Market Research for Information Services Provider
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I am looking to start up an information services provider in Somerset, but before doing so I want to confirm that there are enough potential customers to make this a viable business.
I plan to target small companies with 10-50 people who use computers as part of their daily work, offering managed information services. The company may employ considerably more than this, I'm only concerned with the number of employees who are actually using computer systems as part of their work.
The nature of this service is that the client would pay a monthly fee (based on how complicated their IT needs are) and in exchange my business would monitor their systems, fix issues as soon as they're spotted, provide someone to call if/when problems occur, carry out pre-emptive maintenance and advise on new and replacement systems. Essentially, all the services you'd expect a full-blown IT department to provide but targeted at small businesses that don't need someone fulltime.
What I'm unsure of is whether or not a viable market for such a business exists. Are local businesses currently using such a service? If so, are they happy with it? If not, would they consider it? Roughly how many in businesses my area might consider such a service? One, ten, hundreds? How much would they pay? Could interested businesses become sales leads?
And if the answer to all of these questions is \"no\", what would local businesses rather see?
I plan to target small companies with 10-50 people who use computers as part of their daily work, offering managed information services. The company may employ considerably more than this, I'm only concerned with the number of employees who are actually using computer systems as part of their work.
The nature of this service is that the client would pay a monthly fee (based on how complicated their IT needs are) and in exchange my business would monitor their systems, fix issues as soon as they're spotted, provide someone to call if/when problems occur, carry out pre-emptive maintenance and advise on new and replacement systems. Essentially, all the services you'd expect a full-blown IT department to provide but targeted at small businesses that don't need someone fulltime.
What I'm unsure of is whether or not a viable market for such a business exists. Are local businesses currently using such a service? If so, are they happy with it? If not, would they consider it? Roughly how many in businesses my area might consider such a service? One, ten, hundreds? How much would they pay? Could interested businesses become sales leads?
And if the answer to all of these questions is \"no\", what would local businesses rather see?
James C.
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