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22nd June 2006
When you are running your own IT consulting firm, you will need some basic IT sales skills to effectively get your small business prospects and clients signed on for your recommended network solution.
Because small businesses are often resistant to cha...
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22nd June 2006
Before starting your IT consulting business, be prepared. In this article, learn some of the steps you should take before beginning your IT consulting practice.
Step Ten: Start a Simple Contact Database of Everyone You Meet.
Use a package like AC...
Views: 69
22nd June 2006
As you grow, should you go after government, city, state, municipality contracts like school district contracts? Maybe. They are an entirely different business model. When you are talking about selling to medium sized businesses, again go back and assess ...
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16th June 2006
It is very important to educate your small business prospects and clients on key small business networking terms and buzzwords. After all, in order to "win them over," you need to be speaking the same language. In fact, you may even want to prepare a "ch...
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16th June 2006
In IT consulting, you should be aware of your seasonal selling trends. The general rule of advice is don't expect anyone to make a major buying decision for a small business IT project in the late summer or during the holidays; unless it's an emergency.
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Views: 105
16th June 2006
In IT consulting, you need a step-by-step plan to launch your practice. There are 21 steps that will take you through the first 90 days of beginning your IT consulting business.
Preparing for your gradual launch will lower the risk associated with sta...
Views: 74
16th June 2006
There are no dead giveaways, but there are some signs that will let you know that a business is a good candidate for IT consulting. In this article, you'll learn some of these signs.
Is the Company Expanding?
When a business opens another office, t...
Views: 68
12th June 2006
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...
Views: 107
12th June 2006
With setting your IT support rates, there is no ethical dilemmas. You need to charge what is going to make you have a successful, viable business. You are not going to make a living at $50 an hour. It's that simple.
Many Micro Small Businesses Need Q...
Views: 115
12th June 2006
Very small businesses, those with less than a handful of PCs, often use informal peer-to-peer networks to share files and printers. This is in sharp contrast to a more robust client/server network with a dedicated server computer, and often selected to k...
Views: 92
12th June 2006
If you set your IT support rates too cheap, you're going to have to work like crazy. The last thing you want to discover at the end of the quarter, after you've entered everything in QuickBooks or Excel, is that you've provided IT support for free.
Be...
Views: 65
12th June 2006
As a new IT consulting business, it is important to learn about the most common mistakes made with time tracking and invoicing so you can avoid them.
Doing so will put your company in a better overall financial position. You will also be able to sleep...
Views: 80
10th June 2006
You want to ensure you always get a deposit check on any major IT consulting project. Don't start a 40, 60 or 80 hour project on a handshake. This isn't "Leave it to Beaver," IT consulting here.
Don't Get Taken Advantage Of
There are a lot of ruth...
Views: 104
09th June 2006
In running an IT consulting business, do not be too quick to give new clients credit. Even when you give them credit, keep their lines of credit relatively low until they've built up some history with you.
Provide Low Lines of Credit
If you have n...
Views: 105
09th June 2006
In small business computer consulting, $100 an hour can be a reasonable and livable rate. Why can setting your rates at $100 an hour make all the difference in the world?
Take the $100 an hour and multiply it by 1,500 hours a year. This is reflecting ...
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