Combination connects critical selling and service workflows for mechanical contractors The inaugural Mechanical Benchmark report shows that top performers grow 49% more and invoice 5.4x faster than peers Ahead of next week’s Digital Wrap Conference, ServiceTrade, a leader in purpose-built software for commercial contractors, announced the acquisition of NorthBoundary, a pioneer in sales solutions for […]
ServiceTrade Turns 10 Years Old 10 years and counting Ten years ago, ServiceTrade was born when fire and life safety contractor DunnWell was sold. A proprietary internal project called ServiceNet became the jumping off point for an ambitious new product with a new company and a new set of customers paired with an operating motion […]
The combination will empower specialty contractors to reduce risk and streamline inspections. Today, we’re excited to announce the acquisition of specific assets from life safety inspection software company, Asurio. Most importantly, we’ve acquired the technology and expertise behind the BirdDog Platform and the customers who trust it to speed the inspection process and reduce risk […]
In Part I of this series, I shared my thoughts on how a service contractor’s Digital Wrap enables them to routinely raise prices while retaining customers. We talked about (a) the importance of consistently presenting your brand as a premium product and (b) providing a superior customer service experience. Here in Part II, we’ll talk […]
What Should I Do About Inflation? Give ‘Em a Big Ass Price Increase! The most efficient way to grow revenue in your business is to increase the price you charge for the services that you provide. Sounds easy, right? Well, it can be if you understand the underlying psychology of buyers and you have the […]
Five years ago, Shawn Mims and I wrote a book called Money for Nothing: How a Digital Wrap Earns More Pay for Less Work. We did that because we felt we needed a clever way to get the attention of a market that was generally not inclined to adopt new technology – commercial service contractors. […]
“When others are greedy, be fearful. When others are fearful, be greedy.” Warren Buffet is the third richest guy on the planet, and he is known for taking a long view on wealth creation. According to Buffet, when the good times are rolling, that is the best time to prepare for the crap to hit […]
I am very excited to announce today that ServiceTrade has partnered with Frontier Growth and Bull City Venture Partners to accelerate our technology innovations for the commercial service contracting market. I, my co-founder Brian Smithwick, and all of ServiceTrade’s employees are energized by the opportunities for growth that these two partners bring us with their […]
Software companies long ago abandoned complex release processes where comprehensive new versions would show up every few years. So why do software application buyers continue to plan for and tolerate implementation schedules that span several months or in some cases even years? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, and software buyers […]
