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IT Support Specialist

Seeks Advice

for Launching

IT Services Business

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Robert (Bob)

Sollazzo

Had Recently

Incorporated

http://howtostartanitbusiness.com/


IntegraCare

IT Services LLC

and was Seeking

Advice on

How to Proceed



with a Very

Limited Budget



He Needed

Guidance that was

More Specific

to Starting an IT

Services Business,



Rather than a

Small Business

in General



All Small

Businesses Are

Not Created Equal



Both SCORE

and SBDCs

Have Excellent

Reputations for

Being Very Helpful



with their

Free Counseling



However, When

You Think About

How Fragmented

the Small

Business Space is,



You'll Find it Very

Rare to Find

Someone in that

Capacity with

Experience



in the IT Services

Business



• Approximately

100,000 Small Biz

Technology

Providers

in the US



• Approximately

25,000,000 Small

Businesses

in the US



Finding Low- and

No-Cost Resources

Appropriate for

an IT Services

Business



A Niche is an

Island of Sorts



But There are

Lots of Great

Resources to Help

You Along the Way



Utilize All of Our

Free Resources

at Your Disposal



If You Review the

White Paper on



“How to Start a

Computer

Consulting

Business:


http://www.sphomerun.com/how-to-start-a-computer-consulting-business-v/


6 Proven Ways to

Build Your Initial

Client Base”,


http://www.sphomerun.com/how-to-start-a-computer-consulting-business-v/


You'll Find Some

Basic Categories

for Common

Startup Expenses



Here Are

17 Resources

that You May Find

Especially Helpful:



Marketing and

Sales Resources



“10 Computer

Consulting

Marketing Tips that

Attract Awesome

Clients” (Video)


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/69192/10-Computer-Consulting-Marketing-Tips-that-Attract-Awesome-Clients


“Take the

IT Marketing Client

Attraction Quiz”

(Interactive Quiz)


http://www.sphomerun.com/Get-Clients/Take-the-IT-Marketing-Client-Attraction-Quiz/


“Top 10 IT Marketing

Strategies for

Consistently Attracting

New Business Clients to

Your Small IT Business”

(White Paper)


http://www.sphomerun.com/free-it-marketing-report-download-your-free-copy-now/


“Top 5 Small

Business IT Lead

Qualification Tips”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/68830/Top-5-Small-Business-IT-Lead-Qualification-Tips


“How a Computer

Consulting

Business Can

Take on National

Competitors”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/69077/How-a-Computer-Consulting-Business-Can-Take-on-National-Competitors


“How Computer

Support Services

Can Sell Against

‘Best Buy for

Business’”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/86670/How-Computer-Support-Services-Can-Sell-Against-Best-Buy-for-Business


“Marketing Your

Computer Support

Franchise Against

Your Competition”


Marketing Your Computer Support Franchise Against Your Competition


“Seven IT Sales

Secrets for Attracting

High-Lifetime-Value

Clients”

(White Paper)


http://www.sphomerun.com/seven-it-sales-secrets-nv/


Recurring

Revenue

Resources



“4 Ways to

Improve Your

Computer Service

Contract

Business” (Video)


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/69544/4-Ways-to-Improve-Your-Computer-Service-Contract-Business


“How to Win

a Computer

Consulting

Contract from

a Competitor”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/82869/How-to-Win-a-Computer-Consulting-Contract-from-a-Competitor


“IT Service Contract

Secrets for Getting

More Repeat Clients

and Recurring Service

Revenue”

(White Paper)


http://www.sphomerun.com/it-service-contract-secrets-nv


“Take the IT

Service Contracts

Recurring

Revenue Quiz”

(Interactive Quiz)


Take the IT Service Contracts Recurring Revenue Quiz (Interactive Quiz)


Planning for a

New IT Services

Business



“Starting a Computer

Business?

Bookmark These

8 Websites”

(Screencast)


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/69419/Starting-a-Computer-Business-Bookmark-These-8-Web-Sites


“Computer

Consulting Firm

Needs a Risk

Management Plan”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/86826/Computer-Consulting-Firm-Needs-a-Risk-Management-Plan


“7 Computer

Repair Business

Plan Topics that

Yours Must Cover”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/85299/7-Computer-Repair-Business-Plan-Topics-that-Yours-Must-Cover


“Your IT Consulting

Business Plan

Must Have These

3 Partnerships”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/76232/Your-IT-Consulting-Business-Plan-Must-Have-These-3-Partnerships


“Setting Your

Computer

Consulting Rates?

Size Up the

Competition”


http://www.sphomerun.com/blog/bid/71732/Setting-Your-Computer-Consulting-Rates-Size-Up-the-Competition

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and Resources

Would You Offer

to an IT Support

Specialist Like Bob

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to Start an

IT Services

Business?



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