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Small Business Networks: Are Your Clients Using the Right Tools?

Since the vast majority of small business prospects and clients that you encounter will likely be running some version of Microsoft Windows, it is a good idea to educate small business managers on the differences between the "current" versions of Microsof... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Consulting: Search for Sweet Spot Clients

There are some clues that will tell you if a prospect will make a good sweet spot client for your IT consulting business. In this article, learn some of the tip-offs that a prospect is a good fit. Does the Company Have a Website? A prospect's webs... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Consulting: Sell Services, Not Products

A successful IT consulting business should be focused on selling your consulting services and not selling products. At this stage of the game of starting an IT consulting business, you should not be looking to be a dealer for someone or an authorized sol... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Notebook PCs: Warranty Enhancements

If you're about to start recommending that your clients buy extended service plans for new notebook PCs, be sure to get a written statement detailing what's included and not included. Unfortunately, PC vendors won't always tell you specifically what's ... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Small Business Computer Consulting: Can You Hire Help?

As a new small business computer consulting firm, you might ask what level of technical staff you can put on payroll. Don't get too excited yet; you have to be realistic about this. Of course, it varies by job market, but all things being equal, what ... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Support: Where Do Larger Small and Medium Sized Businesses Get It?

Big small businesses get their IT support, from an internal IT person, or a small IT department. Remember, a big/small business typically has 50 to 100 PCs doing anywhere from 5 million to 20 million dollars in U.S. annual revenue. IT Support Sources f... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Small Business Computer Consulting: Smart Marketing

In small business computer consulting, it can be easy to get yourself into money trouble really fast. Conserve your precious capital by avoiding some of the common mistakes when marketing your small business computer consulting firm. Perform Tests W... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

PC Purchases: Why Bundled Hardware Components Make Sense for Your Clients

Getting various hardware components factory-installed with PC purchases, like CD-RW drives and network cards, can save your clients on initial purchase and installation costs. At first, it may seem counterintuitive to recommend this strategy of PC purc... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

PC Purchases: The Benefits of Adding Network Cards

Network cards are mandatory additions to PC purchases now that even the smallest offices now have broadband Internet access and peer-to-peer networking. Even if the cost of later purchasing Ethernet adapters a la carte were the same as the bundled pri... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Consulting: You Need More Than Just Technical Skills

To be successful in IT consulting, you need to know about servers, hardware, and software, but more importantly, you need to know business skills. Learn How to Say "No" Anyone in IT consulting can tell you that, at first, you are going to get a lot... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Consulting: Why The Sweet Spot Makes Sense

In the sweet spot of small business IT consulting, you will be taking over anything and everything related to IT. You are expected to know a little about a lot of different things, but most of all, you are expected to be very resourceful and to know where... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Consultant: Do You Have These Personality Traits?

Sure, you need technical skills. But to be a successful IT consultant, you also need to be able to work well with people. In this article, you'll learn about some of the personality traits that make for a successful IT consultant. IT Consultant Traits... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Small Business Computer Consulting: Finding the Right Prospects

If you are starting a small business computer consulting firm, you should know that the small business accounts that have 10 to 50 PC's are going to have at least one branch office. Prospects of this size are used to using professional technology provi... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Small Business IT Consulting: Targeting The Sweet Spot

Small business IT consulting professionals can choose to market themselves to "sweet spot small businesses". These small businesses are where you start to see small business IT consultants breaking through that $100 an hour barrier. This is where you st... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Partnering: How It Benefits Your Computer Consulting Practice

Partnering is really the only way that you can do virtual IT the right way in small business computer consulting. It provides three extremely compelling benefits. Partnering Advantage #1: You Can Broaden Your Bench You can broaden the skills you o... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

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