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Top 3 Ways to Maximize Your Small Business Server Consulting Profits

Laptop Battery Over the past 7 years, Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) has gained traction as a widely-respected Small Business Server networking suite.

And then, of course, we have the Standalone Server product, which is called Acronis True Image Server for Windows or Linux and that will manage a single standalone server. What type of computers can we back up, because in a medium to a large sized, even some small sized businesses, who knows what kind of computers they have They may have laptops, they may have desktops, they may just have anything and everything

Thinkpad As a result, many small business computer consultants, systems integrators, and value-added resellers have jumped on-board the Microsoft Small Business Server bandwagon.

You do not need to obtain a Windows Server 2003 SAL for any User (i) for whom you have obtained a valid Small Business Server 2003 SAL, if and when available for licensing pursuant to the SPLA, and (ii) who is accessing Server Software that is not operating as a domain controller and is within the same Small Business Server domain.

Microsoft However, before you go ahead and bet YOUR company on Microsoft Small Business Server, consider the following three Small Business Server Business Tips. so you can maximize your Small Business Server consulting profits.

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Laptop Computers (1) Most small businesses in your area have never heard of Microsoft Small Business Server.

hour of Web server downtime for a small business that relies completely on the Web for revenue could be devastating or cost a substantial amount of revenue.

Laptop Computer Although there may be hundreds, if not thousands, of small businesses in your area that would be excellent candidates for Microsoft Small Business Server, don't make the ultra-common mistake of assuming that the typical non-technical small business owner even knows what Microsoft Small Business Server is.

When you buy a business laptop, you are investing in something that will enable you to work faster, win more jobs, ordinate your projects. So it's important that our business laptops are reliable, powerful, Our business is the success of your business. We offer great deals on HP business laptops, Toshiba business laptops, Siemens business laptops, and Sony business laptops just to name a few. We also have a great range of laptop cases, port replicators, docking stations, and supporting software for your new mobile computer.

Desktop Computer If you want to maximize your consulting profits and avoid commodity price wars, you're much better off leading off with a pitch for something that's more universally recognized. such as getting rid of computer viruses, stopping SPAM, or preventing computer security breaches.

Notebooks (2) Sell your small business prospects on YOUR company first.

Lenovo The real money in Small Business Server is NOT in reselling the Microsoft Small Business Server software. The real money comes from selling the RELATIONSHIP with the small business. So your company essentially becomes your clients' outsourced IT department.

Hard Drive Remember, no small business owner is going to wake up in the middle of the night, in a cold sweat, craving Small Business Server. However, small business owners DO constantly lose sleep over what will happen to their companies if their computer systems fail them. Become the solution to the more primal, survival instinct and you'll get plenty of opportunities to sell Small Business Server, once you've established a solid client/consultant relationship.

Travelstar (3) Microsoft doesn't value computer consultants as much as they sometimes say.

Gateway Little known fact: the first version of Microsoft Small Business Server, planned in 1996 and released in 1997, was code-named "SAM". because Microsoft's goal was for Small Business Server to completely bypass their reseller channel and be sold at "Sam's Club" warehouse clubs.

Laptop Parts So the product team had the mandate to make the Small Business Server product SO simple that a non-technical small business end user could buy Small Business Server at the warehouse club and have the Small Business Server suite running in their office that same day.

Software Shortly after the first-version shipped, Microsoft realized that the most cost-effective way to reach small businesses with Small Business Server was through their reseller channel. And since then, Small Business Server resources have flowed toward the channel.

Hard Drives However, even today, you can often find 5-user versions of Microsoft Small Business Server in retail stores.

Electronics So the point: Microsoft isn't putting all its Small Business Server "eggs" in one basket, so why should you?!? Which brings us back to points one and two: Small business owners aren't actively shopping for a "Small Business Server". So instead of "selling" Small Business Server per se, you're much better off selling a small business on YOUR company, BEFORE you sell Microsoft Small Business Server.

Canon The Bottom Line

Desktop Pc In this article, we looked at three Small Business Server business tips that every computer consultant, systems integrator and value added reseller needs to be aware when selling Microsoft Small Business Server.

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