Partnership
Do you know how we make money?
We make a point of it. Your account manager learns what you sell, who pays you, where the margin is and why you run the business, so every recommendation lines up with what you actually care about.
Answered by Ryan Sanders, Partnership Director
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Senada, insurance brokerageMore from the survey wallThe first question
Before we talk about servers or licences we ask how you make money, and how technology could help you make more of it. Sometimes the honest answer is protection: a bad day that would cost you a week of orders. Sometimes it is production: the quoting system that takes three people to run, the ERP that nobody trusts, the dispatch board on six spreadsheets. Either way, the technology plan starts from the business, not the other way round.
What your account manager learns
What you sell and who buys it. Where the margin comes from. What a day of downtime actually costs, in hours and in dollars. Where you want the business to be in three years and what has to change first. Which vendors you depend on and which ones frustrate you. What you have already bought and should not buy twice. They write it down, and the roadmap is built from it.
Why it matters
An IT company that does not know how you get paid will recommend what it sells. One that does will sometimes tell you not to spend money, and will fight the vendor who says your setup is fine when it is not. Recommendations you can trust come from someone who knows what you are trying to do.
Honest, on time, on budget
We are thorough in every recommendation so that the project lands on time, on budget and on target, and we keep the tally so you can see it at every review. We also advocate with your outside vendors to keep their proposals honest and free of sales jargon. We are on your side, so technology does what it is supposed to do: increase your bottom line.
Where we did this
Order the internet circuit the week the lease is signed. Carriers take six to twelve weeks. Nothing else on a move fails as often.
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What to actually testPeople also ask
How do you decide what hardware and software to recommend?
By what fits the problem and the budget, not by what we happen to know best. We have changed vendors more often than most firms do, always for a stated technical reason, and we will show you the reasoning.
The full answerWhat happens when you get something wrong?
We tell you, quickly and plainly, and then we run an after-action: what happened, how it happened, and what changes so it does not repeat. Hiding a small problem is how it becomes a large one.
The full answerWhat does a technology roadmap actually contain?
What changes, in what order, over what years, and what each year costs. It is reviewed with the owner and adjusted as the business changes.
The full answer
"Great to work with Zach. Excellent follow-up and directions. Even helped lower our bill from Xfinity!"
Client, 2024 surveyMore from the survey wall- A technician who knows your setup takes every request. Not a dispatcher, not a queue.
- Every closed ticket is surveyed and a partner reads every response.
- 99.5% of surveys come back positive.
- Family-owned since 2005. 21 years in the same corner of Wisconsin, not going anywhere.
"Another great job by Midwest IT. Our company just loves your fast response to our issues."
Client, 2024 surveyWant an IT company that asks about your margin?
Talk to a partner. The first question is about your business.
Talk to a partnerTalk to a partner, not a sales script.
Tell us what is going on. A partner will call you back the same business day, look at what you have, and tell you honestly whether we are the right fit. No pricing pressure, no pitch deck.