Archive for 'Computer Support Contracts' Category

Service Agreements Templates Save Time and Aggravation

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Friday, April 28, 2006

Service Agreements Templates Save Time and Aggravation

Service Agreements: Suggest Them After Your Initial Project

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, April 27, 2006

Service Agreements: Suggest Them After Your Initial Project

Service Agreements: Use Them With Your Sweet Spot Clients

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Friday, April 21, 2006

The most profitable and stable way to be successful in your computer consulting business is to put your clients on service agreements. Service agreements can help keep your cash flow steady and keep your business profitable for the long haul. Many of the respondents in the survey found the sections of the Computer Consulting Kit [...]

PC Support Contracts – A New Day in Computer Maintenance

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, February 23, 2006

At one time, the notion of computer tune ups as part of PC support contracts would have been an almost laughable proposition. After all, the perception is that computers are computers, and they work until they fail. As a growing segment of the population has come to rely upon peak performance from their computers for [...]

PC Support Contracts Make Virus Removal Simple

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Are you looking for a good way for consultants with PC support contracts to undertake virus removal and protection without spending hundreds of dollars on proprietary software that always seems to have a security hole just where you most need protection? The fact is, software giants offer marginal security at best, often playing catch up [...]

Network Service Contracts – Part of the Evolution

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, February 16, 2006

For the longest time, computers, whether workstation or server, individual or corporate, came with a set of keys and an instruction manual on how to set it up and maintain it without requiring network service contracts.  Indeed network service contracts have come along way and in fact increased in importance amongst PC users everywhere. Times [...]

Network Maintenance Agreements Protect A Small Business From Making Expensive Mistakes

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Small business oriented network maintenance agreements are an essential part of any small business that wants to survive in today’s tough business world. You can’t expect to survive these days if you don’t have a great small business oriented network maintenance agreements. A good network often makes the difference between succeeding and failing. It’s important [...]

Network Maintenance Agreements: Manage Your Office Network

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Network maintenance agreements can be a great way to manage your office network without having to be hands-on the whole time. Almost all offices these days have a network of computers that connects all the computers in the office together; allowing users to share files and directories amongst each other and be maintained by some [...]

IT Service Agreements: Living Up to Your Promises

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Wednesday, February 8, 2006

If you are new to the service model, you may be concerned about your ability to live up to your IT service agreements. Let’s assume that you have eight clients who will book $165,000 in yearly revenue. The greatest fear for many new consultants is getting significant IT service agreements and not being able to [...]

IT Service Agreements: Creating the Package

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Think about how you’re going to package your IT service agreements.  For example, are you going to make them fixed-price, retainer-based or a pre-paid block of time? IT Service Agreements that are fixed priced are tricky because you have to forecast what people need and want. Most small business computer consultants don’t have the skill [...]

IT Service Contracts: Recurring Revenue is Absolutely Critical

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Saturday, February 4, 2006

One-shot deals are for amateurs. The pros insist on IT service contracts. Otherwise you’re going to have a whole bunch of people that call you once or twice a year and in the meantime, you’re sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring.  You’re doing nothing proactive. They’re taking none of your advice. They’re [...]

Computer Service Agreements: Don’t Accept the First One You See

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, January 26, 2006

Computer service agreements are offered freely these days.  When it comes to IT consulting, many firms can tell you what you need. Fewer companies, however, can give you the kind of hands-on training and expertise coupled with critical diagnostic tools and same-day service–all at an affordable price and fully documented within robust computer service agreements. [...]

Computer Service Agreements Allow You to Work On The Business Not In It

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Computer service agreements offered by capable IT outsourcing companies can free you up to tackle the issues that affect your business on a day to day basis. Don’t lose time and money worrying about your computer needs when there’s customer acquisition, sales, marketing, and other day-to-day business issues to attend to. Instead, outsource your all [...]

IT Service Contracts: Save Yourself Time and Money

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2006

IT Service contracts offered by reputable IT consultants can save your thousands of dollars, hours, and even days worth of time and rescue you form potential headaches and troubles. A computer consulting firm will not only take a careful look at your office setup and communications system, it will prescribe fixes, take preventive measures against [...]

IT Service Contracts: Selecting the Right Ones

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Monday, January 23, 2006

IT service contracts are up for the offering just about everywhere these days.  There are so many computer services in the marketplace these days that it’s hard to know just which company can best meet your needs when they offer you IT service contracts. Largely, your selection of the right computer consultant offering IT service [...]

IT Service Contracts – Helping You Develop a Customized Database

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Thursday, January 19, 2006

IT service contracts are the key to technology success for many highly specialized companies requiring a custom database design. Most companies deal with dollar figures and other numbers as well as words, sentences, and paragraphs. But what if you’ve got pictures? Sound files? Flash animation? And what if you need to keep customer specific information [...]

Software Support Contracts Help You Manage Your Database Needs

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Software support contracts will ensure that you don’t take chances with your database system design. Hire a knowledgeable and experienced database design firm as part of ongoing software support contracts as you’re fleshing out your other business needs. In this article, you’ll find that you can save yourself from headaches in the long run. Many [...]

Basic Computer Troubleshooting Using IT Service Level Agreements

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2006

IT service level agreements can help you maintain your computer systems.  In this article, you’ll learn that no matter how solid your company’s technical infrastructure, at some point, the infrastructure will require some basic computer troubleshooting by using consultants who offer IT service level agreements. Prepare For All Sorts of Problems All sorts of funny [...]

Don’t You Wish You Had Signed Up For Maintenance Contracts?

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Maintenance contracts take the hassle out of PC problems and allow you to get back to focusing on the business; not on the tools.  PC troubleshooting can simply drive you crazy if you aren’t familiar with it. Sometimes it seems that computers and computer networks are more of an impediment to doing business than a [...]

Maintenance Contracts Help Find the Cause of the Problem

By Computer Consulting 101 - Last updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2006

  Maintenance contracts allow businesses to keep on functioning in the event of a PC or network problem.  Many business owners choose to avoid Windows and opt for a Mac thinking that they will encounter fewer problems. In this article you’ll learn that this theory is fine, provided they have access to Mac troubleshooting experts [...]