#1 - You are in charge of a large regional office
in a well established, international, corporation. Corporate has just sent down
instructions for you to get your product on the internet ASAP. You don't know the
first thing about web technologies, but you are learning fast! The more you
read and learn, the more you realize that you need a LOT of custom programming
for your website to interface with your company's backend software. You are
also learning that it is very hard to find companies that provide the custom
programming AND still make the website look nice. Isn't there somebody out there
who can take care of all your technology needs?
#3 - Your website looks old and out of date. Every
time you give somebody the website address, you are embarrassed. It was designed
and implemented by someone on your staff 3 years ago who no longer works for you.
Where do you begin? The know-how of the website left with the staffer 3 years ago.
On top of that, you are worried about your aging computers. They keep on getting
slower and slower. You want to buy new ones, but what do you buy? What is a good
price? Even worse, you are worried about all of your files! They are not backed
up, and you are afraid one of your old computers is going to crash. And then what??!!
You called a local IT company, and they quoted you a VERY high price to get you
setup with a backup system. When you asked them about your website, they said
they don't do websites. Isn't there somebody out there who can take care of all
your technology needs?
#2 - Your small business has been growing by leaps
and bounds!! How exciting! But as you know, with rapid growth comes rapid challenges.
You have gone from 2 computers to 20. Everybody has their own set of files.
Sharing files and keeping them all straight has become a nightmare. You
desperately need a file and print server setup, but you are afraid of the cost
involved! You also need a low maintenance email system, and you have no idea
where to start. You are also afraid that would cost even more. There's nothing
like killing your small business with all these extra costs! Oh, that reminds
you. You desperately need some graphic design work done. You need business
cards, a business logo & letterhead. And the list goes on. You have begun
to get quotes from different places, but none of them will take care of all
of your technology needs, and they all want a lot of money! Isn't there somebody
out there who can take care of all your technology needs?
#1 - You are in charge of a large regional office
in a well established, international, corporation. Corporate has just sent down
instructions for you to get your product on the internet ASAP. You don't know the
first thing about web technologies, but you are learning fast! The more you
read and learn, the more you realize that you need a LOT of custom programming
for your website to interface with your company's backend software. You are
also learning that it is very hard to find companies that provide the custom
programming AND still make the website look nice. Isn't there somebody out there
who can take care of all your technology needs?
#4 - You have a very small set of products you
want to sell on your website. You just need a simple e-commerce solution.
You started to get some pricing from local companies. Wow! It seemed like
as soon as you used the word "e-commerce", the prices went through the roof.
You didn't even ask about the simple face-lift that you wanted done to your
website! Then there is the other concern gnawing at you - you don't have a
backup of any of your files. But, that is going to have to wait if you are going
to have to pay these expensive prices just to get your products on the internet.
Isn't there somebody out there who can take care of all your technology needs?
#5 - You have a very nice office copier that is
designed to enable you to print from your PCs and scan to your PCs. But you
can't figure out how to get it setup! You have spent hours on it, but you
can't figure it out. On top of that, right now you can only have 1 computer
out of 5 hooked up to this new machine because you don't know how to get it
into your computer network. Something else has been bugging you, but you
don't have time to figure it out after you wasted all that time on the new
copier. Most people in your office constantly receive spam emails. But, you
don't have time to even begin to look
at that. You are not even going to think about getting email addresses with
your company name in them. You are just a normal person with a little bit of
computer knowledge. Isn't there somebody out there who can take care of all
your technology needs?