News and Blog from ACRBO, the Association of Computer Repair Business Owners.
Paradigm Shifts for Techs: Marketing 101
By Derek R. Iannelli-Smith, IT Strategist, Progressive Integrations, Inc.,
Recently I have been watching our LinkedIn group and wondering. My wonderment has been about how folks are a part of the association but not participating in the preferred vendors. How do I know this? Because the marketing questions on the group have been about things that have alRead More…
I’m not one to get on a soapbox and share my views with strangers. I tend to bottle up my feelings and let them build over time.
Though we have not met we are not strangers, we are friends and colleagues sharing the common bonds of frustration, worries, victories and advice that come as part of the package deal we signed on for…Technology Services.
As i went about my daily responsibilities as owner of a three store business, all on military bases, I shRead More…
The Association is pleased to begin the New Year with over 1,300 members and a membership base that continues to grow. We currently have members in about a dozen different countries.
2010 was a very good year for the Association not only due to the increase in membership but also with bringing in quite a few Preferred Vendors to the Association for the members to select from. Some marketing companies were brought in along with a few online backup solutions for our members.
We’veRead More…
Was talking to another computer business owner the other day and he was telling me about a new thing he is going to be doing with marketing. The idea was actually pretty good and I think it will actually work. So we talked about it for awhile and then at the end of the conversation he said something like “I need to do something about my current customers”. I asked him what he meant. What he was saying is he had not been keeping in contact with them like he should.
I hear this too mRead More…
The Association of Computer Repair Business Owners has now incorporated a JomSocial component to their website.
This will allow members to easily collaborate with other members with features such as activity streams, photo gallery, video support, organic groups, customizeable profiles, private messaging, real time chat, and an external social network integration along with many other features.
Business owners are always trying to find ways to network with others and thRead More…
I just thought that I would take a little time today to share a couple of my observations of late. I hope that everyone is staying busy with their computer repair services. I seem to have lately found some free and cheap advertising that has had an immediate payoff. I have been a Chamber of Commerce member for a couple of years now, and one of my competitors is even on the board of our local chamber. He is a nice guy and I try to buy parts from him when I can.
The point is, I askedRead More…
Los Angeles, Calif. – October 5, 2010 – Nine Technology, a leading provider of online backup and recovery platforms through channel resellers and managed service providers, today announced the Association of Computer Repair Business Owners has selected the “Powered by Nine” platform as a partner to Association members. The ACRBO chose to endorse the Nine Technology products after careful consideration of its members’ needs and after rigorous testing of the systemRead More…
Virginia – September 27, 2010 – The Association of Computer Repair Business Owners has reached its first milestone of 1,000+ members as of September 2010. The Association was formed just two short years ago in order for the small computer business owner to be able to belong to an organization that concentrated on building awareness of information technologRead More…
I am still receiving e-mails from Fast Certifications wanting me to buy their “illegal” product. Now they are even emailing me to join their “LinkedIn” group. I don’t think these people will every stop until they are shut down.
Plain and simple it works this way you spend over 1k send them your information and somehow they have someone take pretty much an exam you can think of from Microsoft, Cisco, Comptia, etc and the following day or so you can login and print out your official Read More…
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I am still receiving e-mails from Fast Certifications wanting me to buy their “illegal” product. Now they are even emailing me to join their “LinkedIn” group. I don’t think these people will every stop until they are shut down.
Plain and simple it works this way you spend over 1k send them your information and somehow they have someone take pretty much an exam you can think of from Microsoft, Cisco, Comptia, etc and the following day or so you can login and print out your official Read More…