Many of your computer consulting business clients will come from non-technical, business backgrounds. As a result, many will not immediately grasp why a failed hard drive cannot "simply" be replaced by a new or refurbished hard drive.As part of managing clients expectations, its important to educate your clients on the steps that go into formatting a hard drive, loading the OS, configuring device drivers, loading software applications, customizing the OS and applications and restoring data.Educate Your ClientAs a computer consulting business owner, you know replacing a hard drive is not as simple as removing the shrink wrap and installing the device into the PC. But, many times, your clients dont.Or they just assume that all the OS files, device drivers... read full article > >
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A common mistake many IT consultants make that may prevent them from being able to go full-time is that they basically give away their services. As IT consultants, it is your responsibility to ensure you charge market rate.IT Consultants: Prove you are ProfessionalsTo be perceived as a professional, you need to charge similar hourly billing rates to those you aspire to compete with on a full-time basis. If you charge way below market billing rates, youll never have enough steady consulting revenue to go full time. Its really hard to raise your billing rates substantially when contracts come up for renewal.The full time IT consultants you compete with have already figured out the hourly billing rates they need to... read full article > >
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Small business is a hot market for IT consulting. There are different sizes of small businesses and they all have different IT consulting needs. In this article you'll learn some items you should be familiar with in order to provide IT consulting to these businesses.Micro Small Businesses DefinedMicro small businesses are companies that have anywhere from 1-10 computers; windows based in most cases. Usually these companies employ 1-10 people. Revenue (in U.S. dollars) will typically be anywhere from $100,000 up to about a million or so.The big differentiator in micro small businesses from others, as far as IT consulting is concerned, is that they have no dedicated server yet. They may be running a peer to peer system and... read full article > >
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