Podnutz Daily #204 - Your Techie

Steve is joined by Daniel Maloney at yourtechie.ca has a computer repair business and also runs the young tech podcast

Running time: 59:39
Added: 24 Nov 2009

Computers worked on:

• Upgrading a business computer from Vista to Windows 7 involving problems trying to download a new VPN driver from netgear

Topics discussed:

• Don't be dishonest, don't overpromise
• Keeping in touch with customers
• Business vs. residential customers
• Give out lots of business cards
• Business networking
• Customer referrals
• Billboard advertising
• Building and franchising you business brand
• Telephone book advertising vs. Google adwords in big and small cities
• Cutting deals for services and advertising
• Scotch Lock terminal connectors to splice wires easily
• Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC
• ESET NOD32 Antivirus
• Ninite Cutomized installer

Voicemails/Emails:

• A request for a guest from Acronis
• An experience with Conficker virus
• Andrew the computer guy has given away his KVM switch, no more emails
• Squaretrade's analysis of laptop failure rates
• Juan has a domain and logo for doubleclickpc.com up for sale (atomicwingnut in the chatroom)
• Jamahl has a laptop not booting, wants some advice
• Jim writes about a PC with intermittent bluescreens that was eventually traced to bad RAM corrupting files
• DoorToDoorGeek says the death date for the windows 7 RC starts in March with limiting acces for 2 hours, then will shut down entirely in August, he also has a screencast available on making an online album

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Steve reminds you about his Laptop Repair Videos specially priced at $54.95

Notes by Mike Evans at datamike.net