Money for nothing scores money for something
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. […]
Career planning advice: Plant deep roots instead of shallow ones
Where do you see yourself in five years? The interview question always seems difficult to answer because it’s hard to predict the opportunities that will come along with the career choices you make. Lauren Rice and Gaganjeet Singh recently celebrated five-year anniversaries with ServiceTrade. Let’s look back at how they got to where they are […]
News from ServiceTrade: New partnerships with frontier growth and bull city venture partners
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 […]
Best of 2018
It’s always interesting to look back at our blog posts at the end of a year and see what our readers were most interested in. In 2018, there was a clear theme: Using technology to do more and earn more. Here is the top 10 list from 2018: How to Make Billions Selling Nothing – […]
Announcing ServiceTrade mobile app version 2.0
ServiceTrade is launching a new version of its mobile application for Android and Apple devices. The new app gives users an intuitive and efficient experience so they can collect more information that matters to customers. Users familiar with ServiceTrade will find all their appointments, job details, customer contact information, and media-rich documentation features intact. Where […]
Weather deficiency: Hurricane florence. Status: New
It’s been a tense week of watching Hurricane Florence grow, intensify, and pin a bullseye on North Carolina. There’s a lot to worry about: gasoline for the generator, storing water since I’m on a well, stocking up on healthy, easy-to-prepare food without resorting to Hot Pockets. There’s plenty to worry about without fretting about the […]
Celebrating five years of ServiceTrade
Earlier this week on Tuesday, September 26, ServiceTrade turned five years old. If you don’t know our origin story, the roots of ServiceTrade go back to a national service company called DunnWell. A couple of smart, entrepreneurial fellas saw that the technology that DunnWell created was strong enough to evolve into a product that could […]
Best of 2016
As 2017 kicks 2016 to the curb, take a minute to revisit our most-loved blog posts of the year. Whether they’re new to you, or you need a review, check out these blog posts for inspiration to start the new year. The Google Lesson for Service Contractors Rise of the Machines in Service Industries Photo […]
3rd annual ServiceTrade fishing tournament – charleston, SC – october 19, 2016
We are counting down the days to the Digital Wrap Conference in Isle of Palms, SC, and I am happy to announce that the fishing tournament format is all set. As many of you know, we have quite a reputation to uphold based upon previous success with our tournaments on the Outer Banks of NC. […]
Perspective on software recruiting from a recent college grad
Have you seen “The Hunger Games” movies or read the books? To give you a very watered down version, the premise surrounds a collection of children that are elected as Tributes to have an annual battle amongst each other until there is a single winner. Entering into the job fair felt similar to what I […]