{"id":1048,"date":"2020-07-06T00:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T00:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itguaranteed.com.au\/blog\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2020-07-06T01:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T01:05:13","slug":"25-year-anniversary-of-my-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itguaranteed.com.au\/blog\/index.php\/25-year-anniversary-of-my-business\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Year Anniversary of My Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"25th Year Anniversary for I.T. 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I marketed that with weekly columns in the Sunday Examiner newspaper as well as ABC talkback radio doing computer talkback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back then programming was a very small part of my service offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, I&#8217;ve been back in salaried employment, left that to raise a family. And returned to my business when Jasmine started school. Switching to a Software as a Service model made sense financially as well as from a work life balance point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have clients that have been with me for 23 years. My software is installed in all Tasmanian public&nbsp; hospitals to book non-emergency patient transport for&nbsp; Ambulance Tasmania, and at UTAS to&nbsp; manage and book fleet vehicles. 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