Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy
Start and Grow a Computer Business
It’s that time of year again. All your favorite services are offering BIG discounts for the ENTIRE black Friday weekend! These are all friends of ours, and we love each and every offering on this list. If you haven’t tried any of the below services yet, now is the time.
Without further ado, here’s this year’s list of Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals:
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It’s hard to find an event that speaks to solo computer repair business owners and small IT services businesses like us. There’s nothing that fills the gap between small local meet-ups and the larger ChannelCons and ASCII Summits. Until now…
The folks over at Instant Housecall are putting together a rather unique event. It’s called the Unconvention and it’s billed as a meet-up where you’ll get real IT Business strategies that work in the real world.
And best of all, YFNCG will be there!
Here are the details:
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We’ve partnered with some of our favorite Computer Business products and services for these exclusive Black Friday Sales! You wont find these kinds of savings at any other time, so check ’em out below and act fast!
Why not skip the crowds and splurge on something that can help you get your computer business started off on the right foot?
All weekend, my ebook, How to Quit Your Job and Start a Computer Business, is on sale for 30% off. Simply use offer code CYBLACK when you check out to take advantage of this deal.
How to Quit Your Job and Start a Computer Business takes you step by step through starting a computer business part time so you can confidently quit your job and grow your business full-time. Say goodbye to your job and hello to being your own boss!
In the book you’ll learn:
Check out the book here, and don’t forget to use the coupon code: CYBLACK for 30% off the listed price.
For the first time in it’s 6 year history, YFNCG is opening it’s “doors” to guest contributions.
Up to this point, YFNCG has remained a very personal project of mine. It served as a blog to chronicle my computer business journey from it’s humble beginnings as a crazy idea in the back of my mind, to the full-time operation it is today.
As a result, I wanted to keep everything I published on this website personal. However, now that I am running a full-time computer business, and especially since I started recording my podcast, I find there are so many valuable insights and tactics that can be learned from others in this industry.
Since my own time is limited, and because I want to keep YFNCG a fresh and vibrant destination for Computer Business owners, I’m currently accepting applications for guest contributors here on the blog.
I’m excited to announce the release of my first full-length premium eBook called How to Quit Your Job and Start a Computer Business!
Are you currently working a full time job and want to know how to start a computer business with as little risk as possible?
Are you running a business part time, but don’t know how to get to the point where you can quit your job?
Do you want a computer business, but aren’t sure how to get started?
If you answered YES to any of those questions then this is the book for you. I wrote it for people who want to start a computer business, or go from running it part-time to full-time.
This book is literally the culmination of 5 years that I’ve spent writing my blog and building my computer business. It’s all the lessons I’ve learned packed into 20 chapters of actionable easy-to-follow content.
I’ve heard from many of you who are struggling to figure out how to get your business started. It’s tough to do, especially when working another full time job. But I’ve been there, and in this book I take all the lessons I learned and lay out a road map for you to follow so you can build the business you’ve always dreamed of.
With that, I present to you the first chapter of the book so you can get a real idea if this is the book for you:
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Over the three plus years that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve experimented with many strategies for growing my fledgling computer consulting business. Some have worked well while others have fallen flat and turned out to be nothing but hype.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I only present topics about things that I have personally tried and experienced as I start and grow my computer repair business. Yet, for new readers, it may be hard to find the best information among the hundreds of blogs posts on this site.
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for a while, you may not have noticed a new feature there in the right column: The YFNCG Newsletter.
Even if you did notice it, you may not have felt compelled to sign-up. You may already have signed up to receive blog updates via email or RSS. However, those are simply ways to syndicate existing blog posts. The YFNCG Newsletter is different. It’s a way for me to connect with you more directly and more personally.
So if you’re on the fence about signing up, here are a few compelling reasons why you should.
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If you’re reading this at YFNCG.com then you’ve already noticed something (okay, everything) different with the look of the blog. If you’re reading this in a feed reader, or in email, hop on over to the website to take a look.
As I explained in a previous post, I’ve been working on a face lift for Your Friendly Neighborhood Computer Guy. Call it a celebration of my new freedom from the 9-5. Call it a spring cleaning of sorts. In reality, I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time but never had the time. Now that I’m waiting for my computer business to ramp up to fill my full-time availability, I’ve had some down time to work on the redesign of this blog.
On the post where I announced my plans for a redesign, Mark made a comment that my blog is great the way it is. I appreciate that Mark! And I agree, the previous design of YFNCG was awesome.
However, it was a pain to change or add anything to the layout. Most of the places the blog fell short were in the back-end, behind the scenes in the way the site was coded. I use WordPress as the CMS behind this blog and I had a custom theme designed by a 3rd party. It was a unique, eye catching theme, but it was very inflexible and I had a hard time updating it and adding new features to the website. I needed something a little more flexible.
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One of the benefits of having quit my job to pursue my passions full time is that, especially at first, I have more time to do what I want when I want. I’ve taken this opportunity recently and met a fellow consultant in my area for lunch. It was a great opportunity and one I probably wouldn’t have had time for had I still been employed. The lunch was fun and we exchanged a lot of great ideas and thoughts on running a computer business in our area.
One statement and question this gentleman asked really got me thinking (I’m paraphrasing because I don’t remember the exact wording):
“I’m surprised that you’re giving away all your strategies for running your business on your blog. Aren’t you afraid you’re going to help out your competition by letting them in on your secrets?”
I’ve always know that by blogging I’d be sharing with the world my experiences with consulting. I’m aware that there’s a possibility that anything I say can be used against me by my competition. So why do I continue to spill the beans on this blog? After all, it takes a lot of work and time to write blog posts regularly, keeping them fresh and worth reading.
After he asked that question I explained to him my reasoning behind this blog and how it has helped me way more than it can ever hurt me. I’d like to use this post to expand on some of the key points I made to him during that lunch. Then at the end, I have a job for you!
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