Service-Based Small Business Insights
05
Nov
Locksmith Job Costing: Find the Jobs Losing You Money
By Sree, founder of My Workbelt. 20 years running a service business.
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Why your locksmith software shows calls, not margin
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29
Oct
Appliance Repair Software That Shows Which Jobs Made Money
By Sree, founder of My Workbelt. 20 years running a service business.
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What appliance repair software has to handle
Where ...
22
Oct
Small Business Credit Is Tightening. Know Your Job Profit Before You Ask for a Dollar.
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What the Experian Small Business Index measures
What Experian saw in July
Why trade owners feel a credit squeeze first
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16
Oct
What a rock clause costs you when you don’t write one
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You priced soil you couldn't see
Why the $820 stays hidden
What excavation job costing shows you that a bank b...
12
Oct
How to Price Junk Removal Jobs So Dump Fees Don’t Eat Your Margin
By Sree, founder of My Workbelt. Sree ran a service business for 20 years before he built the software including "how to price Junk Rem...
08
Oct
Plumbing Business Software: What Changes When You Can Finally See Profit by Job Type
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Why business-level profit hides the problem
Service calls: fast work, hidden cost
New construction: profit is decided befo...
28
Sep
ERP for Contractors: Why Most Field Service Businesses Don’t Actually Need One
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What ERP Was Actually Built to Do
The Question You're Actually Asking
What a Field Service Business Actually Needs
The Rea...
23
Sep
ServiceTitan Alternative: What Contractors Actually Get When They Make the Switch
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The honest starting point: ServiceTitan isn't bad softwareWhat changes: setupWhat changes: costWhat actually changes: what ...
22
Sep
Why a Fully Booked Cleaning Company Can Still Finish the Month in the Red
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Busy and profitable are not the same number
A typical scenario MyWorkbelt clients uncover
Why “book more work” makes this ...
21
Sep
How MyWorkbelt Solves Problems as an ERP Product
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What “ERP” means for a small service business
Where MyWorkbelt covers ERP ground
A typical scenario MyWorkbelt clients unc...
26
Aug
Electrical Contractor Software: What Job Costing Looks Like on a Real Commercial Project
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The Bid
Week One: The Labor Assumption Nobody Checked
Week Three: The Change Order That Wasn't Priced Right
Week Five: The...
18
Aug
Why Cleaning Contracts That Looked Profitable on Day One Stop Being Profitable by Month Six
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Cleans That Run Longer Than the Original Quote
Supply Costs Rising Faster Than the Contract Renews
Crew Turnover That Chan...