alt.certification.network-plus - ATTN: Tom MacIntyre (tom__macintyre@hotmail.com, question about past post of yours....

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ATTN: Tom MacIntyre (tom__macintyre@hotmail.com, question about past post of yours....

Temujin@kharakorum.org

2002-10-08, 5:24 pm

Hello Tom,

Below is a quote from a past poster who was asking how to start a
PC business. A poster named "Deigo" suggested that "Paul" advertise
and that he could make six figure earnings. You made a comment
regarding the headers in his post would somehow let us know more about
"Deigo." I have included the headers at the bottom. Do you feel that
Deigo was BSing and that his comments were invalid or motivated by
ulterior motives?

I too am interested in starting a PC business and wondered if you had
a contrary view to Mr. Dom Deigo?

Thanks in advance..

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:29:24 GMT, Dom Deigo <dd357@supra.net> wrote:

>In article < 28k8iukmu2eqrc1nnde28q6ceanl56
cr15@4ax.com>,
>postit@newsguy.com says...
>> What kind of advertising works for self employed technicians? I'm
>> doing break/fix work for PCs & Networks. I have a couple of accounts,
>> but now it's time to expand.
>>
>> I'm thinking of creating a brochure and business card and just going
>> door to door, with a line like "I was just working in the area and
>> wanted to drop this off. Could you pass them to the person who looks
>> after your computers, thanks"
>>
>> Any thoughts or comments of this approach.
>> Any one had any luck with other methods.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>>
>>
>A better way would be to make flyers. Go to the mall and put em' on the
>windshields. Throw em' in mailboxes, and run your bizz in the yellow
>pages. I did all of the above when I started. I now only go to my shop
>twice a week, don't repair anymore, and have six techs working for me. I
>made a six fig income last year.
>
>Don't give up. These accounts are there to grab. And the money is in the
>house calls. Don't charge what the big shops charge, and your bizz will
>take off from word of mouth.
>
>This is the first time I have been to this group. After reading some of
>the advice here, I doubt if you will attain a quality answer from most
>of the kids here. It seems as though a bunch of fifth grade school boys
>hang out here, and argue, give mis-info, dead end links and nothing much
>of value.

Read some headers to find out the truth as to what is really happening
here.

Tom

>
>Good Luck!
>
>Donny MCSE

Here are the headers for Mr. Deigo's Post>>>>>

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From: Dom Deigo <dd357@supra.net>
Newsgroups: alt.certification.network-plus
Subject: Re: What kind of advertising works for self employed PC
technicians?
References: < 28k8iukmu2eqrc1nnde28q6ceanl56
cr15@4ax.com>
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Tom MacIntyre

2002-10-08, 10:24 pm

On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:44:11 -0500, Temujin@kharakorum.org wrote:

>Hello Tom,
>
> Below is a quote from a past poster who was asking how to start a
>PC business. A poster named "Deigo" suggested that "Paul" advertise
>and that he could make six figure earnings. You made a comment
>regarding the headers in his post would somehow let us know more about
>"Deigo." I have included the headers at the bottom. Do you feel that
>Deigo was BSing and that his comments were invalid or motivated by
>ulterior motives?
>
>I too am interested in starting a PC business and wondered if you had
>a contrary view to Mr. Dom Deigo?
>
>
>Thanks in advance..
>

>>This is the first time I have been to this group. After reading some of
>>the advice here, I doubt if you will attain a quality answer from most
>>of the kids here. It seems as though a bunch of fifth grade school boys
>>hang out here, and argue, give mis-info, dead end links and nothing much
>>of value.

My comments were aimed at the statements above, specifically because
at the time there was/were one or more individuals who were on several
certification newsgroups, pretending to be others, and being very rude
and disruptive.

I do, though, doubt that there is much likelihood of achieving a
6-figure income with a PC business. I do not pretend to know what the
economy is like everywhere, but, if that was something that could be
done, everybody would be trying, and the market would be adversely
affected.

Tom

>
>Read some headers to find out the truth as to what is really happening
>here.
>
>Tom
>
>>
>>Good Luck!
>>
>>Donny MCSE

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