Without Service Monster...

[Brian R]

I would be soooooo screwed right now.

I couldn't keep track of this work to save my life without a program like this.

Yeah Yeah, I know... other companies do it.

It just makes my life that much easier.

 

[Hoody]

Have you added Mikeysboard for a referral source yet ?

 

[joeynbgky]

I have no one in my office im always in the car. I schedule my appointments in the car. I have 2 books... one for carpet cleaning the other one for maid service( house cleaning) All i do is drive around do estimates and check employees work.. how can service monster work for me. I dont sit in front of a computer and do my schedules.

 

[boazcan]

I have no one in my office im always in the car. I schedule my appointments in the car. I have 2 books... one for carpet cleaning the other one for maid service( house cleaning) All i do is drive around do estimates and check employees work.. how can service monster work for me. I dont sit in front of a computer and do my schedules.

Laptop. Some of the guys use the laptop to work up the estimate on SM and print it out. It works very well. I am close to taking that next step. It is very impressive in the home in front of a customer. Plus the price comes from the "computer" and not from the "hip". Customer has a tougher time arguing with the "computer".

 

[joeynbgky]

Ok what kind of setup would i buy for the car. a mini laptop, and what printer? my tech handwrites bills. And i dont have time to pull over and type on the laptop. i do good to handwrite the address while im driving.

 

[Hoody]

Just get a laptop with an aircard. The good thing about SM is its web based so you can connect to it anywhere as long as you have a connection.

 

[Brian R]

I have no one in my office im always in the car. I schedule my appointments in the car. I have 2 books... one for carpet cleaning the other one for maid service( house cleaning) All i do is drive around do estimates and check employees work.. how can service monster work for me. I dont sit in front of a computer and do my schedules.

Laptop. Some of the guys use the laptop to work up the estimate on SM and print it out. It works very well. I am close to taking that next step. It is very impressive in the home in front of a customer. Plus the price comes from the "computer" and not from the "hip". Customer has a tougher time arguing with the "computer".

Oh that's good...I like that one.

 

[Brian R]

Have you added Mikeysboard for a referral source yet ?

Huh? What?...What are you saying??

Oh, gotcha...nobody has found me on Mikey's Board as of yet.
As far as I know....
Should I?

 

[duckster]

Ok what kind of setup would i buy for the car. a mini laptop, and what printer? my tech handwrites bills. And i dont have time to pull over and type on the laptop. i do good to handwrite the address while im driving.

HP350 or newer battery operated USB printer.

 

[Ron Lippold]

man boz thats a hell of an idea. wait thats how I do it. no wonder it sounded good.

 

[rick imby]

The newer mini laptops (called nettops) that weigh 2.2 to 2.5 pounds are awesome. My dell will run for over 6 hours on one battery charge.

I bought a jumper box from Costco $70. It is designed to jump the battery in your car. (it also has a air compressor built in) You can plug it into a wall to charge it or you can plug it into your cigarette lighter in your car while driving. You can get a 110 converter and plug your printer and computer into the jump box also. Works great.





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[Brian R]

If I was on the truck I would do that.
Great idea, it's been said on here before.

I do like the idea of having a little laptop with me to schedule.

 

[tmdry]

You can get the laptop stands on Ebay, there's a guy on there that all he does is sells them, they're pretty cheap. If you go to van accessories sites it's pretty expensive. A friend of mine has one from the seller on Ebay, he said it was pretty steady.

If you have a smart phone such as a blackberry or others, you can "tether" it onto your laptop, this way you won't need an aircard, but if you don't have a smartphone than you're best bet is the air card. I use my 8900 Curve Blackberry w/ my laptop, connect it to the usb and now I have high speed and can still answer calls.

 

[boazcan]

man boz thats a hell of an idea. wait thats how I do it. no wonder it sounded good.

"Some of the guys" = Ron!