IT Repairs - Remote or On-site

Hi all,

I am beginning to offer the above as a secondary service to my usual job, IT Engineer. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to how best to advertise my services without coming across as a opportunist or scammer (think: Microsoft phone calls, or online ads that people immediately close.)

Having many years experience working for other companies, enterprise and commercial I have gained understanding of how they work, but starting on your own can be daunting. I am just hoping for some pointers. I know word of mouth is a big thing, but can be hard when just getting started.

Kind regards,

Steve

I've found most of my business from business networking meetings. Happy to give you details if you'd like to give it a try

Thanks for your reply, I was hoping more to look towards home users, out of hours and weekend repairs. Obviously working from an office through the week limits my abilities to fulfill a lot of the day time, larger corporate requests which a networking event may generate.

If my worries are unfounded and you think I still may be able to source some opportunities from that then please do send some details as I would be very interested to attend a meeting.

Many thanks.

There are some evening events although I don't go to any. I think the Lions Den run some in Sheffield. Their LinkedIn group is https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2607414&trk=vsrp_groups_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A609087721421428281125%2CVSRPtargetId%3A2607414%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary

Most networkers are small business owners who are also homeowners with IT requirements for both. Don't hard sell though - just build relationships

I wouldn't dare hard sell, it isn't in my nature to do so. haha.

I appreciate the pointers! I hope you have a nice weekend.