Author Archives: TheNumbersCruncher
Quick Tech Tip
From a technical support standpoint, there is one thing that I can say to all computer users: Back Up Your Data! Before you have a hard drive crash, a network shutdown, or a lightning strike, please back it up. Before … Continue reading
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How Much Does that Tech Really Cost?
We all know that what a technician earns per hour has little relationship to what the true cost to the company is. A tech earning $20 per hour could be costing your company over $50 per hour (see illustration below). … Continue reading
Year End Small Business Tips
Plan Ahead: Tax rates will not be going up next year and will be going down a bit for many businesses, so you can probably maximize deductions in the current year and maximize income in the coming year. Retirement Plan: … Continue reading
Skills You Need to Succeed – Critical Thinking
Every day we are bombarded with information about the world around us in what can seem to be a dizzying stream of noise. It is critical for success in business and life that we develop the ability to sort the … Continue reading
NSPG Sales & Support Office Schedule
The NSPG Sales Office and Premium Phone Support will be closed the week of December 5th. Standard email technical support will still be available through support@nspgweb.com during that week. To thank you for your patience, we will offer a 10% … Continue reading
Signs You’re Not Charging Enough
If you’ve looked at all of your costs, and you can’t cut any more, your only real option is to raise your rates. Knowing your actual breakeven can make this easier to do. Your choice will be to continue to short change yourself and your employees by charging too little, or you can ask your customers to pay a more reasonable price. Continue reading
Thanks
We’d like to thank the PHCC, QSC, and all the outstanding individuals we met last week at Connect 2010 in Las Vegas. It’s always a pleasure to meet with the people who are actually getting the work done every day. … Continue reading
The Cost of Delay
Last month we took a look at how most small businesses tend to put off decisions and actions until “just the right time”. This month, we’ll discuss why we all do this, and a few tricks to help us all … Continue reading
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NSPG at Connect 2010
NSPG’s own Mike Conroy is at Connect 2010 in the Paris hotel in Las Vegas right now. If you will be in Vegas for the show, be sure to stop in and say hello. If you can’t make it to … Continue reading
Get Started Now!
All of our businesses have at least one thing in common. We all have something that we’re going to get done some day. Whether it’s offering a new product line, buying that new truck, really starting that training program, hiring … Continue reading
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