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  Selling Computer
    Maintenance
     Contracts?
 Avoid These 3 Types
      of Clients
  Courtesy of the
  Small Business Computer Consulting Blog
  http://blog.sphomerun.com
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  IT Businesses are
  Likely to Have
  Come Across
  Some Problematic
  Customers
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  This Article
  Discusses Some
  of these Clients
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  • Clients
    Excessively
    Focused on Cost
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Professional
Businesses
Appreciate the Need
to Properly Invest in
their Companies
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   These are the
   Businesses You
   Want as Clients
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  • Amateur Techies
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  You Don’t Want
  Someone
  Tinkering with
  Them When Your
  Back is Turned
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  This Confuses
  Accountability and
  Makes Systems
  Hard to Support
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  • Late Payers
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  This Eats Into
  What Your True
  Hourly Rate
  Works out to for
  Each Customer
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  Make Your
  Expectations
  Clear
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  Design Your
  Service in Such a
  Way as to Include
  an Element of
  Up-front Payment
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  When Delivering
  IT Maintenance
  Contracts, an
  80/20 Rule Applies
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  20% of Customers
  Will Often be
  Responsible for
  80% of Your
  Day-to-day Stress
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 Spend Time
 Developing
 Relationships with
 More Professional
 Clients
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 Have You Ever
 Refused Computer
 Maintenance
 Contracts
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 to Potential
 Customers?
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  Share Your
  Experiences in the
  Comments Below
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