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mafiameower
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States61 Posts
December 05 2011 09:30 GMT
#1
Hey everyone! Today I worked on a rough draft for a business I want to start up. So, I pretty much would just like to see what people think of it before I post it in local stores and such. Thanks in advance for advice and everything!

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Posted this in Blogs cause I wasn't sure where else to post it

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Youtube.com/mafiameower
Masq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1792 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-05 09:51:56
December 05 2011 09:50 GMT
#2
are those prices real? :o

edit: Anyway, I'd work on making it a little more visually pleasing. It looks like you created this in 5minutes in Word and you are probably cutting off a significant portion of your potential clients.
mafiameower
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States61 Posts
December 05 2011 09:51 GMT
#3
Every price on there is real. Geek Squad is rediculous!
Youtube.com/mafiameower
mafiameower
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States61 Posts
December 05 2011 09:55 GMT
#4
On December 05 2011 18:50 Masq wrote:
are those prices real? :o

edit: Anyway, I'd work on making it a little more visually pleasing. It looks like you created this in 5minutes in Word and you are probably cutting off a significant portion of your potential clients.


What do you mean by cutting off? Like cause they wont look at it?
Youtube.com/mafiameower
jacosajh
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
2919 Posts
December 05 2011 10:00 GMT
#5
basically if I wanted any computer help I'd hope that person would know enough to make it look like this didn't come out of a typewriter. I mean that in the nicest way possible.
mafiameower
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States61 Posts
December 05 2011 10:01 GMT
#6
On December 05 2011 19:00 jacosajh wrote:
basically if I wanted any computer help I'd hope that person would know enough to make it look like this didn't come out of a typewriter. I mean that in the nicest way possible.



Right, I get it. This is a rough draft, But do I get my Message across correctly? or does it need to be fixed up?
Youtube.com/mafiameower
TheKefka
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Croatia11752 Posts
December 05 2011 10:02 GMT
#7
300$ for virus removal.....
200$ for doing backup.....
Holy fuck lol?
That's what you call a rip off if I ever saw one,sweet Jesus.
Geek squad knows how to make their paper if these prices are real.
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KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-05 10:05:57
December 05 2011 10:02 GMT
#8
Why not pay some photoshop dude to make you a nice flyer?
This really looks like it came right out of the typewriter...
I bet you'd have to pay 50 bucks for a decent enough flyer that will look professional enough to support the cause.

But anyway, the comparison idea is good, but I don't think people will pick it up just because of that. Like, why is your work so cheap compared to them? Are you a dumbfuck that doesn't do anything good? Or are you just a fair, local worker that wants to make a business by having fair prices and not scammnig people? (I hope you get the idea, that are no real questions!)
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-05 10:05:38
December 05 2011 10:04 GMT
#9
No one is going to take you seriously with a hotmail address. If you seriously want to start a business, buy a domain and use it for your email and website. It's less than $10 per month. You will also need to include a phone number if you want to be taken seriously.

Layout is sort of a mess. Your pricing or savings don't clearly stand out from Geek Squad pricing. It's also probably just better to use percentage for savings instead of actual pricing... it's just too cluttered.

There's also no graphics.
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
December 05 2011 10:05 GMT
#10
a) make it not look so cheap. include some colors and images, use a different font, make the header font size bigger, also make that "if you have a problem, contact me" bigger because thats what you want to scream into peoples faces etc.
b) include information how much you charge for driving (if you don't charge for driving, write that!)
c) you should put a phone number on there, if ppl can't use their computer and want your help, they can't send you emails. maybe make it these small rip off things, so they can just take the number+email with them and don't have to write them down themselves.
d) move your headers over the respective columns. "My pricing" is above the service names, that's just wrong.

other services: configure internet access (set up router etc), secure wlan stuff, computer upgrade advice (like look at it and say "it's gonna be 100 times faster if you get more ram!" x) ), also maybe put stuff up there that people can identify that have absolutely no clue of computers (like "repair internet", because that's what doesn't work you know? ^^)
Gold isn't everything in life... you need wood, too!
Molybdenum
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States358 Posts
December 05 2011 10:06 GMT
#11
I'd cut out the decimals, or only keep the ones referring to the geeksquad prices. It just makes the text seem much more cluttered.
I'd emphasize the "If I can't fix it, you pay nothing", it's a pretty big selling point. The part about everything I can think of is a little strange, makes you seem kinda amateurish IMO. Also, this is super nit-picky but there shouldn't be a comma after and in the part about contacting. And maybe change the "with what's wrong" because not all of those are problems.

