Comments on: Working for yourself with tech support? http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2004/07/20/1545/working-for-yourself-with-tech-support Peter Van Dijck's weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: russell dyas http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2004/07/20/1545/working-for-yourself-with-tech-support#comment-1262 russell dyas Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1545#comment-1262 what make card and describe any errors and what have tried so far. Email me and will try to help. Russ what make card and describe any errors and what have tried so far.

Email me and will try to help.

Russ

]]> By: kevin http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2004/07/20/1545/working-for-yourself-with-tech-support#comment-1264 kevin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1545#comment-1264 Actually, this is exactly the service that myself (in Toronto), and thousands of other entrepreneurs provide in every major city, I'm sure, around the world. We put up flyers and hand out business cards, while trying not to spam the neighbourhood. We form relationships and get lots of recommendations through friends and former clients. We have so much work that we don't feel competitive with others who do the same thing in the same neighbourhood. We are the IT departments for companies who are too small to have an IT department. Ask a few friends, check the phone book, or drop by your local laundrymat/restaurant, or wherever public notices are posted. Of course, nothing beats a good recommendation. You might not want to trust a stranger with mission critical data the first time you've met them, but if you find someone good to install your wireless card, check that your anti-virus software is up-to-date, or whatever, you can build up a relationship over time. That's my advice... like I said, it's what I do. And trust me, it works. (and yes, my clients are as happy as I am!) Actually, this is exactly the service that myself (in Toronto), and thousands of other entrepreneurs provide in every major city, I’m sure, around the world. We put up flyers and hand out business cards, while trying not to spam the neighbourhood. We form relationships and get lots of recommendations through friends and former clients. We have so much work that we don’t feel competitive with others who do the same thing in the same neighbourhood. We are the IT departments for companies who are too small to have an IT department.

Ask a few friends, check the phone book, or drop by your local laundrymat/restaurant, or wherever public notices are posted. Of course, nothing beats a good recommendation. You might not want to trust a stranger with mission critical data the first time you’ve met them, but if you find someone good to install your wireless card, check that your anti-virus software is up-to-date, or whatever, you can build up a relationship over time.

That’s my advice… like I said, it’s what I do. And trust me, it works. (and yes, my clients are as happy as I am!)

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