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Biznass
Name: Biznass
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What am I doing here?
I can't stand my job anymore, if I hit the lotto I would be a much happier person indeed. I'm a bit of a busy body, I get myself into trouble when I have nothing to do. Idle hands do the devils work as they say. Things are unbearably slow at work so I sit here watching the clock and plotting my escape.I recently did a little side work for an attorney so as payment he set me up with an LLC and now I'm not sure how or where to take it from there. I registered a domain name and I'm starting a web page but it's a slow painful process for me as I'm not the most artistic or creative soul. I'm looking into doing small business IT services and residential, setting up small servers and such but how do I get my name out there? I know I can do the work, I'm responsible for my current employers site and email and I work on large Unix servers for 10+ years and pc's for even longer. Anybody with any experience or words of wisdom out there? I have a few contacts but they know my boss and I don't want to upset the apple cart just yet.
On a personal note, moving sucks! Moving into your inlaws place sucks even more!! I spent my weekend helping clean up their place so we can move in and I can finish up a few projects and get our place on an ever expanding crappy market. I think we'll be lucky to break even so we'll be starting from scratch. Apparently this sorta thing has happened to a lot of people in my family (both blood and inlaws) so everyone is being supportive but it still fills me with a feeling of failure and suckiness.
Other than that, I'm feeling great! Almost like I got an hour of extra sleep or something. : )
Posted by Biznass on Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 2:13 pm EDT | 2 Comments
This would probably be as good a time as any to try setting up a personal help desk type of business. There will be a lot of people getting new gadgets for gifts. Some folks will need help setting them up. Some folks will need to have data moved from an old computer to a new one. Some folks will need to have a wireless network installed.
And they will all use overpriced/underqualified services like Geek Squad or Firedog because they don't know anyone else.
There's your niche.You could try doing some small jobs for non-profits. If you're a part of a local church there is an excellent place to start. Most churches don't have IT support and if you could do something small, you would gain a reference and those people would tell others about your business.
Good luck!
And they will all use overpriced/underqualified services like Geek Squad or Firedog because they don't know anyone else.
There's your niche.You could try doing some small jobs for non-profits. If you're a part of a local church there is an excellent place to start. Most churches don't have IT support and if you could do something small, you would gain a reference and those people would tell others about your business.
Good luck!
Posted by supergg2k on Mon Nov 12, 2007 @ 8:32 am EDT
Thanks super, I was amazed at the line at the local Best Buy for geek squad. I don't know what their rate is but I know that I could provide better service. I've also heard of not-so-nice practices of mining customers hard drives for content. Thanks again.
Posted by Biznass on Mon Nov 12, 2007 @ 11:38 am EDT
