Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #204 – Your Techie
Steve is joined by Daniel Maloney atyourtechie.ca has a computer repair business and also runs the young tech podcast
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
