The normal process for me when I receive an inquiry is to provide any potential customer with a price for a job that needs doing by carrying out a survey based upon their specs and writing them up a quotation.  This quote is then discussed, refined, accepted or declined.  Once the quote is accepted a mutually convenient [...]

At present my work load seems to up and down like a yoyo.  One day I have weeks of confirmed work the next I’m running low and beginning to sweat.  This series of up’s & down’s has made me realise just how important it is to constantly chase new work.  I seem to take my [...]

The team at YTB have been busy behind the scenes working to provide all users of the product with an updated, more powerful, better system to keep their business organised.  As part of our ongoing desire we would eventually like for you all to have much more flexibility over the look of your paperwork (Quotes, [...]

I just had a brief chat with a friend of my wife’s to see how her loft conversion project was going.  She informed me that it was now complete and was done so within 6 weeks (full works).  Being curious & a tad rude I asked about the cost to which she happily explained that [...]

Driving home from work one Tuesday afternoon I noticed the Van was not quite running as smooth as it had done for the previous 12 months but as we were heading out of London I didn’t want to stop in the rush hour traffic to take a look.  I persisted with the rough ride and [...]

This ‘expensive’ DIY story comes courtesy of Forte Electric. “I received a call from a homeowner asking for someone to come estimate some repairs. When I asked the sort of repairs, he said it would be too many to enumerate, but much easier if I just came out to the house and looked. I went”. It [...]

Leaflet marketing seems to be the tradesman favourite method of gaining exposure where I live, and after a little browsing online the story seems to be repeated in many other towns. Lets take a look at why this method proves a winner for many of our fellow tradesmen. Leaflets are: inexpensive, with print costs allowing [...]