloud Services in a Month By: Karl W. Palachuk

Cloud Services in a Month

Build a Successful Cloud Service Business in 30 Days!

Cloud Services plus Managed Services is the Killer Combo

by Karl W. Palachuk

From the Best selling author on Managed Services

For IT Service Providers who want:

Fast-Track Your Cloud Business: Learn to launch a profitable cloud services offering in just 30 days, with step-by-step guidance to get you up and running quickly.
Comprehensive, Actionable Strategy: Gain access to proven strategies and detailed processes for delivering cloud services that meet the needs of SMB clients and drive recurring revenue.
Expert Insights from an Industry Leader: Benefit from Karl W. Palachuk’s years of experience in the IT industry, offering insights and practical advice to help you succeed in the growing cloud market.

Paperback | Ebook | Audio | Kindle + Downloadable handouts and templates

"Hey Karl! I just signed my first MSP client. $3100 / mo. I've been break/fix for 10 years now. I'm hoping to migrate all of my clients within the next 3 months! Your book was our Bible (my business partner and I). Thank you so much for the amazing material!"

- Tony Mercer

Customer

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Bring your business into the 2020s

Cloud Services in a Month is a no-nonsense guide to building an extremely profitable cloud service business focused on small business. This guide is filled with practical and click-by-click advice. Based on author Karl Palachuk’s experience over more than a decade selling cloud services.
Palachuk spells out all the details you need to build a bundled offering of services he calls the Cloud Five-Pack™. In addition to describing all the details of building a unique offering, this book includes dozens of downloadable checklists.

Rather than seeing “cloud services” as a replacement for managed services, Palachuk shows you how to combine cloud services and managed services into the the Killer Combo that will become your business model for the 2020’s.

THIS BOOK IS GUARANTEED TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS

Hear it from Karl himself

Karl Palachuk is one of the most well-known and respected authors and pioneers in the Managed Services industry and has sold and delivered millions of dollars of Cloud services to his clients. In this book he shares exactly how he did it.

See what’s inside Managed Services in a Month.

Section 1

Everyone's a Cloud Service Provider

1. Tiptoe into the Clouds?
2. My Company’s Move to the Cloud
3. Cloud Computing in the Small Business Space

Section 2

Right Sizing Your Offering

4. One Size Does Not Fit All
5. Assessing Client Networks
6. Placing the X
7. Money-Making Homework – Network Assessments

Section 3

Create a Cloud Service Offering

8. Sneak Peak: The Cloud Service Five-Pack
9. Server Life
10. Plan Changes and Updates
11. Transactions, Customers, and Clients
12. Managed Services and Cloud Services

Section 4

Migrating to the Cloud

13. One Service at a Time
14. Managed Service Tools and the Cloud
15. Storage Migration
16. Email Migration
17. Microsoft Office
18. Money-Making Homework – Migration Plans

Section 5

Backups, DR, and Continuity

19. Basic Backups
20. Cloud and BDR Backups
21. Business Continuity

Section 6

Running Your New CSP Business

22. The Right Partners for the Job
23. Your Standard Offerings (Your Catalog of Services)
24. Staff Requirements for Cloud Services
25. Selling Cloud Services
26. Final Thoughts: Cloud Services in a Month

Extras

Checklists and Documentation

27. Cloud Readiness Checklist
28. Robocopy Samples
29. Client Onboarding Samples
30. New User Welcome Page
31. Monthly Maintenance for Cloud Services
32. Cloud Documentation Sample
33. Removing Clients from Cloud Services

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"Get off your butt and get this book. I have listened to the audiobook 3 times.

Karl takes the difficult task of getting started in managed services (successfully) and breaks it down into clear concise steps that ANYONE can follow.

Yes there is a lot of work but you should definitely buy the rest of Karl's books, Network Documentation Workbook, Network Migration Workbook and the Service Agreement book."

D. Pelletier

"Managed Services in a Month is an easy read, giving practical guidance on how to convert an existing break-fix business into a managed services one.

