Today I was asked about opening a computer repair business. The person said "I am considering starting a computer repair business or going the franchise route as you have"....... Here was my answer.... This is what I consider to be the priorities in starting and being successful in the field. 1. Business sense - Do you understand business to include running a day-to-day business 2. Marketing - Do you know what kind of marketing you will have to do and the different avenues to utilize 3. Customer service - How are your customer service skills. If you have not been in business you can easily releate this to the interaction you have with with others. Do you find it easy to deal with others and have no problem helping others and just having normal conversations 4. Knowledge - How proficient are you in the IT field. As you can [+]
With the economy in a bit of hard times I deal with other business owners on a daily basis who wonder the same as everyone else when it will get better. Obviously, that is not something that you want to have to think about on a daily basis but some businesses owners have to do just that. It makes me think how does one stay ahead? How does one make sure the at in times like this that their business will not be affected like others? What I do is continually look at new things, products, services, etc and see how they can be incorporated into our business model. The way I look at things, the more services you can offer to your customers the better chance you have of always being in demand. Obviously this is not something that you want [+]
Read an article in the newspaper today that I found interesting. It was from a well known computer computer business in another state. The article was about "Upgrading Your Computer" vice buying a new one. It goes into detail about what you can purchase i.e. memory, hard drive, etc... Then it says about replacing memory. Pretty easy thing for those that have done it especially in a desktop. But, then it says about doing it in a laptop also....This I found interesting. Working on computers daily for a living I typically will upgrade memory on laptops myself. Some laptops you flip upside down and take a few screws out and you can swap out the memory in them. But, there are other laptops that one piece of memory will go in the bottom and then another will go under the keyboard. No typically in these situations that [+]
If webdesign is something that your buisness is not offering then it's something you should look into. You don't have to be a web expert in order to get into being able to provide this service you just need to do a bit of research. There are sites out there such as www.forums.digitalpoint.com that have people on there you can outsource to and they can do 90% of the work for you. An example would be you have a potential customer that is interested in a website. All you need to do is find out what kind of information they would like on the site and then find yourself a freelancer on a site and discuss the project with them. I have found quite a few that are very easy to work with, very reasonable prices, and very dependable. If you are [+]
If you have a computer business and are having a difficult time advertising then you should look at doing a community website that not only can you advertise your own business on but you can offer the service to other businesses in the area. An example of such a site is: www.fredericksburgbusinesses.com As you can see from the business I have Computer Medics advertised on the site as well as other local busiensses in the area. You can charge a nominal fee for advertising and there is little upkeep in this type of website. There are actual "portal' companies you can pay and for a set amount each month they provide all the business listings, a layout, etc and you just run the site. If you have you SEO (Search Engine Optimization) done correctly on these types of sites they can benefit you [+]
Wrote an article on Remote Services and what options are out there for the small computer business in order to provide this service. Some of the things covered are the Bomgar and also LogMeIn . You can download your copy now from this link here Dan Computer Repair Business Lessons Learned [+]
Ran across a site called Cause A Reaction . Pretty unique way of advertising by utilizing text messaging. Apparently this is pretty popular in Europe. And I would think that anyone here in the U.S. can look when they are outside and you will notice not many people are without their cell phones and most of them are doing some sort of text messaging. Could be the next big thing.... Dan www.CmoNova.com [+]
As you can tell have been rather lax in updating the blog. But, going to put forth an extra effort now and make the blog more productive for everyone to enjoy. Will start posting some tips, some thoughts on the Computer Repair Business, and whatever else we can think of in order to provide readers something to think about. Dan www.CmoNova.com [+]
With the holidays coming up now is the time to make sure you computer assets are protected. With people plugging in lights and everything else there tends to be an increase in blown power supplies to computers etc.... You should go to your local store and pick up a UPS ( Uninterruptible Power supply). Plug in your computer, monitor, printer, etc. That way should you have a power issue your computer assets will be protected. Price of a UPS is anywhere from $30+....But well worth it. [+]
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