Friday, April 24, 2009

Getting Your Technology Business Ready for the Up Swing

We don't know when it's coming, but the upswing will come from this one of many recessions the world economy has seen.

The question is: Will you actually be ready for it?

I guess the real question would be: How do you get ready for it?

That all comes down to understanding what your clients need from you. Like it or not, they need vendors that understands what it means to operate an SMB business. That means not being a total techie but also being able to speak business. They need to know that who they are working with is a stable entity that will talk to them on Friday and still be there on Monday. And they want to know that the businesses they choose to work with can understand and handle being an advisor to their business.

Is this George sneaking in the Business Will Win and Businesses Run Like a Job Will Lose speech? You bet it is and I'm getting more fired up about it every week that goes by. I want you to not only survive this (media over blown)recession, but be in a position to pick up the pieces and trails of abandoned businesses that fit your expert niche.

And believe me, there will be many potential clients for you to be the hero for as these pseudo businesses falter and fail over the rest of this year. Make no mistake, this is not me spouting my own unproven beliefs and hype. If you haven't seen this happening first hand yet, you will and there is absolutely no reason for you to be on the short end of the stick unless you choose to be.

I'm going to strongly encourage you to take a listen in on the radio interview I did this week. It can be found at the following link. Catching Bytes on blogtalkradio.com

On the show I go over:
- What's on the horizon for the SMB IT Solution Provider business
- How to combat the tightening of the spending belt by your clients/potential clients
- Prepping for the upswing

If you will be at SMB Nation East, I'll see you at one of my sessions or at least come up and say hello in the hallway.


To Your Business Success-

George Sierchio
The Consultant's Coach

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