Unlock Potential: Tips on Business Life Cycles & Value Creation
The Business Cycle of Growth and Value Creation Have you ever wondered when it's the right time to add a workflow management app to your surveying or civil engineering business? There is
The Key to Growth: Standardize Processes
It’s a big decision to commit to growing your business and one that involves careful planning. You need to set specific growth targets, seek out financing, and expand your team’s skill
Carbon-Based Resistance: How to Roll Out Your New Productivity Tool
Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them. That only creates sorrow.” Wise words, but, unless your office is staffed entirely
Stay Competitive Through Real Estate Partnerships
Fluctuations in the housing market over the past decade have created tough conditions for land surveyors, and staying competitive in a challenging market requires new approaches to marketing your services. One
Are You Undervaluing Your Land Surveying Services?
Land surveying technology has vastly improved since George Washington first dragged a chain across Mount Vernon. GPS, CORS, VRS, and now drones have made taking measurements more accurate and efficient. As
“Better Writing for Increased Profits”– California Surveyor Magazine Article
For land surveying projects, the proposal writing process can be daunting, time consuming and inefficient. However, there is an upside: The more proposals you submit, the more
Dread the Follow-up Call?
4 Tips to Make Follow-up Calls a Success You’ve done the parcel and title research, written the survey proposal, and submitted it. Time to sit back and wait for a response.
Your Proposal Was Accepted. Now What? (Easy Onboarding)
Congratulations on landing that big project! Now that it’s time for work to get underway, here are some steps you can take to ensure a good relationship with your client and
When (and How) to Include “Exclusions” in Proposals
In my last post, I described how to set clear expectations in the scope of services section of your proposal. Expectations can be further clarified in the “exclusions” portion, in which
Still Using Paper for Time Entry? Excel?
Is it Saturday? Are you once again trying to update payroll and projects? Would you like your Saturdays back? Time Tracking Made Simple Time entry mistakes cost businesses millions, especially in industries
QFACTOR VIDEO TRAINING TIPS
Project Profitability Reporting Surveying companies live and die by the hour. A 15-person company puts in 30,000 hours of
Qfactor can help you find all OPEN projects for a customer. Qfactor can also help you quickly locate every proposal
Statuses can be very powerful and a helpful tool in project management. Qfactor provides a number of ways to manage
Qfactor allows you to create a new proposal or create a new project. This gives you the flexibility to
Qfactor utilizes Google Map addresses so that when you begin typing in any Address box, the address begins to
Qfactor provides customer information showing if projects are invoiced, paid or with a balance due. First, find all projects with
