February 21, 2012 Advisors On Target Chart Your Course to Business Success On Target Business Intensive: Session 7 1 Homework so far • Session 1 • Create a working draft of your Mission Statement • Create a working draft of your 1 and 5 year Vision • Answer the 10 questions on the handout • Session 2 • Review your own financial statements and chart of accounts with what you learned in Session 2 • Session 3 • Create a budget for 2012 • If you already have a budget, review and revise as needed • Use the cashflow projection model (at the bottom of the budget tool) 2 Homework continued • Session 4 • Determine your breakeven point for your 2012 budget • Annual • For the month of February 2012 • