Working with a verbally abusive boss is something that people often have to deal with. I’m speaking specifically about a verbally abusive boss and not one who is physically abusive. If I had to deal with a physically abusive boss, I wouldn’t be working there anymore and I’d be consulting a lawyer. If your boss […]

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Marketing surveys are an excellent way to get information from contacts, prospects, and leads for your PC Repair Business. They allow you to keep in touch and keep current with what is going on after you have made a sales call. Your goal in marketing is to keep your name current in your prospects’ minds. […]

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With deference to Dr. Covey and his very popular Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (all habits that will make us better consultants!), here are eight skills that all of us as consultants can work on to improve.  This article will start with three overarching skills, then describe five more specific skills to consider in […]

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IT consultation projects start with a phone call and are followed by a meeting with prospects. The initial meeting is a great time for the client and the IT consultation business. It is an opportunity for you as a consultant to properly qualify the client to figure out if a contract will be possible. How […]

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Will you be expected to know anything and everything about anything that could ever go wrong with small-business IT? No. Do You Need to Be Better at Technical or People Skills? To be a great computer consultant, you just need to be really well organized and be a friendly person that enjoys helping other people. […]

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Referral programs are a great way to boost your Network Consulting Business. Typically a referral program provides service credits to those clients who send you new business. If you offer a referral program you provide your clients with an incentive to pass your name onto other businesses. These types of programs generally lift your response […]

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A customer typically hires you as an IT consultant in order to reach a goal he has set, and your main function is to advise him on how to meet this goal. Although there is more of a trend towards hiring an IT consultant to simply advise, sometimes you may want to carry out a […]

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You want to ensure you always get a deposit check on any major IT consulting project. Don’t start a 40, 60 or 80 hour project on a handshake. This isn’t “Leave it to Beaver,” IT consulting here. Don’t Get Taken Advantage Of There are a lot of ruthless small business owners out there who will […]

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