Guessing Ends Here. Take Control of your Business
Winning in business is a balance of knowing the “right way” of doing things and having the proper mindset. Read up on the tactics and mindset that have propelled contractors in the SynkedUP community into profitable growth.
Estimating & Pricing
A Smarter Landscape Estimate Starts With Better Job Tracking
A strong landscape estimate starts with a strong understanding of what happens on the job site, not what you hope will happen. Some contractors, as a rule, use educated guesswork to reach a figure, but that figure is often less tied to job reality than that contractor might think.
Estimating & Pricing
Avoid These 7 Common Mistakes in Your Landscaping Estimates
Landscaping estimates aren’t just about getting a price on paper. They play a big role in whether you win the job and whether that job is actually worth taking on. On the customer side, the estimate helps explain the scope of work and builds confidence in how you price…
Estimating & Pricing
Using Landscape Estimating Software To Help Build Accurate Production Rates
Accurate production rates are the core of every reliable estimate. However, too many contractors still choose to build those rates based on inaccurate or outdated methods. Manual estimating using rough averages and spreadsheets with no real benchmarking, for instance, can lead to inconsistent or inaccurate bids, lost time, and…
Estimating & Pricing
Are Your Rates Too High? Debunked.
Worried your rates are too high? Let's debunk that. Learn how to stay profitable, increase efficiency, and win jobs without being the cheapest
Estimating & Pricing
Square ft. Pricing for Hardscapes Yay or Nay?
I just got back from Phoenix Arizona 20 min ago, where I was teaching a workshop for contractors on profitably pricing their jobs. An interesting question came up during our session. Should you use square foot pricing for hardscapes? Or said another way – should you…
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…
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…
Estimating & Pricing
How to Create Estimating Templates and Production Rates
You want to cut estimating time by 90%? You want to eliminate estimating mistakes? Well… let me introduce you to the power of templates and production rates for estimating your jobs more accurately and in less time. In my years of helping contractors streamline their estimating process by building…
Estimating & Pricing
Why Labor Overruns on Jobs Crush You More Than Any Other Overrun
Overruns of any kind on jobs hurt your profit. But there’s one particular overrun that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Labor. Why do labor overruns on jobs crush you more than any other overrun? Guess which kind of overrun is more common and harder…
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