Guide to Choosing the Right Software for Your Service Business: What features do you need?
Service Business Management Software: Specific Features What specific features and functionalities do you need to consider when choosing service business management software that suits your business? To start, you should make a wish list of the features you want to find in the software that you will choose for your business from the dozens of […]
Guide to Choosing the Right Business Management Software for Your Service Business: Get the Software that Suits You!
Service Business Management Software: Get the Software that Suits You! At Thoughtful Systems, over many years of working with clients and helping them find the right software to manage their business, we have learned that no two service businesses are exactly alike. Every company has its own individual needs and ways of doing things. The […]
SMART Marketing is Better Than MORE Marketing
Many service business owners believe that marketing is too expensive for them. However, you do not need to spend a lot to make sure that your marketing efforts are bearing fruit for your business. In this competitive market, smart marketing and good customer relations management are key to succeeding in the service industry. For over 30 […]
How Much Would You Spend on Service Business Software?
How Much Would YOU Spend on Service Business Software? Did You Know? In the 1950s, American Airlines spent an astonishing sum of $40 million (about $350 million in 2000 dollars) to develop and install the first ever automated booking and reservations software – the SABRE system by IBM. In the 1950’s, American Airlines was facing serious challenges in […]
Marketing for Painting Contractors Business
Many smaller painting business owners believe that cannot afford to do any marketing. However, smart marketing strategies and good CRM tools are key to being successful in the painting contractors business. For three decades, Thoughtful Systems has been helping painting businesses succeed with our Scheduling Manager software. Take advantage of the great tools provided by the Scheduling Manager software for […]
The Road Line Painting Management Software You Need
Thoughtful Systems had been developing our Scheduling Manager software for over 30 years, long before any of our software competitors have been in business. Scheduling Manager software and our SM-Mobile App for Android and Apple mobile devices, provides you with all the scheduling, management, and accounting tools you need to run a successfull road line […]
How to Be Successful in a Competitive Commercial Cleaning Market
You might be surprised to learn that now is a good time to start or expand your commercial cleaning business. At the beginning of 2016, Commercial Cleaning, the primary product sector of the Janitorial Services industry, boasted annual revenues of $50 billion in the US alone. Business analysts project increasing growth in commercial cleaning sector […]
Everything You Need to Run a Liquid Waste Management Business
In many ways, running a liquid waste management company is just like running any other service business. You need to keep track of your job schedule, manage your employees, satisfy your customers, and get paid on time. However, a liquid waste management business also has a unique set of requirements and problems that cannot be met by one-size-fits-all generic […]
Running Your Own Tutoring Business
Tutoring services have seen an unprecedented rise in demand over the last decade or so and industry experts predict that this demand will continue to rise in the future. In the US, parents and students spend $20 billion every year on private academic tutors and the market is growing annually. Technology, espeically specialized software, cloud-based services and […]
How to Succeed in the Competitive Window Cleaning Business
While some people might think that window cleaning is a low tech business, those who manage a window cleaning business know that, in order to succeed, they need to automate their administrative tasks and scheduling, improve communications and customer service and be able to market one’s services effectively. Good business management software, designed for service […]
