ConstructionOnline Blog

Profit Webinar Series: Plan for Profits

Time is money! Continuing our series of profit-focused webinars, Senior Product Specialist Ian Schaefer and Sales Specialist Jordan Davis show you how to plan for profits by utilizing powerful features in ConstructionSuite's OnPlan Scheduling. If you missed our live session, you can find the recording here, as well as questions asked in the webinar by some of ConstructionSuite's 500,000 users:

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Topics: UDA ConstructionSuite Business Building Best Practices Webinar Scheduling Special Session Webinar

Happy Endings: 12 Best Closing Gifts for Clients

As construction on your project draws to a close, you begin thinking of ways to thank your client for entrusting you during this process. Providing a small token of your appreciation can be an excellent way to end the project with a smile and leave a lasting impression on your client. Here are a few of our favorite closing gifts for clients ideas:

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Topics: Business Building Best Practices

3 Easy Ways to Improve Project Communication from the Jobsite: Progress Photos, Punch Lists, and Daily Logs

The goal of project management software like ConstructionOnline is to improve your business and therefore, bolster your success. By making the business of construction better, faster, and smarter, clients are happier, subs are more willing, and business goes smoother. One of the most important factors in improving your business is getting your team onboard with these improvements. We know there will be some hesitancy, which is why we recommend 3 simple ways to get your field team incorporated into your collaborative project management solution:

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Topics: Best Practices Project Communication

Want to Get Organized? Start Here.

Webster’s Dictionary says that success is “a favorable or desired outcome.” This means that to develop your definition of success, you will need to first identify the measurable outcomes you are hoping to achieve with your endeavor – allowing you to recognize the milestones of your success as they are reached.

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Topics: ConstructionOnline Tips & Tricks Best Practices

11 Ways Construction Companies Can Use Social Media to Connect with Clients

Creating meaningful connections with your customers has consistently remained one of the well-known tenants of customer service. And the construction industry – just like every other industry in today’s day & age – is a service-based industry. Thankfully, the advent of social media has opened up a myriad of new ways to connect with current customers and potential customers.

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Topics: Business Building Best Practices

Introducing Socket™ - ConstructionOnline's New Desktop Assistant

Last week, UDA Technologies hosted a live, interactive webinar to highlight Socket, ConstructionOnline’s new desktop assistant tool, which allows for ConstructionOnline integration with QuickBooks Desktop and PlanSwift, as well as other desktop programs in the future.

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Topics: Best Practices Quickbooks Integration

5 Easy Steps to Becoming a ConstructionOnline Power User

The goal of a tool like ConstructionOnline is to make your life easier and your business more successful. But you can’t reap all the benefits of the system if you’re only taking advantage of a small percentage of what it has to offer. Follow these 5 easy steps to become a ConstructionOnline Power User – and make the most of your subscription – everyday:

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Topics: ConstructionOnline Tips & Tricks Best Practices

Keeping Customers Happy in the Age of HGTV

Realistic Approaches for Bringing Clients’ Dreams to Life

Loved and hated for its ability to make the inaccessible accessible, the complicated uncomplicated, and the impossible possible, reality television has undeniably changed our outlook and approach in daily life. From fairytale dating shows to extreme survival challenges, and of course the DIY craze, this genre has revolutionized our access to the individual processes behind achievements and shaped our expectations for everyday personal experiences – and the construction industry is no exception.

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Topics: Business Building Best Practices