Karl walks you through a series of exercises to build, package, sell, and convert customers. His down-to-earth style of writing is like having a consultant working personally with you.

This is a great first step to getting into Managed Services."

David P. Sobel

Evolve Technologies / Microsoft MVP

"This book is filled with great tips and a lot of spot on strategy.

It is really all about doing the kind of business you want and eliminating the ups and downs. Karl's step by step approach will get you there, and quickly."

Karl Bickmore

Phoenix, AZ

"I read this book in conjunction with "Service Agreements for SMB Consultants." Until recently I had only done "break-fix" work. I needed a guide to to help me get clearer on what I was offering and how to present it to the client. The material in this book helped me do just that. It contains invaluable advice on deciding what to offer, and how to communicate it to the client in a way that will increase the chances that the outcome will be successful. The information is broken down in a way that is very manageable, rather than overwhelming.

I was a little nervous about the undertaking of putting together a package to present to a prospective client. It felt much more manageable and doable with this book as a guide. After my first sit-down with a prospective managed service client, the client commented on the quality of the presentation. They signed a contract a week later. Of course your mileage may vary, but I feel the help I got from this book was invaluable in steering me in the right direction."

Roberta Piket

Brooklyn, NY

"First of all, a word about the author, Karl Palachuk, here is a business man who has transferred his years of experience in the computer consulting field into VERY topical books on the subject.

He is success oriented, and that is communicated in his titles by not concentrating only on the minutia we tend to immerse in (technology), but into the "lessons learned" and business systems that transform a business.

You will do well by following the advice of Karl not only in this book, but his other titles -- particularly, in complement to this book, "Service Agreements for SMB Consultants." My own company's service agreement was completed after purchasing that book. . .

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Chris Adragna

Orlando, FL

Now, in regard to this title, the focus here is not simply on the technology. The focus is on building a business system that is not only repeatable, but also profitable, minimizing the effort it takes to deliver service. The benefit is not all for the service provider, though. Benefits are equally delivered to the client/customer.

Purchase this book, and do so with Karl's "Service Agreements for SMB Consultants" and you'll have enough of an education to transform your I.T. support business."

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Chris Adragna

Orlando, FL

"Money well spent. I keep referring back to this book, it is very hands-on and applicable to the real world.

So many other books are written by obviously very intelligent and successful people, but 50% of it applies to my business, and the other 50% is interesting but just doesn't fit my organization. While reading Karl's book, I get the feeling that he's been where I have been, and can help me move forward and improve my business.

I read a lot of technical material but Karl's stuff is very process oriented, which is where I need the most help!"

Daniel Mundy

Adelaide, Australia

"Thanks for the great book. It has really been helpful. We have spent the last year getting our tools up to speed, phone systems in place and a number of other things we didn't have or added.

We were in the finalization of things when we found your book. So we took a few steps backward and it has been really helpful."

Tim Nyberg

The Mac Guys

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Cloud Services in a Month: Applying the Book

Based on the book Cloud Services in a Month, this course will give you the information, forms, processes, and motivation to move full force into providing Cloud Services. Much of the focus is on designing and developing a package of services you can sell to every single client.

As Karl describes it: The core technologies that every client needs.

Tuition for this course includes the ebook version of Cloud Services in a Month! That includes all the downloads from the book as well.

About Karl

Karl W. Palachuk has been an IT Consultant since 1995 and is one of the pioneers of the managed services business model. He is the author of 19 books, most of which are also available as audio books.

He is the host of the SMB Community Podcast and maintains four blogs, including Small Biz Thoughts and Relax Focus Succeed. Karl has owned several small businesses, including two very successful Managed Service companies in Sacramento, CA.

He received his first Microsoft certification in 1995 and his first MCSE in 1999. He was an active, hands-on Systems Engineer until January of 2017.

Karl has been a featured speaker at conferences and seminars over the last ten years. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with a Bachelor’s Degree from Gonzaga University and a Master’s Degree from The University of Michigan. He is also a Microsoft Small Business Specialist, and is an original member of Microsoft’s Small Business Specialist Advisory Panel.

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