You might start out with just a few clients and have ambitions to grow to thousands. My advice is geared toward companies who start out servicing fewer than one hundred end users, and who would like to scale up to thousands.

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs. This article is Part 4 of the chapter, “How to Sell Online Backup.”

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs. This article is Part 3 of the chapter, “How to Sell Online Backup.”

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs. This article is Part 2 of the chapter, “How to Sell Online Backup.”

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs.

Two of the most common questions I am asked by new Online Backup Service Providers are, “How much should I charge,” and “How much storage space should I offer?” The answers have huge impact on profitability and marketability, and have been among the most difficult to answer – until now.

Having spent the past 23 years putting Online Backup Services in business I have seen thousands of them reach great success. I’ve seen thousands reach a comfortable level, and maybe more importantly, I’ve seen many fail.

Sure, the penguin is cute. (That is a penguin, isn’t it?) But do not select Online Backup software for your new company based on its support for Linux. For the vast majority of Online Backup Providers Linux is not a factor in the real world, as you will find out.