Business advice for services Archives - Floquote https://blog.floquote.io/category/small-business-advice/ Save time. Save money. Save the planet. Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:12:21 +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 Business advice for services Archives - Floquote https://blog.floquote.io/category/small-business-advice/ 32 32 193225324 How using messaging helps to reduce the cost of provided customers with quotes https://blog.floquote.io/2022/06/16/how-using-messaging-helps-to-reduce-the-cost-of-provided-customers-with-quotes/ https://blog.floquote.io/2022/06/16/how-using-messaging-helps-to-reduce-the-cost-of-provided-customers-with-quotes/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:12:13 +0000 https://blog.floquote.io/?p=1169 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. […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2022/06/16/how-using-messaging-helps-to-reduce-the-cost-of-provided-customers-with-quotes/feed/ 0 1169 Why messaging is better than SMS texts https://blog.floquote.io/2022/02/02/why-messaging-is-better-than-sms-texts/ https://blog.floquote.io/2022/02/02/why-messaging-is-better-than-sms-texts/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:23:04 +0000 https://blog.floquote.io/?p=1160 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. 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 have a record of what was agreed to. And as […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2022/02/02/why-messaging-is-better-than-sms-texts/feed/ 0 1160 How to find a good tradesmen – the real guide from a tradesman https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/12/how-to-find-a-good-tradesmen-the-real-guide-from-a-tradesman/ https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/12/how-to-find-a-good-tradesmen-the-real-guide-from-a-tradesman/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:09:31 +0000 https://blog.floquote.io/?p=1153 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 […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/12/how-to-find-a-good-tradesmen-the-real-guide-from-a-tradesman/feed/ 0 1153 I am a tradesperson, do I need a website for my business? https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/12/i-am-a-tradesperson-do-i-need-a-website-for-my-business/ https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/12/i-am-a-tradesperson-do-i-need-a-website-for-my-business/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:10:16 +0000 https://blog.floquote.io/?p=1145 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 […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/12/i-am-a-tradesperson-do-i-need-a-website-for-my-business/feed/ 0 1145 Qualifying out potential customers before you work with them to make more money and reduce stress https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/05/qualifying-out-potential-customers-before-you-work-with-them-to-make-more-money-and-reduce-stress/ https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/05/qualifying-out-potential-customers-before-you-work-with-them-to-make-more-money-and-reduce-stress/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:51:12 +0000 https://blog.floquote.io/?p=1140 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 […]

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]]> https://blog.floquote.io/2022/01/05/qualifying-out-potential-customers-before-you-work-with-them-to-make-more-money-and-reduce-stress/feed/ 0 1140 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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