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TFF-67 – Are You a Contractor or a Customer?

Today we’ll ask a very important question to the techs who work on web-based IT service platforms. Are you a contractor, a vendor, a commodity or customer? We’ll define each of these business terms and find out which one best fits the techs who work on…

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TFF-66 – Working For The Service Platforms

We talk with an IT service provider who built a successful business working through web based service platforms and find out how he makes it profitable. We’ll also read some of your comments and e-mails from inside The Force Field.

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TFF-65 – Should You Start a Computer Business

We celebrate the seventh anniversary of The Force Field Podcast by asking a very important question that is often never considered by techs who want to start their own computer business. We also evaluate the results of a recent poll about Windows 8 and…

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Episode 64 – Inside The Force Field

We go inside The Force Field and discover some of the resources available for entrepreneurial technicians. We’ll also learn about some changes coming soon to the show and the site to help you make the most of these resources.

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Episode 63 – The NCSP Report Panel Discussion

We talk with three IT service providers and ask them if they think the data in the National Contractor and Service Platform Survey Report is a fair assessment of the state of the IT service industry. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:18 Billboard :48 …

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Episode 62 – The National Contractor and Service Platform Report

We will find out what IT field service technicians really think of national contractors and web-based service platforms and how they rate specific companies from best to worst. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:19 Billboard :52 News and Comment segmen…

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Episode 61 – 20 Tips To Improve Your Computer Business Part 2

We conclude our talk with a computer consultant who wrote an e-book with helpful tips for other computer business owners and is giving it to them FREE. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:17 Billboard :33 News and Comment segment 8:33 Work Market is exp…

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Episode 60 – 20 Tips To Improve Your Computer Business Part 1

We talk with a computer consultant who wrote an e-book with helpful tips for other computer business owners and is giving it to them FREE. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:18 Billboard 1:34 News and Comment segment 2:53 AMD was awarded $12.

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Episode 59 – ScreenConnect Part 2

Today we are going to conclude our discussion with a professional from a company offering a self-hosted remote support solution and find out how we can customize this remote support software to help our own businesses become more profitable.

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Episode 58 – ScreenConnect Part 1

Today we are going to talk with a professional from a company offering a self-hosted remote support solution that not only helps you service your customers, it can also be customized to promote your brand. TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10 Intro 1:17 Billboar…

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