Business Tip: How to master your time as a tradie

We're dedicated to helping tradies grow their business, which is why we've launched a new blog site focused on providing business tips and discussion - we want to help you bring your business to the next level.  We will be updating the blog regularly, so be sure to check back for updates!

This week, we're discussing how to manage your time.  When it comes to being a tradie, your time is your ultimate billing tool.  That's why we've compiled some tips to make sure you're spending as much time as you can making money. 

MoneyPen Tips & Tricks: How to create web forms for your clients, and have them perfectly coordinated with your MoneyPen application.

MoneyPen offers a number of solutions to help your clients provide you with information in a quick, easy, and straight-forward manner.  Check out our video for some quick tips now, or go to our MoneyPen Tips blog site for a complete report.

Interview: Mel Mayle, MoneyPen Trainer

Over the upcoming newsletters, we're going to be interviewing a number of people who can tell you more about MoneyPen, including clients and members of the MoneyPen team. This month, we're interviewing Mel Mayle.

Mel is our MoneyPen Trainer.  She works directly with businesses that are in the process of first starting with MoneyPen, and helps them get a full handle on the various capabilities of the system.

Question: How long have you been with MoneyPen?

Mel: I've been with MoneyPen for about two months as a trainer, and have been using the system for seven months. 

Mel tells us that clients usually mention sending job cards automatically, easy invoicing and certificate automation as three of the main reasons they're interested in MoneyPen.

Question: In your experience, what features do you think it would benefit clients to know more about?

Mel: There's a few areas that our clients aren't too familiar with at first.  These include the scheduling capabilities of MoneyPen, using phones to have job details on hand, the ability to self service jobs from their phones, the ability to have clients do their own work requests, and allocating store rooms.

(Editor's note: Stay tuned for upcoming newsletters and MoneyPen Tips blog entries on these topics). 

Mel ends with a last note:

Mel: Like any system, MoneyPen is new, and it takes a little getting used to using it effectively, but once you do it's great!  It's easy to follow a process, you get full back up from staff at all times, and as much training as you need to get going.  Nowhere else will you get one-on-one training like it!!!

MoneyPen: Questions and Answers

Question:  What type of phone do I need to run MoneyPen? Answer:  You can use most popular mobile phone brands.  It must have BlueTooth to connect with a Pen and be able to access the Internet.

Pens have operating systems, just like a PC.  There are several types, and each will have slight differences in its setup and how it works.  

A phone with a slightly larger display may be useful for easier viewing.

Want to know if your phone is compatible with Moneypen? Click HERE to email us now.

Congratulations to the winner of a FREE MoneyPen System!

A few weeks ago we sent out a survey to our MoneyPen users.  We wanted to hear what was working with our newsletter, and what you'd like to see more of.  We were very pleased with the results, and found them very valuable in creating our new newsletter.

Every person who answered the survey was entered into a draw to win a FREE MoneyPen system.  And the winner is.... Mansfield Plumbing.

Congratulations to Mansfield Plumbing. 

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This month’s question is: “How many employees do you expect to have at the end of 2010?”

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Last month, we asked the survey question: “If you could change one thing in your business in 2010, what would it be?”

Here’s what you had to say:

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