Weston Zimmerman
CEO and Founder
Weston Zimmerman started in landscaping as a teenager at Tussey Landscaping in central Pennsylvania. Over 15 years he grew to lead crews on award-winning design/build projects while diving deep into operations and leadership. Struggling with figuring out profitability and dealing with over complicated workflows between the office and field, he co-founded SynkedUP — a business management app built by contractors, for contractors. Now leading SynkedUP, Weston is driven to end entrepreneurial poverty in the trades and help blue-collar contractors build profitable, thriving businesses.
News & Updates
Final Chance To Register for the Contractor Summit!
Final chance to register for the SynkedUP Contractor Summit 2024! We’re buttoning up the last-minute registrations as we speak. I am so pumped! The entire SynkedUP team is going to be there (15 strong). And this year’s event is already proving to be breaking records and will be the biggest…
Crew Management
Incentive Plans for Your Crew
I’ve seen a couple posts this past week where contractors were asking about how to best structure incentive plans for your crew. Incentives for your crew members is a powerful tool to upgrade your team from “time clock punchers” to “thinking like an owner”. I believe most human beings genuinely…
Business Management
Building a system for your estimating process
I’m going to be using the metaphor of the fishing test in the context of building a system for your estimating process. “Does your business pass the fishing test?” Ever had anyone ask you that question? 😅 What do you mean by “fishing test”? I just got back from a…
Crew Management
Your Crew Going Over Estimated Hours Regularly?
Let’s say you’ve estimated and installed your own jobs as the owner-operator of your business and gotten pretty good at estimating the correct amount of labor. It feels good, finishing the job, and your actual hours are right in line with your estimated hours. Then… You realize you need to…
Estimating & Pricing
2nd Mistake Contractors Make When Estimating Labor
Last week I started a series on the 3 top mistakes I see contractors make when they are estimating labor. The first one was not calculating labor in “full, entire day intervals”. Meaning to fix it, do not bid in partial days. (e.g. 3 and 1/2 days. Round up…
Estimating & Pricing
Top Mistake Contractors Make When Estimating Labor on Jobs
It’s frustrating when you feel you’re doing everything right, you’ve covered all the bases you can think of, but you’re still losing. This can definitely happen as a contractor when estimating jobs. After years of helping thousands of contractors with their estimating at SynkedUP, there are 3 common mistakes I see…
Marketing & Sales
Are You “The Best” Contractor In Your Area?
Can you make a better burger than McDonald’s? Can you make “the best” burger? “Of course.” Then why does McDonald’s sell more burgers and make more money than you do? “🤔………” Because McDonald’s is one of the best at business systems… Their secret is not their burger, it’s their…
Business Management
Making Money? Time for the Mid-Year Check
It’s that time in the heat of summer again! Are you making money? We’re officially past the halfway mark of this year. Which means… It’s time to hop off the hamster wheel for just a few minutes and sanity check whether we’re on track to hit our financial goals for…
Estimating & Pricing
Pricing Estimates Profitably With An Updated Budget
It’s that time of year where as contractors we’re just trying to keep our head above water. Keeping jobs on track, keeping clients happy, and getting estimates back out to prospects in a timely manner requires a budget. Question for you: are those estimates you’re cranking out priced profitably?…
Estimating & Pricing
Should Contractors Give Discounts?
Should we as contractors give discounts on jobs? I dare say we’ve all been there and done it at some point. And if you did it for long enough, you probably no longer do them. 😅 The story usually goes something like this. You slide the proposal across the table.
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