Category Archives for Manage Your Computer Business
Technibble Interview on Podnutz.com #2 & 3 – A Computer Repair Podcast
Steve Cherubino from Podnutz.com invited me on his show again to talk about recent computer repair jobs and the computer repair business in general. We have two different shows for you to listen to.
VIEW POSTIn The Trenches – Troubleshooting a Blue Screen of Death
Today while I was onsite, I came across a laptop that was getting a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) every single time it started Windows. In this article, I’ll show you how I troubleshooted and solved
VIEW POSTThe Problem with Getting Good
There is a certain issue that will effect just about every self employed computer technician. It can slowly sneak up on you and may technicians don’t even realize it has happened to them. So what is
VIEW POST20 Pieces of Bite-Sized Advice
Just about every day I hand out little tidbits of business advice. It might be on the Technibble forums, a podcast or even in person. Here are some of my core pieces of advice for this industry in small,
VIEW POSTWorking With Small Business Server 2008
Guest Post by Justin. Justin is a small business owner and computer technician with Protocol16, supporting small and mid-sized businesses as well as consumers in the metro area of Portland, Oregon. It’s
VIEW POSTHow To Compete With Bigbox Stores
Most computer technicians living in a decent sized city have big box computer store of some kind near them. The definition of a “big box computer store” is a company that sells computers and
VIEW POSTAccepting Credit Cards
Guest Post by Justin. Justin is a small business owner and computer technician with Protocol16, supporting small and mid-sized businesses as well as consumers in the metro area of Portland, Oregon. Many
VIEW POSTMake More Money By Being Generous
Since I have started my computer business I have learned a lot. I have learned not only lessons that apply to the computer business, but lessons that also apply to any industry or even just life in general. One
VIEW POSTHow to Manage Difficult Clients While Onsite
When you go onsite to do computer repair work, actually fixing the computer is only half of the job because also need to manage the client. In this article I have listed a few types of clients I occasionally
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