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It's Got To Be Perfect
I used to love that song 'It's Got To Be Perfect' by Fairground Attraction. But they are musicians, their message isn't appropriate in the world of sales. The opposite is closer to the truth. Here's another way of saying the same, 'If it's worth doing, it's wo

ts first and gaining some expertise in that area.

Calendars and Cubicles
Calendars and cubicles, do you wonder how they could possibly be related? Calendars have been around for hundreds of years. The primary practical use of a calendar is to identify days. They help us to be informed about a future event and to record an event tha

A successful IT consulting business should be focused on selling your consulting services and not selling products. At this stage of the game of starting an IT consulting business, you should not be looking to be a dealer for someone or an authorized solution for someone.

You can get those things if you think it will help your business a little bit, but don’t build your IT consulting business around that. It’s not a product driven economy anymore. It's about the services. It's about the solution.

If you align yourself with someone and say "Hey I am this dealer." If you put it all over your website and business cards, then you are basically a non-salaried employee of that company. That is the surest way to end up in commodity status.

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In terms of hooking up with a software vendor, for example, those in the medical field, you really have to figure out if that is going to be your IT consulting niche. Do you already have expertise in that area? You should be focusing on getting paying clients first and gaining some expertise in that area.

Report: Combined Consumer Education and Increased Security Measures Equal Reduced Identity Fraud
While surfing the 'net, I came across a report about the reduction of identity theft and identity fraud. Obviously, it caught my attention. Following, in part, is that report which was produced by Javelin Strategy & Research, and co-sponsored by CheckFree Corp

or someone.

A Real World Example

Why In The World Would You Hire A Freelance Writer?
If you're a business owner, there are many reasons to hire a freelance writer: One very significant reason is that your staff doesn't have the necessary skill set to handle all of the needs of your business, and the workload isn't heavy enough to hire a full-t

align yourself with someone and say "Hey I am this dealer." If you put it all over your website and business cards, then you are basically a non-salaried employee of that company. That is the surest way to end up in commodity status.

A Real World Example

Medical Billing - Billing The Wrong Carrier
In a previous installment of medical billing goofs, we discussed what happens when you bill the wrong item to a carrier and how you can be charged with fraud, but what happens when you send a bill to the wrong carrier. What follows is a genuine story. It's k

Why Newsletters Work to Market a Coaching or Therapy Practice
To attract clients who pay in full and out of pocket for your services, it's imperative to position yourself as a helpful expert. This is true whether you are a business consultant, a beautician, a psychotherapist, a gardener, a car mechanic, a coach or a mass

ts first and gaining some expertise in that area.

If you are working full time in a niche right now, ie. the medical field, and currently providing PC support for someone that makes medical practice management software. If you are looking to moving into IT consulting, then of course it makes sense to work with that niche since you already have tremendous knowledge and credibility there.

Gain Experience in your Niche First

But if you are just starting from scratch now you should really look to get some experience in the field you want to specialize in before making big investments with vendors, going to conferences, etc.

Get some clients or get a part time job that gives you some exposure to working in small doctor’s offices before you go out and start building a whole IT consulting business around that.

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A light look at the differences between generations' approach to work via utilization of workplace technology. Reveals how each generation can learn from and serve the other.

If you're going to setup and run a medical billing company, the main thing you need to do is distribute the duties. This review will cover the basics of what should be done when dividing up the various tasks.

This is the final installment in our medical billing series on the GX0 record and oxygen billing. This installment covers fields 28 through 37. There is a special note tied into GX1, which will be covered in our next installment.

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