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Run a better trade business
Practical guides for trade and home service businesses in Canada: pricing, scheduling, maintenance plans, getting paid, and running a crew.
hiring
When to hire your first office person, and what to automate first
You are quoting at midnight and answering the phone on ladders. Is it time to hire someone for the office? The signs, the real cost, what to automate before you hire, and how to set the new person up to succeed.
hvac
No-heat season: how HVAC contractors handle the emergency rush without wrecking the schedule
HVAC has the lowest phone answer rate of any home service trade Invoca measured. A playbook for the first cold snap: answering every no-heat call, fitting emergencies into a full day, and turning the rush into maintenance plans.
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