How to Get your House Ready for Spring?

By this time, you can get your house cleaned and organized from inside and out. As it gets warmer you get to do many things at your house to make it look amazing.

• The first thing you can do is to prepare your lawn for spring by cleaning up the leaves and other dirt that gathered up during winter. Then mow the grass, trim trees and apply fertilizer 

• Your windows haven't been cleaned for a long time, and now it's the time to make them shine and to have a brighter view of the outside

• You need to clean the chimney to remove all the dust that was gathered during winter and the best way to do that is to ask for professional help to avoid any danger

Continue with your daily/ weekly inside general cleaning

Use Hobu VMS app to provide you with all cleaning services that you need in the most convenient way

How to Grow Home Service Businesses from the Bottom?

If you want to grow a contracting, plumbing, handyman, or any kind of home services, here are some important tips for you:

1. Get training
   Join a program that will give you a good knowledge of the business you want to be in. The training will give you more confidence and the ability to do your job in a professional way.
2. Build a good team
   Your team is your business asset. Make sure to hire reliable, skilled and trained employees, and reward them for their hard work.
3. Complete your paperwork
   Make sure to complete any paperwork to make your work legal. For example, Get a license if you are planning to work as an electrician
4. Invest in your business
   As a startup business, you need to invest in your equipment, employees and marketing tools 
5. Advertise your business
   The first thing you need to do is having your business card, then advertise your work online and inform your family and friends about your new business. Since this kind of businesses highly relies on word of mouth, it's very important to create your own network.
6. Organize your work
   Keep your work schedule organized, and give each of your customers the time they need. Don't give your customer a word that you can't keep because you are overwhelmed with work, you can use many ways like Hobu VMS app to manage your job digitally.

How to Create a Digital Presence for your Business

It's important for every business to have a digital presence since a huge percentage of customers are using social media platforms regularly. Social media created an opportunity for businesses to enhance their online presence to reach the maximum number of people in an easy and affordable way. In order for businesses to compete with competitors, they need to maintain a certain performance on social media platforms to reach the wanted target.
Here are some tips for home service and other small service providers to create their digital presence from the bottom:

1. Create social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram with your business name
2. Build-up your business profile on your social media pages
3. Make sure to include your full information and pictures to show the work that you have done
4. Include contacting information such as your phone number and email address to respond to questions
5. You may have a certain budget to spend on social media to be able to reach more people
6. Make sure to respond to customers and show them that you value their interest and that you are always happy to help
7. Stay active on social media and post regularly to reach more people
8. Provide discounts, contests and promotions to track customers 
9. Use a digital app like Hobu VMS to manage your work and time 

2019 #1 Tool for Home Service Providers

If you are a service provider and looking for ways to organize your work, manage your job information with your customers, Hobu VMS can be your number 1 tool to use. With simple steps, you can manage your job details in the easiest and fastest way. All it takes is building your profile in Hobu VMS, and then you can start sending jobs to your customers, notify, complete your work, take payment, and invoice, all in real time.

Hobu VMS will document your job details digitally to ensure your professionalism, credibility and the smooth flow of your work, which means you don't have to use a piece of paper to write down your job details with your customers neither having to remember any verbal communications.

Hobu VMS will be your number one tool if you are a professional in one of the following services:

1. Inside home services
2. Home outdoor care
3. Electrical
4. Plumbing
5. Home improvement
6. HVAC
7. Painter
8. Handyman
9. Roofing
10. Carpenter
11. Re-modelling and renovation
12. Basement finishing

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