Standard Operating Procedures in
Four Volumes!
Who needs Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)? Everyone!
Every computer consultant, every managed service provider, every technical consulting company - every successful business - needs SOPs! One of the greatest books an entrepreneur can read is The Emyth Revisited by Michael Gerber. The conclusion of that book is very powerful: Document your processes.
When you document your processes and procedures, you design a way for your company to have repeatable success. And as you fine-tune those processes and procedures, you become more successful, more efficient, and more profitable.
Please support my project to write a four-volume set of books on Standard Operating Procedures for Technology Consultants. Topics in the 4-book set include:
- Getting Started
- Finances
- Sales
- Marketing
- Client Management
- Employees and H.R.
- Company-wide Policies
- Technical Support Policies and Procedures
- Practical Examples
(Monthly Maintenance, Backup and Disaster Recovery, and more)
Almost every consultant I talk to or coach has the same issues: They need better procedures. They need better processes. They are too busy to create this stuff from scratch. Key pieces of knowledge are in one person's head (often the owner). That ties the owner to the company and limits growth. It also makes the owner the choke-point for everything in the organization.
This four-book set will be over 600 pages and cover everything you need to set up, run, and fine-tune a great consulting business.
Don't Start From Scratch! You may not implement everything exactly as I lay it out, but I discuss the issues and why you might create one policy or another. Then I propose some policies you can take and mold to fit your company.
Can you do all this yourself? Absolutely!
How's that working so far?
These books will save you hundreds - and more likely thousands - of dollars in just a few weeks. Time and time again I've helped businesses create small changes that resulted in huge instant increases in profit.
At full price this set will sell for $99.95. But you don't have to pay that. Contribute now to this campaign and you'll receive a full set of books for any donation of $60 or more.
If fully funded, I expect to publish this set by the end of Summer 2014. Maybe much sooner if we raise more money.
Get these books out of my head and into your hands as quickly as possible!
Books Cost Money to Write
With lots of time I can get all this done. For example, I can trade consulting for services or use my own staff to produce the work. But when time is important, things cost more. Here's a breakdown of my budget for this project:
| Cover Design for the "set" and all four volumes |
$ 1,000 |
| Internal Layout |
$ 2,000 |
| Proofreading |
$ 2,000 |
| Misc. Production and Office Support |
$ 1,000 |
| Graphics |
$ 2,500 |
| Initial Book Printing |
$ 11,000 |
| Audio Book and EBook Production |
$ 9,000 |
| Web Site Production |
$ 2,500 |
| Initial Marketing - Product Launch |
$ 5,000 |
| Total |
$ 36,000 |
Not Completely a "Donation"
If you just want to donate money, I would be very grateful for that. But this campaign is designed to give you something for your money. These books will sell for $29.95 each or $99.95 for the complete set. That's a good deal. But you get an even better deal if you contribute to the creation of the book!
In addition to books, I have lots of other services and goodies we offer. So I've put together some offerings that include all kinds of options. If you think of something obvious that I missed, please let me know!
My other services include:
Everyone who contributes will be acknowledged in the books. (If you do not want to be listed in the book, please let us know.)
Other Ways You Can Help
Some people just can’t contribute, but you can still help! Here's how:
- Please bookmark this campaign and tell your friends about it on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+, and all your social media
- Remember to use the Indiegogo share tools!
Two Tiered Funding
My goal of $25,000 will allow me to finish the proposed project by the end of Summer 2014. That is my sincere goal.
If we raise more money, we will simply be able to produce the product more quickly. It would obviously be great to get close to the $36,000 budget outlined above. But even if we go over that, we'll use the money to get the books - and ebooks and Kindle books and audio books - all completed must faster.
Again, Thank You for your support.
Let Me Introduce Myself . . .
. . . In case you're new to me:
My name is Karl Palachuk. I have been making a full time living in I.T. since 1993. I am an author, blogger, and business coach. I help computer consultants and managed service providers to be more successful. In the last few years I've written hundreds of blog posts on Standard Operating Procedures. Many of them appear on the SOP Friday site.
I created my first business - a computer consulting company - in 1995. During the next ten years that company evolved into the Managed Services model we use today.
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I wrote my first book on Network Documentation. My other technical books cover
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Managed Services
- Storage Area Networks
- Network Migrations
- Service Agreements
- Managed Services
- and more
In the world of non-technical books, my favorite is Relax Focus Succeed (see www.relaxfocussucceed.com). Other topics include book publishing and inspiration.
I maintain a popular blog at http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com - and that's where the SOP project started. Many of my SOP posts are in the SOP Friday series.
We also sponsor two big events each year: The SMB Online Conference and the SMB Preday Seminar. The online conference is a three day online event featuring some amazing speakers. Each year we deliver at least 15 hours of content. The SMB Preday will celebrate its 10th year in 2014. That's a live one-day event that brings people from all over North America, and occasionally other continents as well.
For more information on me, Google Karl Palachuk.
In general, I am a proud member of the SMB community and have been active in it since I first found out that there were "computer consultants" out there sharing information and helping each other to be successful. I am proud to be able to offer services to this community and grateful for the support.
My goal is that this Indiegogo campaign will help me bring another great resource to the SMB consulting community.
- Karl W. Palachuk
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