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IT Consulting: What about Large/Small Businesses?

In IT consulting you have many different options in who you choose as your clients. Larger than the sweet spot businesses are the large small businesses, which provides a different IT consulting opportunity. Large/Small Businesses Defined Large/Smal... Read >
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IT Consulting: Services for Sweet Spot Customers

For sweet spot customers, consider the services you can provide to these IT consulting clients. In this article, you'll learn some of the more popular ones. IT Consulting: What Website Design Programs Should You Know? You should be familiar with at... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

IT Consulting: Skills for Sweet Spot Customers

For sweet spot customers, you need hardware and software skills, and you also need networking skills to provide effective IT consulting. In this article, you'll learn some networking facets you should be familiar with. In terms of other networking sof... Read >
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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 >
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Computer Consulting: Don't Market the 90's Way

The 90's was a time of certification for computer consulting businesses. Everyone touted what formal partnerships they had with what major corporations. "Hire us because we're a Novell certified shop" or "Hire us because we're an IBM business partner." ... Read >
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Computer Consulting: Do You Keep Your Micro Clients?

A big question, especially among newly established computer consulting professionals is this: "I have some smaller clients with two to five PCs. Since they're very close and they're willing to pay our hourly rate and understand that I can schedule them wh... Read >
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Computer Consulting: Prospective Client Red Flags

Is there a pattern to watch out for with computer consulting prospects that might act as a red flag or early warning detection system? Yes there is - and you'll get better at spotting them as you go along. It's more of an art than a science, but if it... Read >
Author: Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course

Computer Consulting: Excellent Customer Service Inspires Growth

From a customer service perspective, what can you do to sell more monitoring and managed services? What would it be worth to a computer consulting client if you could predict and prevent a major problem before it occurred? For example, if someone incu... Read >
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Computer Consulting: Spread the Word

Make sure your current computer consulting clients, friends, and family know what types of companies you work with, the types of things you do, and how much you would appreciate referrals from them. A lot of times, by asking the right kind of open-ende... Read >
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Subcontracting Versus Hiring Employees

While you should talk to a lawyer about the specific differences between subcontractors and employees, this article will present you with a list of things to watch out for when utilizing subcontracting. Subcontracting: Make Sure The Relationship Meet t... Read >
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Subcontracting: Why Enter These Relationships?

First, you need to figure out what your in-house techs can handle on their own and then you're going to need to figure out how to supplement it. As a small consulting firm, you can't hire someone who's got five different certifications and pay them their ... Read >
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Computer Consultant Knowledge: Do You Have to Know Everything?

Will you be expected to know anything and everything about anything that could ever go wrong with small-business IT? No. Do You Need to Be Better at Technical or People Skills? To be a great computer consultant, you just need to be really well organ... Read >
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IT Service Agreements: Living Up to Your Promises

If you are new to the service model, you may be concerned about your ability to live up to your IT service agreements. Let's assume that you have eight clients who will book $165,000 in yearly revenue. The greatest fear for many new consultants is getting... Read >
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IT Audits: The Next Step

With most of your clients, once the relationship is established and IT audits are complete, you should move into a project plan mode where you set up a spreadsheet and organize it on a monthly basis. During IT audits, you're going to find that some thi... Read >
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IT Audits: Your Prospects

IT audits are really where you're going with the sales call to a new prospect. Unless they have an emergency that needs urgent attention and they're really specific about it, you need to "push" IT audits. That will get the ball rolling with IT services. ... Read >
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