Robert Barney, Author at Floquote https://blog.floquote.io/author/moscovium115/ Save time. Save money. Save the planet. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:05:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/blog.floquote.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-1to1-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Robert Barney, Author at Floquote https://blog.floquote.io/author/moscovium115/ 32 32 193225324 5 ways to win more projects from your estimates https://blog.floquote.io/2021/08/02/5-ways-to-win-more-projects-from-your-estimates/ https://blog.floquote.io/2021/08/02/5-ways-to-win-more-projects-from-your-estimates/#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:16:04 +0000 https://floquote.io/?p=599 5 ways to win more projects from your estimates Estimating is a big part of a field service contractor’s sales process. You need to win as many as you can while spending as little time as possible on them as a whole and concentrating on the ones that are likely to convert. Just a small percentage increase in these wins will have a dramatic effect on your profitability. Measure your closing ratio If you don’t […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2021/08/02/5-ways-to-win-more-projects-from-your-estimates/feed/ 0 599 What is the difference between a quote and an estimate? https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/25/what-is-the-difference-between-a-quote-and-an-estimate/ https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/25/what-is-the-difference-between-a-quote-and-an-estimate/#respond Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:07:56 +0000 https://floquote.io/?p=580 Let us explore the differences between quotations and estimates and how decide which to use and when. Most service businesses cannot give fixed, standard prices because every project is different. The scale, the skills required, time taken to do it and the materials required varies for each job and project.Where no two jobs are exactly the same, it’s not always possible to work from a standard price list and so you have to give a […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/25/what-is-the-difference-between-a-quote-and-an-estimate/feed/ 0 580 Why you should use time slot windows for scheduling https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/14/why-you-should-use-time-slot-windows-for-scheduling/ https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/14/why-you-should-use-time-slot-windows-for-scheduling/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:42:07 +0000 https://floquote.io/?p=561 If you must go and see your clients in person and as you know that is not always necessary with FloQuote then you really should be using the time-slot window method for scheduling. Firstly, let’s explain what it is. Instead of giving your customers an exact time when you will be arriving for the quote or estimate you give them a window of time, for example 2 hours, say between 10am and 12pm when you […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/14/why-you-should-use-time-slot-windows-for-scheduling/feed/ 0 561 How To Use WhatsApp For Business – 5 great examples https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/02/how-to-use-whatsapp-for-business/ https://blog.floquote.io/2021/07/02/how-to-use-whatsapp-for-business/#respond Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:52:37 +0000 https://floquote.io/?p=556 There are currently more than 2 billion WhatsApp users around the globe and rising (WhatsApp, 2020) sharing more than £1B photos and 300 million videos every single day. What’s more the number of WhatsApp users has been increasing at half a billion every two years. The massive number of WhatsApp users gives businesses great potential to interact with customers and sell their products and services. So, let’s explore how to use WhatsApp for Business with […]

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