Archive for November, 2007
What has changed in 300 years!
From the dawn of history the first recorded I.T professional seen at work. A video on what a support person was offering in the 17th century. Who ever compiled this has done an excellent job. I found the video at http://www.tomax7.com/comedy/index.html and you can download it from here www.computerrepairbusiness.com.au/IT_Helpdesk.wmv
The shocking discovery of the problems within the computer repair industry!
When i first watched this video at cbc on the web at Canada. I was shocked and put my head down in shame of the whole event, within a few minutes I got angry and felt this is not fair, there are some great home based pc computer repair business owners out there and why should they also be put into the [...]
My viewpoint of the horror within the computer repair industry video!
Keep coming back for my view point of CBC.ca television show Marketplace. What you should know before you call a geek in to fix your computer. http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2007/10/03/geeks/
You may think I am bagging Marketplace and the college repair team and yet I am not. I am wishing to thank them in providing a wonderful training video in teaching home based [...]
Going from hobbyist to Moonlighting to fulltime.
Remember, just as there are all different levels of Computer experience in the I.T industry and the role of the Computer Repair Business owner starts by having the capacity in fixing hardware and software related problems with one computer. Yes you start out helping family, friends and your work friends, you gain experience and confidence [...]
Are you aware that most people will not read the manual?
A computer repair business starts with people like you, taking time-out to learn how to read the manual and by trial and error. It was not this, hey let’s become a computer expert, it happened because of people like yourself taking the time-out to learn and play with their computers by trial and error. Most [...]
Technical Skills
How do I know if my technical skills are enough to
become a computer repair business owner?
We get this question a lot with beginners.
Unfortunately many people starting a computer repair business fixing computers for a living sell themselves short. They don’t realise how valuable and marketable their technical skills are.
Ask yourself these few simple questions.
Do [...]
SEO Search Engine Optimisation
I’m constantly getting calls from my friends on the subject of SEO search engine optimization optimisations. Yes I do have one site at number one through out the world at Google and 3 sites within Google Australia at number one and it was by no means by chance.
Yes I have keywords. Yes I have links. Yes [...]