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As contractors juggle correct pricing, fair employee compensation, and personal salaries, it’s important to know and understand their business costs and how many tech hours they must sell to ensure the company is not losing money.
Contracting company owners must keep track of many numbers to ensure the business is profitable and sustainable. Understanding how intangible, unexpected costs affect the total number of tech hours you can offer will help in that endeavor.
When customers call with an emergency — especially after business hours — you need a system to determine if it truly is an urgent situation. If it is, how do you determine what technician to send? An option to control after-hours chaos is to give that privilege to service agreement program members.
In most encounters, the first impression is important. Contractors want to ensure that any team member communicating with clients is perceived as professional and knowledgeable. Richard DiToma discusses how this can be accomplished before and after arriving at the job site.
Consumers want value for their dollar. Contractors who are intelligent business people strive to deliver performance excellence. This is due, in part, to the correct calculation of costs, the application of a proper profit margin and the development of the correct selling price.
As we’ve dealt, or not dealt, with high inflation in the last few years, it is imperative to note that rising business expenses will need to result in higher pricing in order to make a profit.
Giving your customers a simple questionnaire about your company’s prices and services will provide you with valuable insight into challenges you need to fix and the qualities they appreciate the most.
As older technicians continue to leave the industry, ensuring that new technicians know how to treat customers honestly and fairly is vital. Business owners must recognize and compensate outstanding techs so they stick around and influence apprentices and new techs, creating a circle of knowledge that will only benefit you and your company.