This week's feature:

Ideas worth considering and trying in your business:

- Your customer needs a quote now. Typically the first one back with an estimate can win the bid. 

- Don't take a job just for the sake of taking it. Make sure it's not only profitable, but that it's profitable enough.

- Make sure you are charging for extras like finishing, add-ons and waste.  

How can Control help?

Estimate fast.  Accurately estimate the price and cost of a job in seconds.  Make sure there’s enough estimated margin before sending the quote.  See the ...

This week's feature:

Ideas worth considering and trying in your business:

-Redundancy is a killer. Develop a system so that the accounting department isn't inputting the same info from the original order to create the invoice. 

- Create a snapshot of A/Rs so you know which customers owe you money and what amount. 

-Don't wait until 90 days to contact for overdue payment. Encourage timely and early payments with incentives. 

How can Control help?

Create professional looking invoices in seconds.  No more searching around for paperwork, or re-writing info to create invoices.  It’s all ...

It was the best software rollout we have ever experienced.

The fact that there is a time frame set to “Go Live” by Cyrious, I think, is very helpful. It gets you off your butt, gets you moving, plus the clock is ticking and money on the line. You could miss out on discounted training hours. there’s some enticement there to go. The weekly meetings, you feel like you’re accountable to complete your “homework” and meet your weekly goals. And there’s no problem with that. It keeps you focused on it, and keeps you moving. It’s ...

This week's feature:

Ideas worth considering and trying in your business:

-Think. Where's the weak link in your sales game plan? Number or quality of leads? Engaging prospects? Quoting quickly enough?

-What are the highest probability prospects/clients to focus on? How can you make the sales process easier for you & them?

-How do your clients' process info & make decisions? Have you learned to identify their style AND work with it? Make it easy for them.

-Last thought: Do you have your elevator pitch ready? How effective and clear is it? Will you be ready ...

This week's feature:

Questions to ask about your business:

-Do you know how much a shipping error costs you if you ship to the wrong location or miss a deadline?

-How much time is spent on each order searching and re-writing address info?

-Are you easily able to give your customers tracking numbers for their orders?

How can Control help?

Utilize the Shipping Tab on each order to capture carrier, dimensions, weight and more. With the additional FedEx and UPS module, you can automatically retrieve that info in addition to: tracking number,  insured value, and shipping cost ...