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AI Tools & Tips Every Broadband Marketer Should Be Using
There’s no question AI is here, and it’s not going anywhere. But instead of fearing a robot uprising, broadband marketers should be embracing what AI actually is: a ridiculously powerful tool to help us work smarter, not harder.
Nex-Tech Ranked on Channel Partners 2025 MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Managed Service Providers Worldwide
Lenora, KS – July 1, 2025 – Nex-Tech has been named as one of the world’s top-performing managed service providers (MSPs) in the prestigious 2025 Channel Partners MSP 501 rankings. The annual Channel Partners MSP 501 list, a technology industry benchmark, ranks companies based on a wide range of metrics including above industry average revenue growth, recurring revenue, high-margin services and innovation including monetizing AI services.
Annual Channel Partners MSP 501 Identifies Best of the Best in the Managed Services Industry
Nex-Tech is recognized as one of the world’s top-performing managed service providers in the prestigious 2025 Channel Partners MSP 501 rankings. The MSP 501 is not just a ranking; it signifies the innovation, operational excellence, and customer-focused approach of the top managed service providers. Earning a place on this list indicates to customers, partners, and the wider tech community that these MSPs are leading the industry and exemplifying success in today’s complex technology environment.
Marketing Metrics That Matter: The Numbers Every CMO Should Track
Marketing can feel like a guessing game sometimes — but it doesn’t have to be. In a recent webinar, Dustin Schlaefli, Nex-Tech’s Director of Customer Engagement, broke down some of the most important marketing metrics that help businesses make smarter decisions. Whether you’re new to marketing or just want a refresher, here’s what you need to know.
Workforce Recruitment & Retention: A Regional Challenge and a Collective Opportunity
Workforce recruitment and retention challenges are not isolated to any single community in Kansas; they are a widespread concern across Western Kansas. Employers in every economic sector are struggling to attract qualified applicants, and even more critically, to retain the talent they already have.
Staying One Step Ahead
Nex-Tech is committed to innovation, growth, and addressing the unique challenges of serving rural communities.
Nex-Tech Applauds Bipartisan Congressional Action on Broadband Reform
Lenora, KS – June 18, 2025 – Nex-Tech proudly announces its support for two critical pieces of legislation aimed at modernizing broadband infrastructure and funding: the bipartisan Mullin-Kelly-Crapo bill and the newly introduced House companion, HR 4032.
Nex-Tech Completes CPF Project in Saline County
In 2023, Nex-Tech was awarded over $2.2 million through the Kansas Capital Project Funds (CPF) Broadband Infrastructure Program to bring broadband access to one of the most underserved regions in Kansas: a 99% unserved area in rural Saline County. Nex-Tech matched this amount, contributing an additional $2,293,000 to the project. Thanks to this vital funding, Nex-Tech was able to construct the necessary infrastructure to deliver high-speed fiber broadband to this rural community, a transformative step forward for both residents and businesses.
Nex-Tech is lighting up Herndon and Oberlin with fiber!
The need for high-speed broadband in rural northwest Kansas has never been greater, and our mission of connecting families, businesses, and communities has never been clearer. These all came to life recently in the towns of Oberlin, KS, and Herndon, KS. We had customer sign-up events in both towns, where we invited residents to dinner, answered their questions, and signed them up to our fiber network.
Nex-Tech and CoBank Partner to Support and Rolling Hills Zoo Foundation and Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth, Inc.
Lenora, KS – June 17, 2025 – Nex-Tech and CoBank have joined forces through CoBank’s Sharing Success program. CoBank has generously provided matching funds, and Nex-Tech is matching these amounts to enhance the efforts of the Rolling Hills Zoo Foundation and Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth, Inc.
Meet Ella Burrows – a Youth with a Heart for Western Kansas
Ella Burrows recently joined our community economic development team as a summer Intern through the Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth program. Ella embodies the energy, optimism, vision, and drive typical of our western Kansas youth, and we are proud to introduce her to you.
Overcoming Challenges with Outside Contractors
Managing outside contractors can be tricky—especially when you’re working on many projects at once or with several different crews. In a recent Nex-Tech webinar, Amy Normandin, Operational Support Services Manager, shared helpful tips and real-life strategies to make working with contractors smoother and more successful.
Nex-Tech Loans $100,000 to Support Restaurant in Stockton, KS
LENORA, KS, May 9, 2025- Nex-Tech has made a $100,000 loan to support the effort of 1872 Restaurant and Events to open an Italian restaurant and offer other entertainment services to the people of Stockton KS, and the surrounding area. The loan was made possible through the Nex-Tech Revolving Loan Fund, which provides funds to eligible local businesses to create employment and contribute to sustaining the local economy. The loan is a testament to our commitment to making life better for the customers and communities we serve.
Nex-Tech Endorses Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025
Lenora, KS, May 7, 2025- Nex-Tech, a leading provider of broadband services in rural Kansas, announces its support for the reintroduction of the Lower Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025. This legislation, sponsored by Senators Mullin, Kelly and Crapo, provides common-sense reform of the Universal Service Fund which allows regulated service providers in high-cost rural areas to build, enhance and maintain broadband infrastructure and accessibility in rural areas, ensuring that communities across the nation have access to reliable and high-speed internet, similarly supporting Lifeline for low income families, E-Rate for schools and libraries, and a rural telehealth program.
Nex-Tech Endorses the Reintroduction of the LAST ACRE Act
Lenora, KS, May 7, 2025- Nex-Tech announces its support for the reintroduction of the LAST ACRE Act, a significant piece of legislation aimed at enhancing precision agriculture connectivity and expanding high-speed Internet access across rural agricultural lands. This act, officially titled the “Linking Access to Spur Technology for Agriculture Connectivity in Rural Environments Act of 2025,” seeks to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a comprehensive Last Acre Program.
Proven PR and Community Event Strategies
In the world of rural telecommunications, connecting with your community goes far beyond providing internet and phone services. It’s about building relationships, fostering trust, and creating a true sense of belonging.
Embracing New Competition
In today’s broadband industry, building community trust and differentiating ourselves from competitors are more critical than ever. During a recent Edge webinar, Lindsay Brinker, Marketing Supervisor at Nex-Tech, shared key strategies to help broadband providers navigate competition, strengthen their brand, and enhance customer loyalty.
How Listening Leaders Impact Western Kansas through WKREDA
Interconnectivity, interoperability, networking, or whatever you call it. People have to listen to people. Institutions have to listen to institutions. Leaders have to listen to leaders.
We’re Making Clayton and Kirwin Better
Nex-Tech continues to connect more communities to fiber optic broadband. Recently, I had a great time with our customer acquisition team as we had two customer sign-up events in Clayton and Kirwin, KS. Nex-Tech will be connecting these communities with high-speed, fiber-optic Internet.
Cool Facts About Nex-Gen
Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth (NGRUFY) continues to impact the youths across the Nex-Tech footprint tangibly. I reached out to Layne Reynolds, the organization’s Marketing Coordinator, to get us up to speed with some cool facts about NGRUFYI. She prepared this.