Starting a PC Repair/Upgrade Consulting Biz
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if people have a problem with thier computer (people who dont know anything) wouldnt one of the first places they look be in the phone book?
ok here's another question...
how should I handle the phone situation
I work at an office job (programming) from 7:30am-5:00pm (if you include driving) and even after that I'm not always at my home.
What's the best way to have customers get a hold of me.
We currently have 1 cell phone between my wife and I and have the cheapest plan availible, so we don't have a lot of minutes. We also don't really want to upgrade our plan.
Is there an affordable service the would allow me to have a voice mail system that I could have customers call and I could check them msgs from any phone and be able to check to see if I have messages from a website and/or email?
how should I handle the phone situation
I work at an office job (programming) from 7:30am-5:00pm (if you include driving) and even after that I'm not always at my home.
What's the best way to have customers get a hold of me.
We currently have 1 cell phone between my wife and I and have the cheapest plan availible, so we don't have a lot of minutes. We also don't really want to upgrade our plan.
Is there an affordable service the would allow me to have a voice mail system that I could have customers call and I could check them msgs from any phone and be able to check to see if I have messages from a website and/or email?
Being in that business I can tell you that Ice said 30-35 is ok. Although going up every 6 months, that I dunno, you have to remember their are places like compusa, which will charge 80 to 90 bucks just to look at the system. So you gotta keep the hourly rate down To attract customers, (and to give them a reason not to goto compusa or other retail places) and to keep it affordable, if you do that, you'll have more and more clients. As far as advertising, you can pin "ads" up at your local grocery store, that "sometimes" works. and is free. The phone book is a great idea, but I dunno how expensive, you can set up a cheap website, through your isp, but thats harder to spread, business cards are nice, And warrenty your work, thats a good, idea, but it was also mentioned earlier that you should always document what you fixed, and what you "touched" so that the user can't come back and say you fixed my modem, now my mouse doesn't work. or something like that. otherwise, I wish you luck in your endeavor...
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Thats why you should stick with the free advertising. I would make some eye catching business cards though. There are places on the net where you can design your own business cards with the front being as many colors as you want and the back with all the info. Thats what I did and I got 1,000 full color business cards for $50 and I designed them myself. Very cool looking 😀
Remember to make eye catching business cards.
Remember to make eye catching business cards.
I guess it depends on the situation.
If it just a quick diagnostic thing or something like installing RAM or a PCI/AGP card, I guess I'd just do it on location if it was fairly close.
Otherwise, I'd like to do it at my place.
There's no way I would wait at somebody's place while installing Windows
Well maybe if they had a nice Sega collection and let me play while I wait 🙂
If it just a quick diagnostic thing or something like installing RAM or a PCI/AGP card, I guess I'd just do it on location if it was fairly close.
Otherwise, I'd like to do it at my place.
There's no way I would wait at somebody's place while installing Windows
Well maybe if they had a nice Sega collection and let me play while I wait 🙂
3000 $ month ?
it cant be that high
theres a ton of dingy places that i know of that advertize and i dont think they can afford 3 grand a mo -- im not even talking about 1/6 page add im talking about a 5 line white square in the A's a small thing that separates you from the "other" one line buisness name and number guys -- that cant be 3 grand --
ice -- you guys get a new phne book every month? -- here its once a year
it cant be that high
theres a ton of dingy places that i know of that advertize and i dont think they can afford 3 grand a mo -- im not even talking about 1/6 page add im talking about a 5 line white square in the A's a small thing that separates you from the "other" one line buisness name and number guys -- that cant be 3 grand --
ice -- you guys get a new phne book every month? -- here its once a year
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