Kristina @ Support Adventure

Hi there! I'm Kristina Antic, the voice behind the articles you've been enjoying on the Support Adventure blog.Welcome to the crossroads of travel, transformative career advice, and all things MSP!Since joining the team in 2020, I've been weaving my experiences from traveling across Europe and Asia into stories that resonate with tech enthusiasts and wanderlust-filled souls alike.From the world of translating and IT customer service to teaching, I’ve worn many hats, all of which I now bring together to help you navigate the exciting remote landscape.Whether you’re looking to kickstart your career in tech, dreaming of digital nomad life, or seeking the best MSP practices and staff, I’m here to share what I’ve learned in a way that feels like we’re just chatting over coffee.See you on the blog!

Make your techs feel like rockstars with positive feedback!

-gOne of the best things you can do as a manager or owner of an MSP is offer feedback in a way where your technicians are left feeling awesome about themselves!At Support Adventure, we’ve worked with over 40 MSPs, observing their internal culture and communication style with staff. The ones that we have enjoyed working with the most are the ones that had the most motivated technicians. So just how can you achieve… Continue Reading Make your techs feel like rockstars with positive feedback!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

How Can You Prepare for Traveling as a Digital Nomad?

Whether your digital nomad dream includes chillin’ on a beach in tropical Bali, or getting lost in an enchanted metropolis like Istanbul, it’s time to get the ball rolling on making this dream happen.  Living abroad is a huge undertaking, and that’s true regardless of whether your experience is a short or longer term stint. The benefit of being a digital nomad is you can choose the type of place that fits your desired lifestyle… Continue Reading How Can You Prepare for Traveling as a Digital Nomad?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

What is the Job Description for an MSP Service Desk Manager?

The MSP help desk is THE indicator of whether or not the whole company is functioning well. For this reason, there should be a service desk manager dedicated to optimizing the help desk’s workflow and quality of service provided so that the company can scale safely.The work of the service desk manager can be defined as:Creating and implementing systems that ensure growth, reliability and ownership.Overseeing and managing the helpdesk staff.Coordinating tasks,… Continue Reading What is the Job Description for an MSP Service Desk Manager?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

How to Create a Great MSP Environment for your Staff?

Why should you have a great environment in your MSP? Because creating a fulfilling environment for your staff is one of the most important things in running a successful MSP. From our years of consulting and providing staff for MSPs, we at Support Adventure have seen that this is one of the best practices to employ.You want to have technicians who do great work and feel good doing it! What exactly are some of… Continue Reading How to Create a Great MSP Environment for your Staff?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

MSP Scaling – How to Scale your MSP

The 7 Laws of MSP ScalingAre you trying to scale your MSP, but you feel like an unruly helpdesk is holding you back?We know it can be overwhelming when you’ve got months old tickets piled up, your ticketing queue is super disorganized and you’re constantly working overtime yourself to assist with exhaustive projects. From our experience working with and consulting over 40 MSPs, there’s a few tweaks you need to make to scale… Continue Reading MSP Scaling – How to Scale your MSP
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Best MSP Communication Policy Guide: Create a Clear and Easy-to-Follow System!

When you’re the owner of an MSP, you might have an inbox that’s full of all sorts of random messages from your clients and staff every day. On one hand, your phone is ringing constantly, and on the other, your chat notifications are firing off. It can be absolute chaos!To save time, and above all, sanity, you need to put in place an ironclad MSP communication policy. As MSP staffing specialists, we here at… Continue Reading Best MSP Communication Policy Guide: Create a Clear and Easy-to-Follow System!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

How to become an IT Technician

If you could pick a career that will allow you to work from anywhere and depend on no one but yourself, would you take the chance?We’ve seen the drastic and unpredictable changes that occurred over the past year and many suffered job losses, and put the idea of a career change on the table. Working in an IT field has many advantages and one of them is that you can learn how to be… Continue Reading How to become an IT Technician
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Are Digital nomads destroying local culture?

What can be wrong with enjoying the local culture as a tourist and getting a taste of the everyday lives of locals? According to the Lonely Planet – a lot.Immersing ourselves in rich foreign cultural traditions brings pleasure and excitement to our lives. With the spread of technology and progressive globalization, the world has become smaller and more easily accessible. Who wouldn’t take on that opportunity and fly out to a remote or exotic… Continue Reading Are Digital nomads destroying local culture?
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Why Working at an MSP is AWESOME!

Let’s be honest, working at an MSP (Managed Service Provider) or any other helpdesk environment is tricky. In this dynamic setting, there are challenges that can come up in unexpected ways and places… Luckily, these challenges present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve yourself and have a rollercoaster of fun and experience that is hard to find elsewhere! Buckle up and get ready for an adventure in this fast-paced, mind-expanding and lively community.You will have… Continue Reading Why Working at an MSP is AWESOME!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Our MSP Recruitment Hiring Process

Get the best out of MSP remote recruitment Be careful of who you let in your inner circle. Choosing the right employees and integrating them is a mine-field. Neglect one step and the whole business will be shaken up with the consequences. If done wrongly, the process of finding the right people is lengthy, the hiring pricey and the guarantee of future employees doing great work non-existent.Bypassing the many errors MSP encounters in this… Continue Reading Our MSP Recruitment Hiring Process
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Improve your Remote Workplace Culture INSTANTLY!

