Show Notes:
- Introduction of Bryce and Technibble.com 
- How Bryce started his own computer repair business
- Advertising in trade section in major weekly newspapers is profitable for Bryce's business
- When Bryce started his business he used letterbox dropping for advertising which worked well, and if you do it on the right day it can be more effective.
- When doing advertising, do testing, and keep doing what works for you!
- Steve's best form of advertising is Google Adwords
- Be careful if you advertise price to make sure you don't trap yourself, so make sure you say the price "and up", to cover you for parts or extra labor
- As you become established and gain a large customer base of happy customers, you can raise your price and your loyal customers will still pay, happy that they found someone they trust.
- Technibble is geared towards those who want to start their own computer repair business.
- Process Explorer utility for seeing what is running and gives the ability to disable it.
- Hijack This - great tool for identifying malware
- AVG 8.0 is a good freeware Anti-Virus that is still not bloated like most modern security applications. But remember to turn off the browser tool - it is slow.
-Formore good software tools for a technician, check out "Computer Repiar Tool of the Week" or the "Computer Repair Utility Kit" on Technibble
- Good tools to have as a technician: standard screwdriver, penlight(pentorch), pliers, tweezers
- My favorite screwdriver set is available at Microcenter.com. Here's the link.
- See the post in technibble about the nastiest computer jobs. How many nasty jobs can you take?!
- Check out the Technibble Forums - great community and great advice.
- Need a rare part fast? Try doing a local search on Ebay and finding someone in your area and do a deal for a local pickup.
- With regards to Vista, Bryce is atill an XP fan.
- Check out WindowBlinds to get your XP installation to look like Vista
- Bryce recommends Gigabyte motherboards for business machines and ASUS for gaming.
- For failing hard drives, one tool he uses is Ultimate Boot CD
- SATA/IDE to USB connectors are great for testing hard drives
- Bryce's impetus to start Technibble.com was that there was no site like it and wanted to help computer technicians.
- Recommended book for business "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
- Besure to check out "The Computer Business Kit" on Technibble.com for those interested in starting a computer repair business and need direction.
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