Target businesses must be looked at in terms of their ability to support your own business goals.  If you really want to make a decent living and want to have a good, successful, viable consulting business you have to know your target business clients. You have to narrow down your focus and develop a keen intuition so you are expert at spotting the best small business accounts to target.  

There are millions of small businesses in the U.S. and there are millions of small businesses abroad. Not all of these will fit with your target business profile but many will.  And, there’s a pretty good chance that there are thousands, if not tens of thousands of companies in your local area that qualify as target businesses.

If you don’t learn early on which businesses to target and which ones to stay away from your own business will suffer.  You need to know where to find the best target businesses and know when to say "no" to business that comes your way.

Your target businesses will be gratifying to work with.  You will get a great amount of career satisfaction by working with them.  That’s probably one of the reasons you’re looking at starting your own business as opposed to sticking with a traditional corporate IT career.

Target businesses will also prove to more lucrative accounts.  All small businesses are not created equal.  You want your clients to be a stable source of recurring revenue. Remember, your job is not to be the Mother Teresa of PC support. You’re not running a charitable organization.

Of course, you want to have empathy for the people you support and you want to do a great job for them, but at the same time, you have to look out for your own interests to make sure you’re going to be there for them six months to a year down the road.

Bottom Line on Target Businesses
It’s very important that you start right at the beginning to identify and find target businesses you want to work with.  The better your clients, the better your business.  The time you spend putting together a target business profile will pay off many times in the future.

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