The original electrical engineer, Thomas Edison, once said, ‘time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose’. This could not be truer for anyone running their own business.

Running a successful electrical contracting business requires streamlined processes and business efficiencies that enable you to successfully manage multiple tasks and customer jobs so you can better manage quotes, schedule jobs and invoice.

This may seem daunting but can be easily navigated if you invest in job management software. With job management software you can automate those manual, admin-heavy tasks, making your trade business more efficient and organised.

Here’s eight reasons why you need to invest in job management software for your business:

1. Create instant quotes – there’s no need to wait until you go back to the office, quote your customers instantly while you’re on the go, and beat the competition.
2. Schedule jobs on the go – have a real-time view of jobs that are currently booked, who’s closet to the job, and what needs to be booked.
3. Stay on top of your projects – check the status of your current jobs including completion status and jobs in the pipeline and update your work schedules and resources where necessary.
4. Manage work schedules – assign available team members to jobs instantly and keep them in the loop with instant notifications.
5. Automate your customer communications – avoid missing customer communications by setting up automatic reminders about upcoming appointments or send automated emails to follow up outstanding quotes and payments.
6. Streamline your bookkeeping activities – sync your job management software with your online accounting system to enable seamless invoice push and reconciliation.
7. Get paid faster and improve your cash flow – sync your job management software to a mobile merchant facility to enable instant payment.
8. Gain insights into your business – access reports generated via your job management software to identify potential areas for improvement.

Hot Tip: if you are managing subcontractors, Tradify have added a new feature to make it easy to work with people outside your company. Learn more about this new feature.

All Master Electricians can access a 50 per cent discount off your total monthly bill for the first three months, then an ongoing 20 per cent discount of your total monthly bill thereafter with Tradify. Learn how you can access this offer and save on job management software subscription here.

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