Well this past week was another round of learning experiences for me. I’m thinking of working on computers again in my business -but more so as a suppliment to the main work. I am working out a form of a business where I sell myself as a “maintenance agreement plan” to potential clients and businesses. Pay me a monthly fee and I’ll visit your computer each month (or maybe every other month -who knows) and make sure your computer is up to date and fully functional. I can perform a lot of operations at that point that I just cant do remotely (yet) and the client will be assured that their computer is running as good as it possibly can. In addition, I may find that these monthly visits generate a lot of other work as I’m there on site and can talk with the client about their technical (or computer) needs. I guess I may be working on computers again after all -just in a slightly different capacity.
In addition, if my customer base grows to where I need to hire another staff person to help me with these maintenance plans, I can start contracting out to other techs in the area and then take a percentage of the monthly fee to pay their wadges as well…