The Association of Computer Repair Business Owners has just reached a milestone in membership....1,000+ members as of September 2010. Each and every month membership is growing in the Association and interest in the group is increasing. What started off as a place for the small business owner to become part of a worldwide Association is now becoming a reality. About the Association of Computer Repair Business Owners The Association of Computer Repair Business Owners is a trade association of Computer Repair Business owners, dedicated to the advancement of the Computer Repair Business through the building of trust and professionalism of its members. Every association member pledges to adhere to the Code's standards as a condition of admission and continuing membership in the Association. Dan ACRBO.com [+]

I was recently contacted by a computer business owner in regards to joining the Associaton of Computer Repair Business OWners (acrbo.com). The reason they contacted me was they had tried to join a forum for computer business owners and was declined due to not being registered in their state for at least one year. So the question to me was "Is there a requirement that one has to be registered in their state for a year"?, "Or any other requirements"? Now this made me thing "Maybe we need some stringent requirements"....But, then reality set in and I realized no we don't. The Association is for all business owners that feel as though they might benefit from the Association or feel that they can contribute to the Assocation. If you want to call it a "requirement" you can but what we do [+]

I visit alot of forums and one thing that remains constant is the amount of business owners that talk about marketing and what is working and what is not working. The one thing you always read is "what can I do that is guaranteed to work"....I always read that and for some crazy reason I will read the next few replies actually thinking to myself  "I'm going to find out the REAL answer" . Well as you can guess, I never do find out. The reason for this is there is NO real answer when it comes to marketing. Every business owner must decide for themselves how much they can afford, what their area supports for advertising and basically what does and what does not work in their area. I've known some businesses that can put out a few road signs and [+]

Having maintained over 50 websites for the past few years we have finally taken the plunge and started our own hosting company. The thought of starting it was planned for quite some time, it was just a matter of putting it into effect. You would think starting a hosting company would not be all that difficult...wrong ;)  So many things to learn and do that sometimes it was crazy. But, with all that said we are finally done. The business is: Veteran Web Hosting Like everything else Veteran Web Hosting allows a discount to all members of the Association of Computer Repair Business Owners. [+]

Recently did an interview with Steve from Podnutz and we talked about everything from the book Computer Repair Business Lessons Learned, Pc Dice, Nationwide Computer Techs and the Assocation of Computer Repair Business Owners. I think it went pretty well, but I could be a bit bias...Steve from Podnutz is a great guy and really nice to talk with. Also, if you are not aware of this, Steve has created some great videos on laptop repair. These videos are extremely high quality and full of information. Check them out here. You can listen to the episode here. [+]