Idea - Computer Repair Growth Pack. Thoughts?

[IanAlexander]

Hey guys - Techs keep asking us for various marketing materials, and we thought we'd run an idea by you to satisfy those needs. We're considering putting together a quality package of content for techs focused on growing your computer repair business. Below is some content we've thought of putting in there. We're hoping to get some feedback from you on if these would be useful, and if the package is something you'd be willing to pay for as a one-time payment. If you can think of anything else you'd want to see added, that helps too!

• Guide to Tracking Business Metrics: An E-Book that teaches you how to analyze your business, understand what drives it, think about it, and measure it. Will explain how to use the accompanying Computer Repair Business Metrics spreadsheet.
• Computer Repair Business Metrics Spreadsheet: An excel spreadsheet that easily enables you to easily see cash flow, expenses, revenue sources, and other metrics that are key to growing your business.
• Shop logos you can edit as PSD: We will give them 3 or 4 logo templates that they can modify with their own text
• Guide to Selling Managed Services to Residential Clients with Kabuto: An E-book that explains how to market, sell, and price Kabuto for your residential clients.
• Guide to Adwords Marketing: An E-Book that walks you through setting up adwords for your computer repair shop, step by step.
• Adwords Keyword List and Ads: A list of plug-and-play ad designs, text, demographics, and ideas for your Adwords campaigns
• Guide to Facebook Marketing: An E-Book that shows you how to start marketing your computer repair business on facebook, step by step.
• Facebook Criteria and Ads: Ad text, images, and demographics that you can use when setting up your Facebook campaigns.
• Email Campaign Copy and Ideas: Tons of ideas that you can use in your email campaigns with customers.
• Guide to Marketing on a Budget: An E-Book that gives you tons of ideas for marketing your computer repair business on a budget.
• Partner Discounts: Discounts with all of our technology partners for tools, parts, and services that you might need.
• SEO E-Book: An E-Book that walks you through analyzing your site's SEO, and optimizing it.
• Stock Photos: Stock Photos that you can use in your repair shop marketing materials or on your website
• Postcards Ideas and Copy
• Flyer and Brochure Ideas and Copy
• Recommended Products to Resell: A list of products you can resell to your customers, and recommended vendors with contact information and discounts, if available.
• Credibility Badge for their website: An emblem you can place on your site that gives you credibility as a quality computer repair business.
• Interviews with successful techs: We'll sit down and record interviews
  with techs that have successfully grown their computer repair
  businesses. These interviews should give you a ton of ideas.
• Guest content from other vendors: We'll ask our partners to give us quality learning material that you can take advantage of us as well.

Is this something you'd want as a one-time buy? If so, what else would you want in it?

Thanks!

Ian

[EricM]

Something like this would be awesome! It would definitely add value to RepairTech's various products.

The list seems very thorough. At the moment, I can't think of anything that I'd add.

As far as price goes, I could see paying anywhere between $100 and $300 as being fair for all of this.

This is a great idea, and you'd be silly not to follow through with it.

[ComputerConsulting]

Guide to Selling Managed Services to Residential Clients with Kabuto: An E-book that explains how to market, sell, and price Kabuto for your residential clients.

This should be provided to everyone now. It benefits all. No charge, if it exists, it should be downloadable immediately.

[IanAlexander]

Hey @ComputerConsulting yeah I agree. There actually already is one here (at the bottom of the page): https://www.repairtechsolutions.com/selling-kabuto-as-a-managed-service/

Maybe we'll expand that one out a bit and keep it separate from the bunch as a free e-book

Ian

[IanAlexander]

As far as price goes, I could see paying anywhere between $100 and $300 as being fair for all of this.

Hey @EricM while I do thank you for your willingness to pay that much, I'm imagining something more along the lines of $49 one-time. How does everyone feel about that, given what's included as mentioned above?

Ian

[EricM]

Honestly, it seems like you might be selling your value a bit short.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting the most bang for my buck, but I also want you guys to make money so that you can keep putting out awesome products for me to use.

[IanAlexander]

Makes sense. I forgot to mention I want to include a whole E-Book containing just customer submitted "Tales from Tech Support".

Ian

[EricM]

Ian, as a repair tech the idea of what you're offering for that price is awesome, but as a business owner I think you're nuts.

[ComputerConsulting]

Ian, as a repair tech the idea of what you're offering for that price is awesome, but as a business owner I think you're nuts.

Feel free to kick in more than the stated price to cover the rest of us, Eric. I'm sure no one will complain.

[EricM]

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm down for a low price. I just want these guys to stay in business so that I can keep using their tools.

I'm not being altruistic at all, my motivations are totally selfish.

[connor]

You guys are hilarious. We'll do our best to be fair

[ComputerConsulting]

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm down for a low price. I just want these guys to stay in business so that I can keep using their tools.

I'm not being altruistic at all, my motivations are totally selfish.

How nice to see another Objectivist praising the virtues of selfishness. If the pricing of said bundle had the capability to take down RepairTech, then they have much bigger problems.

[cypress]

I really like the idea and the value of the content. I am all for it. Price sounds excellent too! lol

[Wayne]

I'm interested in the following.

• Guide to Selling Managed Services to Residential Clients with Kabuto: An E-book that explains how to market, sell, and price Kabuto for your residential clients.
• Facebook Criteria and Ads: Ad text, images, and demographics that you can use when setting up your Facebook campaigns.
• Email Templates: HTML templates for your marketing emails
• Stock Photos: Stock Photos that you can use in your repair shop marketing materials or on your website

[Kortezubi]

Can we please have an update on this?

[IanAlexander]

Sure thing. I'd say it's about 60% done

We worked on it a lot last month, but this month not much progress was made because we're working on higher priority projects like the new TechSuite and Windows Patch Management for Kabuto. I'd like to get it done soon though.

Ian

[Kortezubi]

Thanks Ian, Looking forward to the new TechSuite.

[Cpumelter]

What about something like a market standard of whats hitting the shelves? Something to present to a customer and show them that their system is really outdated. But with a little love and tenderness from yours truely a 150 upgrade will save the cost of a new pc for a while.

[IanAlexander]

Hmm I wonder how we might be able to calculate this without a tremendous amount of upkeep/data entry. I was thinking something along the lines of using their Operating System's recommended specs. If it's below that, we can suggest new hardware. There are a fair amount of systems that are above "minimum" specs, but below "recommended". Would that accomplish this?

Ian