Other Niches

While your computer hardware business demands that your niche is hardware, there is no reason you can't reap the benefits of the many other areas of the computer industry. 

Obviously, you can't be the expert in every area of the industry. You can make profits from those other areas. By networking with other computer professionals, you can begin to form relationships with others that will allow you to generate referral fees or command a portion of their hourly fee.

There are two ways you can accomplish generating this type of revenue for your computer hardware business. One is to simply charge a flat referral fee for every project you refer to another professional. 

The second way is to have them give you a quote for their services and then add an amount to the quote before you include it in your overall project fee. The second method works well for many computer hardware business owners.

Benefits

A huge benefit of forming these unwritten partnerships is that whenever those you have sent referrals to will begin to do the same in return. Your billable hours in your computer hardware business will increase. 

Whenever you are subcontracting with other professionals, it is a good idea to discount your rate a bit. This may seem like you are losing revenue. Remember these billable hours came by a referral. You spent nothing marketing, advertising, or coaching the prospect. The discounted amount is usually less than you would spend traditionally to acquire the client.

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