FloQuote is a brand new idea for estimation in the construction industry. It uses messaging platforms like WhatsApp for your customers to send videos of what they want building, or some other services like painting and decorating or landscape gardening and allows you to send a very fast estimate back to them to see if they have the budget.  You can get in touch with them and then you can go ahead with the job.

I have just read a very good article about why texting is better than calling for business clients. I can’t write a better one, so I am leaving a link to it here. Is Texting Better Than Calling? We Looked at the Numbers In a nutshell your customers are busy and they don’t want to talk to you anymore. Sometimes they want to clarify something on the phone, but mostly they want to message and

Most tradespeople might be honest or at least not really dishonest, but I would say most of them are incompetent, disorganized and mentally lazy. So, when you are looking for a tradesperson, how can you ensure he or she is going to good a good job at a fair price? I will show you how and tell you why your tradespeople are not turning up to give you a quote or turning up and not

A lot of tradespeople think that they don’t need a website for their service business. Word of mouth referrals are still the best way to get new business and it saves a lot of time qualifying your customers too but there is still a place for a website, it can be a very powerful way to get new business – especially if you are not a very good tradeperson and you donlt get any referrals

Getting a bad customer can not only cause you a lot of stress and cost you a lot of money, it can have an adverse affect on your whole business and culture. You need to disqualify as many of these bad apples as you can before you start any work with them. In today’s market with a massive shortage of skilled tradespeople and good service providers you should be able to choose your clients. So