Marketing That Scales With Your MSP

Most MSPs start with a great story. The founder is the brand, the salesperson, and the evangelist all rolled into one. For a while, it works. Then growth stalls, the founder burns out, and marketing activities run on gut feel with no way to measure what’s actually working. In this episode, recorded live at the Catalyst conference in Sydney, we sit down with Anita Sheridan-Roddick, CRO at Baidam, and Vivienne Winborne, Senior Marketing Manager at One Little Seed.

Together they unpack what it really takes to transition from founder-led sales to a scalable, measurable marketing function, and why the brand itself eventually needs to grow beyond the person who built it.

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Key Takeaways

1

The Hardest Thing a Founder Will Ever Do Is Hand Over Their Story

Your story is your strongest asset, but at some point, you can't be the only one telling it. Bringing in marketing support means trusting someone else to carry what you've built, and doing it in a way that still feels like you.

2

The Brand Needs to Grow Beyond the Founder

A business built entirely on the founder's personality can only scale as far as that one person. At a certain point, the brand needs its own voice, one that's shaped by the founder but not dependent on them being in every room.

3

Most MSPs Are Already Doing Marketing. They're Just Not Measuring It

Events, newsletters, social posts — the activity is often already there. What's missing is the follow-up, the consistency, and a way to track what's actually converting. Doing less, more effectively, beats doing more with no accountability.

4

Look in the Mirror Before You Hire

Before you bring in help, you need to be honest about where you're the bottleneck. Most founders are brilliant evangelists and a liability somewhere else in the business. Knowing the difference is the first step to building a team around it.

5

Sell It First, Then Build It

In a smaller MSP, agility is your superpower. Waiting until everything is perfect before going to market is a luxury you don't have. The ability to sell ahead and then deliver is a feature, not a flaw, as long as you have the right people around you to follow through.

Featured Panelists
Ben Town
Hosted Network
Anita Sheridan-Roddick
Anita Sheridan-Roddick
Baidam
Vivienne Wesborne
Vivienne Winborne
One Little Seed