How the Workbench Works: M13’s Approach to Design Subscription
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For MSPs & IT Service Providers

You tell clients to stop DIYing their IT. Stop DIYing your marketing.

Websites that convert, QBR decks that impress, social content that actually gets posted, and sales collateral that closes. Built by a team that knows what MRR, co-managed IT, and a SOC 2 badge actually mean.

No lock-ins. No hidden fees. Flexible plans that scale with your MSP.

85%

of MSPs have 1 or fewer marketing staff

64%

cite lead gen as their biggest challenge

83%

report past marketing agency failures

70%

of buyer journey happens before first contact

Your Creative Calendar

Here's what a year of marketing looks like for a growing MSP.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month. QBR season. New service launches. Compliance updates. Your marketing calendar should match your business rhythm — not get ignored until January.

Jan – Mar

Planning

New Year Reset

Website refresh & homepage copy update

Updated sales one-pagers for new pricing tiers

Data Privacy Day campaign (Jan 28)

QBR deck template refresh for Q1 reviews

LinkedIn thought leadership series launch

Apr – Jun

Growth

Outbound Push

2–3 new case study pages by industry vertical

Trade show booth graphics & handouts

Co-managed IT service page & sell sheet

World Backup Day campaign (Mar 31)

Client onboarding welcome packet redesign

Jul – Sep

Expansion

Vertical Focus

Healthcare industry landing page (HIPAA focus)

Email drip campaign template set (6 emails)

Compliance comparison infographic (SOC 2 vs CMMC)

Team spotlight & culture social posts

Blog post graphics & featured image templates

Oct – Dec

Authority

Peak Season

Cybersecurity Awareness Month (full campaign)

IT budget planning guide for prospects

Year-in-review client report template

New MSSP/MDR service page launch

Holiday client appreciation campaign

Sound Familiar?

Real problems every MSP owner and IT services CEO faces.

Your website looks like every other MSP's

Same stock photos of server rooms. Same vague headline about “proactive support.” Same $49 template your competitor down the road is using. Prospects visit 3–4 MSP websites before calling — and they can't tell you apart from anyone else.

75% of prospects judge your credibility by website design alone

Canva at midnight between closing tickets

Your LinkedIn posts happen when you remember. Your sales deck was made in PowerPoint in 2019. Your QBR presentations are screenshots pasted into slides. The co-branded Datto and SentinelOne assets your vendors sent? Still sitting in your inbox unopened.

66% of MSPs use Canva for DIY design — and it shows

You’ve been burned by agencies before

You paid $3,500+/month for cookie-cutter campaigns, generic IT templates, and "qualified leads" that were tire-kickers. The agency didn’t know what a PSA tool was, couldn’t explain co-managed IT, and treated you like every other B2B client. Now you’re skeptical of anyone who says they can help.

83% of MSPs report past marketing agency failures

The Math

You’re paying 4 people to do what one M13 subscription handles.

At a typical 15-person MSP, creative work gets absorbed by people who should be focused on billable delivery and client relationships. Here’s the real cost.

Current RoleAnnual CostCreative Tasks AbsorbedHours/Week
Owner / CEO$0 (time cost)
Sales decksProposalsLinkedIn postsWebsite decisions
6–10 hrs
vCIO / Account Mgr$85,000/yr
QBR presentationsClient reportsOnboarding docs
3–5 hrs
Office Manager / Admin$50,000/yr
Social mediaCanva graphicsNewsletters
4–8 hrs
Web Dev (retainer)$7,200/yr
Website editsService pagesHosting
2–3 hrs
Total Creative Overhead$87,000/yr + owner timeReactive, fragmented, no consistent brand across touchpoints15–27 hrs
Current State

DIY + Freelancers + Agencies

Admin marketing time (5 hrs/wk)$7,280/yr
Owner opportunity cost (6 hrs/wk)$37,440/yr
Canva Pro + stock photos$600/yr
Freelancer for one-off projects$4,500/yr
Web dev retainer$7,200/yr
Missed deals from bad website (est.)$24,000/yr
Annual Total$81,020
Mountain Thirteen

Website + Design Subscription

Website Foundation$999/mo
Design Subscription$499/mo
All software, tools & hostingIncluded
QBR decks & sales collateralIncluded
Co-branded vendor materialsIncluded
Unlimited revisionsIncluded
Annual Total$17,976
$63,044
saved per year — plus 572 hours of your team’s time returned to billable work

The Transformation

What changes when you have a real creative department.

Before M13

Today at Your MSP

Website built from a template in 2019 — looks like every other MSP

Sales proposals sent as plain Word docs with no branding

QBR decks are spreadsheet screenshots pasted into Google Slides

Last LinkedIn post was 6 weeks ago

Co-branded Datto/SentinelOne assets still sitting in your inbox

Cybersecurity Awareness Month? You shared one article

Prospects ghost after visiting your site

With M13

6 Months From Now

Custom WordPress site with clear service architecture & trust signals

Branded proposals with cover pages and service-line visuals

QBR decks with data visualization and consistent branding

3–5 branded posts per week, scheduled and designed

Co-branded materials customized, branded, and ready to send

Full October campaign: planned, designed, scheduled, and deployed

Inbound leads mentioning your site as the reason they called

What You Can Request

Everything — submitted through one dashboard.

No more juggling freelancers, agencies, and DIY tools. One team, one queue, one brand standard applied to everything your MSP needs.

Service page for co-managed IT
Industry page for healthcare
Case study landing pages
Compliance certifications page
QBR slide deck template
Cybersecurity awareness flyers
Email newsletter template
Trade show booth banner
LinkedIn thought leadership posts
Cybersecurity tip carousels
Sales one-pager per service
Proposal cover & template
Co-branded vendor materials
Client onboarding packet
MSSP/MDR service launch page
New hire announcement graphics

How It Works

Simpler than onboarding a new client.

01

Subscribe & Onboard

Pick the foundations that fit your MSP. We learn your brand, your stack, your verticals, and your voice in a 45-minute kickoff call. We’ll ask about your RMM/PSA tools, target industries, and compliance certifications. Active within 48 hours.

02

Submit Requests

Drop requests into your Workbench anytime. Need a new service page, a QBR deck, a batch of LinkedIn graphics, or co-branded vendor materials? Queue it up. We work through 3 active projects at a time with your queue auto-filling behind them.

03

Review & Deploy

Get designs back fast. Unlimited revisions until it’s right. Approve, and we publish to your site or hand off final files. Your queue auto-fills so we’re always working for you — even when you’re busy closing tickets.

Get Started

Your clients deserve better than Canva.
So does your pipeline.

Book a 30-minute discovery call. We’ll audit your current brand materials and show you how MSPs use M13 to win more contracts and grow MRR.

No lock-ins. No hidden fees. Flexible plans that scale with your MSP.