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IT Certification Courses – Classroom or Self Study?

 
IT Certification Courses Classroom or Self Study

Completion of IT certification courses can be the ticket to lucrative work in the IT industry. 

When Selling IT Services, Make Sure Your Prospects Are the Right Fit

 
When Selling IT Services Make Sure Your Prospects Are the Right Fit

Identifying the right clients to partner with is vitally important when you are selling IT services. Why is it so important? Well, because every business relationship that you form has the potential to either positively or negatively affect your reputation in the marketplace.

Starting Your Own IT Consulting Business? Get the Right Tools

 
Starting Your Own IT Consulting Business Get the Right Tools

When starting your own IT consulting business , determining what is your best tool to have is going to vary for a lot of people — but there are some common professional and people tools that you are going to need.

3 Computer Business Perks for Potential Microsoft Partners

 
3 Computer Business Perks for Potential Microsoft Partners

If you work with Microsoft products within your computer business, signing up for the Microsoft Partner Network can provide you with some interesting benefits.

SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter - March 28, 2012

 
SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter - March 28, 2012

4 Social Media Platforms to Include in Your IT Sales Strategies

Even in a B2B environment, you need to incorporate social media as part of your IT sales strategies. Social media allows you to engage with your prospects and customers in real time, gives you insight into their behavior, and provides you with a means to listen to both your audience and the marketplace as a whole. Find out why you need to concentrate on these big four platforms.
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SYNNEX CLOUDSolv Offering Gains Momentum and Targets Bigger Margins

 
SYNNEX CLOUDSolv Offering Gains Momentum and Targets Bigger Margins

Cloud computing is bringing new perspectives to IT distribution, and SYNNEX has already announced its CLOUDSolv platform for channel partners.

Technology Marketing 4-Step Value and Benefits Checklist

 
Technology Marketing 4 Step Value and Benefits Checklist

The danger of using technology marketing with customers is assuming that they share your love of product specifications. Many customers, especially in the SMB sector, do not.

4 Social Media Platforms to Include in Your IT Sales Strategies

 
4 Social Media Platforms to Include In Your IT Sales Strategies

Even in a B2B environment, you need to incorporate social media as part of your IT sales strategies. Social media allows you to engage with your prospects and customers in real time, gives you insight into their behavior, and provides you with a means to listen to both your audience and the marketplace as a whole.

Starting Your Own Consulting Business? Consider Moonlighting First

 
Starting Your Own Consulting Business Consider Moonlighting First

Starting your own consulting business takes careful planning. Before you make the leap to full-time computer consulting, consider moonlighting first.

3 Ways to Structure IT Maintenance Contracts

 
3 Ways to Structure an IT Maintenance Contract

If you offer IT maintenance contracts to your clients, it is important to decide exactly how to structure them. This will provide your clients with clarity as to what they can expect.

Cisco Live San Diego Stresses Education and Business

 
Cisco Live San Diego Stresses Education and Business

Cisco Live San Diego is the showcase for one of the world's leading technology businesses.

IT Associations Take Sides with SOPA

 
IT Associations Take Sides with SOPA

The recent SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) initiative has polarized opinion among the IT industry and IT associations. Although its aim is “To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property…,” what many fear is that SOPA will turn into censorship and government or corporate control of the Internet.

SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter - March 21, 2012

 
10 Computer Consulting Marketing Tips that Attract Awesome Clients Video and Transcript

10 Computer Consulting Marketing Tips that Attract Awesome Clients (Video and Transcript)

If you're looking to get more great B2B clients, you really need to plan ahead for how you handle your computer consulting firm's marketing campaigns and related day-to-day activities. Given that it's all too easy to get sidetracked with the latest client emergency of the day, or award-winning employee drama, or a great-sounding new channel program promotion, focus is the key. Learn about 10 of best known ways to market computer consulting services.
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Linux Certification Resources: How Linux Foundation Teaches on YouTube

 
Linux Certification Resources How Linux Foundation Teaches on YouTube

Linux has a giant developer fan-base as an OS that has some major commercial success as well. So it’s only natural that a vibrant ecosystem would blossom around Linux certification resources.

Start an IT Consulting Business: Mindset and Time Management Tips

 
Start an IT Consulting Business Mindset and Time Management Tips

Before you start an IT consulting business, there are two things you need to do first.

4 Computer Repair Franchise Questions to Ask While Doing Due Diligence

 
4 Computer Repair Franchise Questions to Ask While Doing Due Diligence

A computer repair franchise lets you jumpstart your business – in theory. The idea is to hit the ground running using an already established and effective business model. You also use somebody else’s marketing resources for generating leads and business, instead of putting yourself through the school of hard knocks.

Business Technology Association's 2012 District Events Help IT Dealers

 
Business Technology Associations 2012 District Events Help IT Dealers

The latest five-city tour of the Business Technology Association (BTA) is proving to be a hit with technology dealers.

Computer Business Owners Protect with Professional Liability Insurance

 
Computer Business Owners Protected by Professional Liability Insurance

When you are running a computer business, your clients place a significant amount of trust in you and your company. A careless mistake when administering a server can lead to data loss, business downtime, and lost revenue.