Hope that helps, good luck
Jindo
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1305 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-05 10:10:25
December 05 2011 10:10 GMT
#12
What's the difference between #9 and #11? Also, do you diagnose for free?
Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-05 10:18:13
December 05 2011 10:16 GMT
#13
On December 05 2011 18:55 mafiameower wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2011 18:50 Masq wrote:
are those prices real? :o

edit: Anyway, I'd work on making it a little more visually pleasing. It looks like you created this in 5minutes in Word and you are probably cutting off a significant portion of your potential clients.


What do you mean by cutting off? Like cause they wont look at it?



no one reads a white piece of paper with boring typeset(oh look. times new roman. how academic) and lazy layout. try making it interesting and eyecatching. Even a picture of a computer on there will help.

As for the information, etc. Your service should be emphasized. Your title needs to be bigger so people can spot it right away.
You don't list any credentials. Even if you're self taught, just write "very knowledgable and professional service" or something like that, just to add an air of legitimacy.

email me at ___ with whats wrong and a number if you want me to call you. --- this is a syntactical mess.

Email me @ ___
or call me @ ___ (some people are more comfortable hiring /asking for help by phone, it needs to be an option)
You should provide your number, they never theirs.

Instead of the last line,
If I can't fix it, you don't pay! (cognitive trick, end sentence with the more appealing option)
aka ChillyGonzalo / GnozL
ubreakubuy
Profile Joined January 2010
United States100 Posts
December 05 2011 10:27 GMT
#14
What is computer speeding up exactly? Do you just remove a bunch of softwares then charge people?
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LunaSea
Profile Joined October 2011
Luxembourg369 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-05 10:38:17
December 05 2011 10:34 GMT
#15
Most prices are faire but the "transfering files" and the "setting up email" one are really expensive.

And I don't know what you do in "prepare computer for safe use" but most of the viruses come from scams and shady websites you go on so there isn't that much to do, plus if you have a router the default configuration will be to block everything (every port) besides the most crucial ones like port 80.

If you want I had another idea for you that could be preety could but could take some skills.
Peoples Wifi connections are mostly badly encrypted (when encrypted at all) like WEP, so you could install WPA2-PSK maybe even WPA2-Enterprise for some people that have a router that supports that technology.
You could even generete them a random SSID / Passphrase so that it's very difficult to crack and a "Launch Internet" button that would link to an .exe that generated the SSID, the Passphrase and the import the profile in the windows "netsh" command for example.
(It was an idea I had a fiew month ago ^^)

Maybe you can even help people choose the appropriate computer for their use.
"Your f*cking wrong, but I respect your opinion" --Day[9]
Daria
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia500 Posts
December 05 2011 11:28 GMT
#16
Transferring files from PC-to-PC.. $50? Is that like using a USB to transfer files or am I mistaken.
Otherwise, more visual appeal is needed.
daria[e]
RevTiberius
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada353 Posts
December 05 2011 11:32 GMT
#17
Nobody here seems to have noticed yet that your savings calculated for Setting up a new printer are wrong ;-)
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6600 Posts
December 05 2011 11:38 GMT
#18
With those prices you will struggle to stay open. I worked in a place with similar values. If they didn't have a small fortune to run on they would have closed after the first year. Good luck but I'd suggest to try and squeeze as much as you can out of people while still making them a better offer than the other companies or you will never be able to support yourself.

Also you should offer cleaning. I know I had at least 2 towers come in a week for those. Working out of home changes a few things I mentioned but the guy I worked for started out of his house too and still couldn't make it profitable from there.
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zZygote
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada898 Posts
December 05 2011 11:45 GMT
#19
I think you're missing some things which might lead to people not taking you seriously or will question your professionalism.

1. A phone/cellphone/business number. This has probably been beaten to death.
2. Visuals. Using one font, and a table showing savings is as simple as it gets. People would wonder if you would issue the same amount of work ethic when it comes to your services.
3. Information overload. I understand you're trying to show the available service that a customer would want to know, but listing the most important problems people deal with is a lot better way to go at it.

Keyboard Warrior
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1178 Posts
December 05 2011 11:48 GMT
#20
$300 for virus removal???

(*#&*^&$*^()#&()*(@_(_+$()*()@&(

That's blind robbery! And yes, you need to get your own domain for professionalism
Not your regular Keyboard Warrior ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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