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| Mark Henderson shows how to clean windows professionally. |
If you missed the release date on Friday...the 4th version of Round Tracker Professional has just hit the streets offering even more options than version 3. Download the Free Trial today from the Round Tracker support forum here & listen to what others have to say about the program and decide for yourself whether £37 is money well spent. Video tutorials coming soon. As always click the pictures to enlarge for detail. Another great deal from Mark Henderson & Window Cleaning Resources!
Personalising your invoices.
An at-a-glance look at how your business is doing. See where your money is going. Monitor your marketing efforts to see what works best.
This is at the heart of RTv4 PRO, and where you will enter your customer details, update your round , do your scheduling and organising and create the short lists of work to be printed as job lists. Forecast of work calendar + Show how you found the job (see monitoring advertising methods above).
Short lists of work to be done can be sent here. This page is a black and white, printer friendly page where you can then sort the list, hide prices from employees if you wish and include the date and instructions. Below the list is shown with prices hidden.
When jobs have been done you can send them to this page to mark if, when and how the job was paid for. Invoices can be tracked and detailed debt lists printed. From here, invoices and matching envelopes can be created and those that pay can be sent from here to your accounts records. Quickly view or print a debt list showing outstanding invoices. Late invoices are highlighted.
Here is where the invoice layout can be arranged and formatted to your taste. You can edit the body of the invoice if you wish to add more information on individual invoices. Using the settings page as shown above you can personalise the invoice and enter your own payment terms in days. (After this time expires invoices show as LATE on the Income History page). The invoice can be further personalised using the Excel formatting or by adding your own logo or header.
This is where you will record your money movements. Income marked as Sales can be sent here automatically from the Income History page. Expenses can be entered as well as other transactions such as deposits and transfers. There are 5 accounts you can track and use. Four of these can be names on the Settings page.
This handy tool allows you to quote for jobs based on the variables of target hourly rate, estimates time per section or window and the number of windows. It is particularly helpful for large jobs such as schools which may have many sections to the job. The job can be broken down into sections, estimating the time to clean one kind of window and multiplying up etc.
With hundreds of rounds being advertised and sold in the past year or so, the site quickly became the UK’s marketplace of window cleaning rounds.
“The site has a lot of potential but the development of it obviously requires a financial investment which meant moving to a subscription basis arrangement. I have a web developer working on the project at the moment and you can expect to see more features on the site appearing in coming weeks. The move to a subscription basis didn’t please everybody but the response from most has been acknowledgment of the fact that the new format brings with it a lot of benefits for serious buyers and sellers.”
Good news for sellers:
Good news for the buyers:
“With more additions to the site coming soon included in the membership package, I’m determined to make the site even better and provide the industry with a site that plays a key role in the development of window cleaning businesses is the UK.”
This is my last post before I head out to the Federation Window Cleaning Show in Blackpool, UK. All those that will be there don't forget to say hello & ask for a card off me. I have some exiting developments here at "Robinson-Solutions Towers," hopefully you will be part of it. More news coming soon!
cleaner, helping you to work faster and more efficiently hence earning more money. It also offers useful tips regarding organisation, motivation and customer rapport. With the Window Cleaning Essentials DVD you will discover basic techniques and equipment required for novice window cleaners and anyone who might be considering starting their own window cleaning business. How to deal with various types of windows such as leaded and Georgian windows. Hints and tips that will help you avoid common and time costly mistakes. How to stay organised in your work and remain motivated. How to increase your income by improving the efficiency of your technique. An advanced technique is put to the test and the huge time difference is clearly shown, illustrating the effect it will have on your earnings. Normally £19.99+£1.50 P&P.
Have to give Mark his dues. He created this site when there was a need. And still people don't know about it! So here it is Window cleaning resources, & what a wonder it is. It covers all aspects of the industry from buying rounds to "dog-earing your squeegee". He has produced some DVD's for noobies to the industry & I must say they are great viewing. Here is Mark collecting his award from the Federation of window cleaners for ermm, I don't really know? A nice jumper? Only kidding Mark.