Four Critical Characteristics To Demand From Your IT Consulting Company...Does Yours Do These?

1. Gives you pie-in-the-sky deadlines.

Nothing's worse then being promised that you'll get your database up in running in three weeks, when it's REALLY going to take seven. Chances are, when a deadline sounds too good to be true... you're working with a consultant that doesn't know what he's doing, or you're going to get hit with HIDDEN HOURLY CHARGES at the end.

When you work with us, we'll quote you a fair, "worse case" deadline that we will hit or beat, rather than giving you a tight deadline just to get your business. Because we've worked with over 147 companies in over 1,243 situations, we KNOW how long your project will take, and we'll quote accordingly so you don't get burned in the end. We have a reputation of sticking to our quotes, making sure that your projects are completed accurately and efficiently, without ANY surprises.

2. Talks to you in vague, fancy technology terms that you don't really understand.

We're ashamed to admit it, but a lot of IT consultants like to hold their knowledge over your head. Because they know all the annoying details of how a computer works somehow makes them feel like they're better than someone else. So they'll use fancy terms to impress you into hiring them, putting you at their mercy.

At PC Experts, we'll talk to you in P-L-A-I-N ENGLISH. We actually sit down and work out a plan with you so that your business runs smoother, and you'll know what's going on.

3. Try to sell you a 'total package' when all you need is tweaking.

Just because you can get a package to 'do it all' doesn't mean that's what you need. Watch out for firms that try to sell you on their special "swiss-army-knife-do-it-all" custom packages that will "solve all your problems". These flat rate prices usually end up growing with the cost of training employees to actually figure out how to USE the darn thing.

PC Experts will never try to sell you something you don't need. Having spent over 43 years in technology and knowing seventeen different programming languages, we can take almost any current software and make it do what YOU need it to. You'll save money in expensive implementation costs, and you'll save time because your employees will ALREADY know how to use it. For all our projects, we are available to answer questions, troubleshoot problems, and give guidance throughout the process and afterwards, in person or remotely.

4. Burn you with high fees with someone that doesn't have experience and doesn't really care about your business.

With the job market so glutted with IT grads, anyone who knows how to program a computer is out there marketing themselves as an IT consultant. So with the ink on their diploma still wet, they're running all the technology in your company, without really understanding how it all affects your business. You hired them because they sounded like they knew what they were talking about, and told you they could do it all. Then you get inferior service and you are left with the bill.

All of our engineers have experience running business systems. This means that when you ask us for a quote, we think about all the other parts to it that could be affected, or improved. We often present to our clients solutions that they never even thought of, that would make their initial request that much more useful to their company.

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