version: "1.0.0" name: msp-it-services-leads description: Build a lead list of managed service providers, IT support firms and technology resellers, qualified by client seat count and vendor partner tier. Use when the user wants to sell to MSPs, IT support companies, managed IT providers, VARs, systems integrators, cybersecurity providers or IT consultancies, including as channel partners.

MSP and IT Services Lead Generation

MSPs are a strong outbound target for two reasons: they buy tooling constantly because their margin depends on it, and each one is a channel into dozens or hundreds of end clients.

They're also the most sales-literate audience in this whole set. They receive vendor outreach daily, they know every technique, and generic email is deleted on sight.

Who actually buys

Seats under management matters more than staff count. An 8-person MSP managing 2,000 endpoints is a bigger deal than a 20-person one managing 400.

For channel plays, the qualifier is whether they already resell anything. An MSP with no vendor partnerships isn't going to start with you.

Where these leads live

Vendor partner directories are the best source. The partner tier is a direct function of transaction volume, which is the client-scale proxy nothing else gives you, and it confirms the existing stack at the same time.

Qualifying signals

Disqualifiers

• Break-fix computer repair shops, unless targeted
• Web design agencies offering "IT support" as a sideline
• Single-person consultancies, unless priced for them
• Firms already partnered with your direct competitor exclusively
• Telecoms resellers with no managed IT capability
• Hardware retailers

The ManyPI brief

Partner tier plus certification does the qualifying. Ask for both, and for the existing stack, which is what the email will reference.

{
  "description": "Managed service providers with 5-40 staff offering fully managed IT support on a per-seat or per-device contract, holding at least one major vendor partnership and ideally a security certification. They should look like a productised service business: published service tiers or SLAs, a client portal, and named engineers. I want the owner, managing director or service delivery manager. Skip break-fix repair shops, web agencies offering IT as a sideline, single-person consultancies and hardware retailers.",
  "count": 250,
  "locations": ["United Kingdom", "Ireland"],
  "industries": ["managed services", "IT support", "MSP", "IT consultancy", "cybersecurity"],
  "company_size": "5-40 staff, per-seat managed contracts",
  "titles": ["Owner", "Managing Director", "Technical Director", "Service Delivery Manager", "Head of Operations"],
  "keywords": ["managed services", "vendor partner badge", "security certification", "published SLA or service tiers", "client portal", "hiring service desk engineers"],
  "exclusions": ["break-fix repair shops", "web design agencies", "single person consultancies", "telecoms resellers", "hardware retailers"],
  "required_fields": ["email", "full_name", "title"],
  "extra_columns": [
    "Which vendor partner badges and tiers do they display? Include the source URL.",
    "Which security certifications do they hold?",
    "How many engineers or staff are named on the team page?",
    "Do they publish service tiers or SLAs? Summarise the top tier.",
    "Which roles have they posted in the last 90 days, with dates?"
  ],
  "sources": ["vendor partner directories", "distributor partner lists", "security certification registers", "MSP awards and rankings"],
  "notes": "Partner tier is the client-scale proxy and the main ranking field. This audience is highly sales-literate - the email must reference something specific from their stack or it will be deleted."
}

claude mcp add --transport http manypi https://mcp.manypi.com/mcp -s user

Finding the contact

Easy. MSPs publish team pages and their owners are active online.

1. The team or about page, with names, roles and often direct addresses
2. Partner directory profiles, which list a named contact
3. Blog and technical article bylines
4. MSP community and peer group participation
5. Companies register filings for directors

Formats are consistently first@ or first.last@, and MSPs almost always have working, well-configured mail.

The angle that works

You're a gold partner on the security side and you've had two service desk roles open since July. That combination usually means the ticket volume is growing faster than the automation is.

Uses their public partner tier, connects a hiring signal to a specific constraint, and speaks in their operational vocabulary.

What falls flat here specifically: anything generic, anything overselling, and anything with a marketing claim they can't verify. MSPs evaluate vendors professionally and a single unsupportable claim ends the conversation. If you're pitching a channel partnership, lead with the margin structure — they'll ask within two emails anyway.

Timing

• Avoid month-end and quarter-end, when they're closing their own deals.
• Vendor conference season, when they're already evaluating.
• Q4 and January, for annual stack decisions.
• Mid-morning, after the overnight ticket queue is cleared.

Don't

• Don't send generic vendor outreach. This audience receives it hourly.
• Don't overstate technical capability. They will test it.
• Don't pitch channel without a margin structure.
• Don't confuse break-fix shops with MSPs. Completely different business models.
• Don't ignore their existing stack. Referencing it is the whole opener.

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