Category Archives: Starting Out

How to Build a Computer Repair Personal Learning Network

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Whether we are cognisant of the fact or not, as humans we go through life building connections and relationships which fill different needs. A majority of these happen to be family ties and friendships with people we form bonds with, whilesome of these are just brought about by happenstance. Another …

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The DOs and DON’Ts of Invoicing Computer Repair Customers

Invoicing

Unless you offer professional computer repair solely on a volunteer basis, your primary goal in exchange for honest service is payment from your customers. Some technicians prefer to operate on the payment on completion basis, and this works just swell for residential customers. However, for technicians who resemble any form …

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How To Build Customer Loyalty from Trust Relationships

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There is a small but still numerous crowd of computer repair technicians that focus solely on profit. In the drive to merely make the most money per job, they dismiss many key factors to building solid customer bases for themselves including etiquette, ethics, and other key areas. Skim Craigslist for …

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8 Principles I Learned in My First 2-Years as an Entrepreneur

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It’s natural to fear the unknown, common to experience anxiety and depression about it, and natural to think about it often. The lack of control, not knowing what tomorrow will bring, if anything at all. The chaos of thought that enters the mind about missed opportunities, failures, things you’ve could …

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How to Juggle A Computer Business While Working Full Time

Juggling Business and 9 to 5

I know I am not alone in the way I manage my computer consulting & repair business FireLogic. Technibble recently surveyed its readers and it was evident that a fair majority of you who happen to run computer businesses do so on a part time basis. That is, you hold …

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4 Innovative Ways to Market Your Computer Business On the Cheap

Market Your Computer Business On The Cheap

As a fellow small computer business owner, I am always on the prowl for new and exciting ways to market my company that don’t break the bank. Don’t get me wrong: word of mouth referrals are still my #1 source of new business. But there are times of the year …

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How to Make More by Saving More in the Computer Business

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Computer Technicians and small business owners alike are so caught up in the endless game of wanting “more” that they often forget how to shift into a mindset of “less.” More marketing, more customers, more income, more leads, more everything. But what if I told you that there is a …

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My Advice for Starting Your IT Business

In my article, “So you want to start you own IT business?” I played devil’s advocate, giving fair warning over the various demands and pitfalls that starting your own business can generate. I would like to expand on this issue by sharing with you, what I feel is the best …

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5 Reasons Why IT Certifications Still Matter

The technology industry is, for better or worse, one of the last “critical industries” of industrialized nations that is not formally regulated by government. In the United States, you cannot practice law, medicine, and most variations of accounting without a proper license. Why is this beneficial? Many reasons, actually. It …

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So You Want to Start Your Own IT Business?

Great! But obviously you have a lot of questions, mainly, Am I Ready? Well there is no easy way to answer that question, in the end it comes down to who you are, a little bit of luck, and preparation. I started my IT business with about 1000 dollars, five …

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With the Windows 8 user base increasing steadily, and the majority of the focus on computing devices switching to mobility, we’re going to see an increase in the need for backup and imaging solutions focused on mobile devices. As Techs, we need to fill that gap between desktop backup systems …

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