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Geeks On Call Outsourced IT Services Available to Christmas Decor Franchises
Friday, October 10, 2008
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geeks On Call Holdings,
Inc. (OTC 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 Décor quickly emerged as
the company's No. 1 overall profit center -- accounting for almost half its
profits. Today, more than 375 Christmas Décor 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 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
www.geeksoncall.com. Send an email of inquiry to
endorsedvendor@geeksoncall.com.
Forward-looking Statements
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: This press release contains or may contain forward-looking statements
such as statements regarding the Company's growth and profitability, growth
strategy, liquidity and access to public markets, operating expense reduction,
and trends in the industry in which the Company operates. The forward-looking
statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and
uncertainties, including those more fully described in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation
to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes
in risks, uncertainties or assumptions underlying or affecting such
statements, or for prospective events that may have a retroactive effect.
Investor Relations
Jennifer Allesandro
Geeks On Call I/R
757-531-7410
jennifer.allesandro@geeksoncall.com
Media Relations
Shana Keith
Porter Novelli
404-995-4557
shana.keith@porternovelli.com
SOURCE Geeks On Call
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