Archive for April, 2011

Should Computer Repair Businesses Advertise on Groupon?

In a computer repair thread, CallThatGirl asks about advertising her business on Groupon. The trouble with Groupon for service businesses is that your production capacity is limited by the number of employees you have, and unless you have a large number of employees that aren’t keeping busy, you might get overwhelmed with the short burst [...]

Is the End of PC Repair Near?

In The Future of the PC Repair Business, your author speculates on what technicians should expect in the coming years. Virus removal is an important service for today, but will it be around in five years? Will PC’s become extinct?

Why Your Computer Tech Application Sucks

I receive a lot of computer repair applications from potential techs (contractors) that I seek to partner with, and many of the cover letters just suck. Here’s the worst type: the tech often gives a story about his passion to fix computers since he was in his mother’s womb, and how he was born with [...]