http://blog.byelineweb.com the blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://blog.byelineweb.com/?p=30&cpage=1#comment-9 Leon Jackson Sat, 16 May 2009 19:00:26 +0000 http://hownottolive.com/byeline/blog/?p=30#comment-9 a lot of what you say is applicable to my business as well. I do IT support for small businesses. They are constantly overspending for IT needs without knowing it. They familiarize themselves with IT needs by reading advertisements. An hour of consulting time with a Small Business IT specialist can save them a lot of money. The second problem they have results from unfamiliarity. Most small businesses depend on one piece of software they get from a vendor. Then they get IT support only from that vendor usually with a high price tag and horrible response time. As with your Web customers, they don't really know what they want, but they want it to work. Big businesses have IT policies. Small businesses need them too. Not only do they identify what can or can't be done, they provide a measuring stick when looking at new technologies. WRT your 5th point. Somebody INSIDE the organization needs to take the initiative to learn how to operate a computer, log in to a server, create and delete a user, monitor a backup. Any business that doesn't do this holds their business hostage to any IT person that comes along a lot of what you say is applicable to my business as well.
I do IT support for small businesses.
They are constantly overspending for IT needs without knowing it.
They familiarize themselves with IT needs by reading advertisements.
An hour of consulting time with a Small Business IT specialist can save them a lot of money.
The second problem they have results from unfamiliarity. Most small businesses depend on one piece of software they get from a vendor. Then they get IT support only from that vendor usually with a high price tag and horrible response time.
As with your Web customers, they don’t really know what they want, but they want it to work.
Big businesses have IT policies. Small businesses need them too. Not only do they identify what can or can’t be done, they provide a measuring stick when looking at new technologies.
WRT your 5th point. Somebody INSIDE the organization needs to take the initiative to learn how to operate a computer, log in to a server, create and delete a user, monitor a backup. Any business that doesn’t do this holds their business hostage to any IT person that comes along

]]> http://blog.byelineweb.com/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-7 Deb Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:27:04 +0000 http://hownottolive.com/byeline/blog/?p=20#comment-7 Powerful stuff, thanks for sharing. Powerful stuff, thanks for sharing.

]]> http://blog.byelineweb.com/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-4 mallory Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:50:33 +0000 http://hownottolive.com/byeline/blog/?p=1#comment-4 you guys r00l. love you all. site looks amazing. you guys r00l. love you all. site looks amazing.

]]> http://blog.byelineweb.com/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-3 Deb Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:41:25 +0000 http://hownottolive.com/byeline/blog/?p=1#comment-3 Wow, the first to comment! Missed the official launch because I was lame and called in sick and went to bed at 9pm. Site looks great, wishing you guys much success. Oh, and enjoy your holiday today - but not too much! :-) Wow, the first to comment! Missed the official launch because I was lame and called in sick and went to bed at 9pm. Site looks great, wishing you guys much success. Oh, and enjoy your holiday today - but not too much!

]]> http://blog.byelineweb.com/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-2 eeeevvvvaaaa Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:39:43 +0000 http://hownottolive.com/byeline/blog/?p=1#comment-2 hey boys, congrats. the website looks hella good. (yes, i said 'hella'. as i told hillary before, i'm trying to bring it back.) we're all coming down to the ilstu next weekend, so let's celebrate. hey boys, congrats. the website looks hella good. (yes, i said ‘hella’. as i told hillary before, i’m trying to bring it back.)
we’re all coming down to the ilstu next weekend, so let’s celebrate.

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