Comptel Plus Convention & Expo Offers Best in Voice, Video, and Data

 
Comptel Plus Convention Expo Offers Best in Voice Video and Data

Start packing your bags for a trip to this year's Comptel Plus Convention & Expo in San Francisco. From April 15th to 18th, business technology providers can learn about the latest in voice, video, and data.

IT Distributors Redefine their Value to IT Resellers and VARs

 
IT Distributors Redefine their Value to IT Resellers and VARs

Not long ago, the most competitive IT distributors were those with ruthlessly efficient telephone organizations and the most cost-effective picking, packing, and shipping of products to IT dealers.

SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter - March 14, 2012

 
Top 5 IT Marketing Ideas for Drawing in New B2B Clients (Video and Transcript)

Top 5 IT Marketing Ideas for Drawing in New B2B Clients (Video and Transcript)


Looking for some simple, cost-effective marketing ideas that can draw in new B2B clients? In this 9-minute video tutorial, you'll learn about five of the best ways to consistently attract new business.
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4 Computer Repair Marketing Tips that Generate a Steady Client List

 
4 Computer Repair Marketing Tips that Generate a Steady Client List

The goal of computer repair marketing should be to generate a steady supply of clients. Without a systematic IT marketing plan, your business will quickly be on borrowed time.

SANS Institute Launches New Cloud Computing Security Training

 
SANS Institute Launches New Cloud Computing Security Training

On January 17th and 18th at its Security East 2012 event, the SANS Institute launched its new course in cloud computing security.

5 IT Service Agreement Tips that Ensure Your Clients Renew

 
5 IT Service Agreement Tips that Ensure Your Clients Renew

Long-term IT service agreements provide bread and butter income for many an IT business.

Computer Consultant Business Tips for Building a Client List

 
Computer Consultant Business Tips for Building a Client List

If building a computer consultant business is all about whom you know, than it’s only natural to use your firm’s client list as a yardstick or barometer of how you’re progressing.

Ingram Micro and U.S. Micro Turn IT Junk into Reseller Revenue

 
Ingram Micro and US Micro Turn IT Junk into Reseller Revenue

When end users want to get rid of outdated IT equipment, they face two challenges:

Microsoft TechEd Europe 2012 Promises Training and Trends

 

Top 5 IT Marketing Ideas for Drawing in New B2B Clients (Video)

 
Top 5 IT Marketing Ideas for Drawing in New B2B Clients

If you’re looking for some simple, cost-effective IT marketing ideas that can draw in new B2B clients, you’ve come to the right place.

SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter - March 7, 2012

 
SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter - March 7, 2012

5 Technology Sales Ingredients for Success

IT sales success is 95 percent about the process and 5 percent about the ability and skill of the sales person. Laying a sound foundation provides you with the edge needed and helps you judge the optimal time to meet the prospect and close the transaction. Learn about five technology sales ingredients for success that convert more prospects into paying clients, and in turn, into high-lifetime-value clients.
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5 Technology Sales Ingredients for Success

 
5 Technology Sales Ingredients for Success

Technology sales success is 95 percent about the process and 5 percent about the ability and skill of the sales person who’s closing, or trying to close, the deal.

IT Business Marketing for Generating Recurring Service Revenue

 
IT Business Marketing for Generating Recurring Service Revenue

Successful IT business marketing focuses on achieving the end-goal: recurring revenue.

How to Start a Computer Business - 3 Ways to Boost Your Revenue

 
How to Start a Computer Business 3 Ways to Boost Your Revenue

When you start a computer business, there are various things you can do to increase your revenue with minimal effort. Incorporating these ideas into your business plan from the start can pay serious dividends throughout the life of your business:

Software Trade Association Respects Whistleblower Anonymity

 
Software Trade Association Respects Whistleblower Anonymity

A software trade association exists to encourage legitimate business activity in the software market. It’s also there to react to anything that could put the healthy development of that market at risk, including the use of unlicensed software. To do so, a software trade association has to give reasonable anonymity to whistleblowers who provide the association with information about such illegal practices. If not, informants might not come forward for fear of unwelcome publicity or retaliation.

IT Expo East 2012 Boosts IP Communications Industry

 
IT Expo East 2012 Boosts IP Communications Industry

Much to the satisfaction of IT resellers, managed service providers, IT consultants and other IT pros, IT Expo East 2012 arrived at the Miami Beach Convention Center on January 31.

Computer Repair Flyer Gets New Life from QR Codes

 
Computer Repair Flyer Gets New Life from QR Codes

A computer repair flyer with the right headline, compelling offer, call to action, and attractive graphics gets attention. Easily pinned to a bulletin board, it’s there for potential customers when they need the service that you offer.

6 Red Hat Certification Resources Worth Adding to Your Favorites List

 
6 Red Hat Certification Resources Worth Adding to Your Favorites List

When you are deciding what kind of IT certifications you want to invest in, you may want to give Red Hat certification some consideration.

Starting an IT Consulting Business? Why Now is the Best Time

 
Starting an IT Consulting Business Why Now is the Best Time

Starting an IT consulting business in an economic downturn is actually the best time to get started. Everyone is seeking someone with good skills and at a price that is lower than what they usually pay.

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