Geeks On Call Outsourced IT Services Available to Christmas Decor Franchises
10 Oktober 2008 - 2:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geeks On Call
Holdings, Inc. (OTC:GOCH) (BULLETIN BOARD: GOCH) , a premier
national provider of professional IT solutions to small business
and residential customers through its national network of franchise
and Company-owned locations under the trade names Geeks On Call(R),
1-800-905-GEEK(TM), CallTheGeeks.com(TM) and Call The Geeks(TM),
announced today that they will be offering IT services through
their Value-Added Benefit Program to Christmas Decor, a division of
The Decor Group and the nation's largest outdoor lighting and
decorating franchise. Christmas Decor professionals handle the
design and installation of outdoor holiday displays for residences
and business locations, creating celebrated decorative
installations tailored to individual customers. All of the
company's franchises employ display designers and crews to assemble
the designs. The service provides all supplies necessary to the
job, maintaining the display during the holidays and disassembling
and storing it for their customers' use the next year. This holiday
season, Christmas Decor is celebrating the men and women serving
overseas in our U. S. Armed Forces, with the goal of decorating 100
of their homes. Geeks On Call services can help Christmas Decor
franchisees maintain their computer systems at peak operating
capacity during the fast-paced holiday season -- avoiding downtime,
staying in full control of (and backing up) customer files and
billing records, and maintaining the Internet connectivity that
enables customer and staff communication, connection to the
Corporate office, advertising and parts ordering, among other
important tasks. "We're looking forward to the relationship," said
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Rich Artese.
"Franchises are small businesses, and we enjoy helping small
businesses succeed. Computer support is vital to their operation,
and our own franchise owners and technicians know this better than
anyone. They are in a unique position to understand the daily
operations and needs of a franchise business and are skilled at
tailoring computer services to the needs of our partners'
franchisees. Christmas Decor will also present an interesting new
theme within the small business model our franchise partners know
so well." About Christmas Decor Founded by Blake Smith in 1986 in
Lubbock, Texas, as a common-sense solution to fill an off-season
void and provide year-round work for employees of his lawn care
company Quality Lawn Care, Christmas D�cor quickly emerged as the
company's No. 1 overall profit center -- accounting for almost half
its profits. Today, more than 375 Christmas D�cor locations operate
in 48 states and Canada with more than 50,000 consumer and
commercial customers, with plans to open locations in more than 100
new markets through franchise expansion in selective communities
around the country. In addition to sales of its famous holiday
decorating services, The Decor Group also offers the NiteTime Decor
franchise opportunity, a growing 30-unit concept built on exterior
landscape lighting services. For more information, visit
http://www.thedecorgroup.com/. About Geeks On Call Geeks On Call is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:
GOCH). Founded in 1999, the Company is a pioneer in the mobile,
rapid- response on-site IT service concept. Under the trade names
Geeks On Call(R), 1-800-905-GEEK(TM), CallTheGeeks.com(TM) and Call
The Geeks(TM), the Company's certified IT professionals service
small businesses and residential customers through its national
network of franchise and Company-owned locations. They provide
computer privacy and security solutions, hardware and network
installations and troubleshooting, as well as repairs, upgrades and
consulting. Geeks On Call also co-markets through endorsed vendor
relationships with other Franchisors, who offer GOC services to
their franchisees as a value-added benefit. Over 250 independently
owned and operated franchises have been granted, with new franchise
and Corporate locations opening regularly. For more information,
including franchising and Value-Added Benefit Program
opportunities, call 1-800-905-GEEK or visit
http://www.geeksoncall.com/. Send an email of inquiry to .
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Allesandro Geeks On Call I/R 757-531-7410 Media Relations Shana
Keith Porter Novelli 404-995-4557 DATASOURCE: Geeks On Call
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