The lifeblood of your business is the happiness of your clients, the service they’re receiving and their perception of it.How are they ever going to be happy with this service unless it’s being delivered by people who are happy with their jobs? You must prioritize company culture so that you can increase employee retention rates, satisfaction and team spirit.Your helpdesk service needs to be in harmony in order to present the best product… Continue Reading Improve your Remote Workplace Culture INSTANTLY!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

5 Keys to a Productive Remote Environment – Start Working Online!

Your business must not suffer from the consequences of the pandemic and has to transcend the limitations posed by it. More offices are closing down and businesses are starting to operate online. Most businesses were caught off-guard and had limited time to adjust to the new situation. Moving to a remote environment is a delicate process and without considering the complete picture, it might not function successfully.The good news is that there are practical… Continue Reading 5 Keys to a Productive Remote Environment – Start Working Online!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

IT technician training and basic troubleshooting for MSPs

The IT industry is an ever-changing environment that requires a lot of self-direction and proclivity towards systems thinking and looking at things from different perspectives and anglesYou understand this and you want to start a career in the IT business but you just don’t know if you got what it takes, and even less where to begin? Searching for jobs online is making you frustrated and most of the employers are looking for someone… Continue Reading IT technician training and basic troubleshooting for MSPs
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

What to look for when hiring the best service manager for your MSP – advice and checklist!

A manager can make or break the success of an MSP, and hiring one is so essential. Based on their contribution to the business and the workplace a company can either grow or sink in the chaotic environment it found itself in. It is easy to get confused and make mistakes when hiring a manager for your MSP because you are not aware of the skills and personality types that would fit with the management… Continue Reading What to look for when hiring the best service manager for your MSP – advice and checklist!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Everything you need to onboard your MSP staff the right way – practical tips and links

If you run an MSP you know that your staff is crucial for your business. The way they operate can either bring success or be a major set-back for your company. You can find yourself repeating the same story over and over again and going over explanation after explanation just to encounter the same fallacies and incidents occurring again and again!If you want to turn-around your whole MSP game, start from the ground-up and… Continue Reading Everything you need to onboard your MSP staff the right way – practical tips and links
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

How to Improve Customer Service as an MSP

Customer support is the basis of good business! You can have an amazing product or service and the best technicians that are swiftly getting tickets off the table and still, there will be no guarantee that your clients will be happy nor that you will attract and keep the top-tier customers.Dealing with customers and their issues is stressful. It can create tension in both your clients and your staff, clouding the goal of solving… Continue Reading How to Improve Customer Service as an MSP
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Technicians in Ring Groups -There’s only so much a person can take!

There’s only so much a person can takeI just left a position at an MSP because I couldn’t handle answering the phone anymore.The MSP was fairly organized and all members of staff were easily approachable. There was this sense that everyone was in it together and willing to help each other.In this founder our founder, Eric, talks about why Technician Worst Group is an MSP Worst PracticeI had watched it grow… Continue Reading Technicians in Ring Groups -There’s only so much a person can take!
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Why moving to Istanbul is great for first time digital nomads

Istanbul is a true metropolis. A vibrant city with people full of life and a bustling atmosphere. It offers an affordable lifestyle with modern conditions in a historical place. -E1Wo Here is our founder’s experience travelling to Istanbul as a remote worker in October 2020Nestled in the Bosphorus, Istanbul is connecting the European or Thracian and Asian or Anadolian continents. This unique makes it a great point for traveling, or it would make it… Continue Reading Why moving to Istanbul is great for first time digital nomads
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

Why your MSP shouldn’t rely on technician group chat for escalations

MSPs have utilized group chat for internal communications amongst technicians especially now with the current pandemic. Using group chat serves as a quick means to communicate amongst team members. It has also become a means for technicians to raise escalations, or bring up general difficulties, while working on tickets.Why do MSPs use group chat?The instinct is obvious and the idea is simple. Since all technicians are in the same group, it becomes the… Continue Reading Why your MSP shouldn’t rely on technician group chat for escalations
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago

How every-minute time tracking is preventing your MSP from scaling

Staff management is something that is certainly a core of every business. Especially in working with MSPs we’ve come across as a remote MSP staff provider, we encounter some models of management that just do not work for the benefit of the business nor do they benefit their staff members.One of the things that make your staff managing practice worse is 100% every minute tracking. It’s understood that every companies goal is to scale… Continue Reading How every-minute time tracking is preventing your MSP from scaling
By Kristina @ Support Adventure, ago