I am just starting out this year as well, so I don’t exactly have a lot to offer you in means of marketing success from my standpoint. However, I do have a couple of things.
For CRM and estimating and invoicing, try Joist. Its a free app that you can download. It may not be a good as Housecall Pro but it has been working well for me. It even has a pay by card option that allow customers to pay by credit card (for a fee of course) without having to order a card reader or anything. It just gives them the option of clicking a link to pay by card when I email the invoice. This has been a huge benefit to me. It seems to be working well so far and I have no complaints. Looks very professional and I’ve had several compliments about it.
I do have yard signs, but I got them before seeing a lot of the advice on here about them. So mine aren’t exactly what I wish they were as far as design. I wish I had gone with a simple layout without my logo on them. Live and learn I guess. Just waiting to replace them with another design as soon as I can.
I do agree with looking professional. Whether your talking about uniforms or brochures. It pays to have a professional do your marketing materials. Yes, it can add up, but find a graphic designer to work with and have them do your artwork for you. You want to grab someone’s attention and if you don’t look professional, your card, brochure, flyer, door hanger or what ever it is is going straight in the garbage. This goes with printing as well. Pay to have it done right. You can use fiver or other websites for freelance graphic designers that are relatively inexpensive.
And I have only found a few companies that offer the sublimated shirts. I have contacted Finprint and talked with them and they seem fairly reasonable. The shirts are expensive, no doubt. But in comparison they are in line with everyone else and seem to do great work. And they will do your design for you.
Anyway, there is my two cents. I’m interested to see some of the responses as well. Thanks for posting!
