How IT services are bought in the USA
Clients switch on triggers, not on marketing
An American business changes its IT provider the way it changes its dentist: rarely, reluctantly, and after something hurt. The triggers are predictable, a breach scare, a cyber-insurance questionnaire, an audit finding, a catastrophic outage, or a new office manager who inherited a mess. Winning MSPs are not the ones advertising hardest; they are the ones already politely present in the buyer's inbox when the trigger fires, with an assessment offer ready.
MRR is the business, and renewals are its heartbeat
Project revenue pays for the quarter; managed-services MRR pays for the company and sets its valuation. Every agreement drifting month-to-month is discounted value and an open door. The renewal, handled 90 days early with a QBR and a roadmap, is the cheapest sale in the industry, and the most commonly skipped one.