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Slow Down to Speed Up
A quick leadership gut check: Are you building what really matters? Slow down, realign, and lead with intention.
The One Calculation Every Contractor Should Know
Contractors: If you’re not factoring in overhead, you're not pricing right. Learn how to calculate breakeven and stop guessing your...
What Owns Your Day? Urgency or Importance?
Stuck in a cycle of chaos and urgent tasks? Break the cycle with better systems, clear processes, and leadership that...
Taking Care of Your Team
Leadership isn't barking orders - it's listening, appreciating, and building problem solvers. Here's how to lead without burning out.
The Cost of Avoiding Issues in Your Business
Avoiding stuff in business adds up, with interest. Don't try harder, build systems that make success default. Do hard things,...
Leveraging Your Job Data for More Accurate Estimates
Stop estimating from the gut. Track time, collect job data, and turn it into faster, more accurate production rates.
How the Best Contractors Ensure Profitability
Running over estimated hours is one of the biggest silent profit killers in contracting. Here's how to track it, catch...
How To: Rank Higher on Google Search
Learn how to rank at the top of Google without spending thousands. This simple, free strategy levels the playing field...
Costly Estimating Mistakes Contractors Make
Sanity check your estimates with 3 simple tips that help you avoid undercharging and building in real margin.
5 Steps Your Job Closeout Process Should Have
If your job closeout process is "get in the truck and go", this is for you. Do these 5 steps...
How To: Increase Upsells on Your Jobs
Most upsells are hiding in plain sight, on the jobsite. Here's how I closed $300k without being in a single...
Stop Setting Goals. Start Changing Habits.
Struggling to change your habits? Learn what's really stopping your growth and how to reset your internal thermostat with SynkedUP.
Slow Down to Speed Up
Slow Down to Speed Up We all slowed down…to speed up I spent the day with about a dozen SynkedUP Crew members in a regional meetup in Nashville yesterday – all who were able to slow down for a day. It was awesome. There’s something refreshing about removing yourself from...
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Nuts & Bolts of SynkedUP: Power your landscaping business with budgeting & estimating, job costing, scheduling, time tracking, invoicing, and more.
The Results of SynkedUP: Get to the end of the year and actually HAVE the profit your books say you should have.
The WHY of SynkedUP: Remove yourself as the bottleneck and eat dinners with your family again. #thrivenotsurvive