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07.24.06
IT Spending: Putting A Budget Surplus To Good Use
 By
Joshua Feinberg
If you sell to government, non-profit or educational accounts, your firm may be
accustomed to managing this next challenge.
But, if sales to small businesses are your bread and butter, you may not as tuned into the "use it or lose it" purchasing philosophy in IT spending.
For example, if you're the science department chairperson for a local school district, and you have a $500,000 budget this year for computer products, you "need" to spend it.
IT Spending: Use It or Lose It
If you don't spend the money, any funds left over will not carry forward to next year. And, the board of education probably will believe your department no longer needs the full annual $500,000 budget for computer products. Your department's allocation likely will be reduced going forward.
So there's a year-end rush to deplete the technology budget account; regardless of whether the timing is right for getting the best purchase value or controlling computer support costs.
Small Businesses Often Fall Into The Same IT Spending Trip
Just because a client is having a "great" year, quarter or month, your client shouldn't rush out to buy every PC gadget and gizmo he or she has ever dreamed of having or heard someone gushing about.
As your clients' virtual CIO, when appropriate, you need to act as their IT "grown-up" (be a little more sensitive in how you assume this role though) and remind them of the priorities spelled out in their annual technology plan.
Make Sure Your Clients' Plan Includes IT Spending
You have a written IT project plan for your clients, right? If not, a detailed project plan not only keeps your clients' IT spending priorities straight, a project plan assures your company a steady stream of recurring consulting revenue throughout the year.
About
the Author:
Joshua Feinberg, co-founder of Computer Consulting 101, helps computer consulting business owners get more steady, high-paying clients. Learn how you can too with free proven computer consulting secrets at http://www.ComputerConsulting101.com
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