I filed for an LLC back in January while still working for another company and have been putting off focusing just on it but have decided to take the plunge. So I came here looking for some advice about marketing, negotiating prices and contracts, etc. First off I'm starting an IT service company and hoping to offer 24x7 Remote Help Desk Support for residential and commercial clients. Now the most research I've done so far is calling up the local shops, seeing how much the charge, etc. The things is all that is on site support, they offer limited remote support and even that is only during business hours. Next week once my new business cards are in I'm actually hoping to walk around the town I'll be in, shake some hands with local businesses, hand out some cards and let them know I'm here. Now one niche I've found is Point-Of-Sale support. None of the shops around here offer POS support and I have 3 years experience with it so that will help hopefully for some businesses.
Basically I'm just looking for advice on getting my name out there, first in the town I'm located in and then expanding outwards. I'm setting up a website but not done yet and currently talking with a PC shop in Ohio that interested in providing my number to customers and any clients that I get from him he gets a percentage of whatever they spend. I'm also talking with another company about providing website testing and liaison support between his clients and his design/development teams. Does anyone have any advice on how to go about pricing something like that? I dont want to undersell myself but would like to make a nice profit without the buyer thinking it's to much.
Thank you for reading this, sorry it was so long.
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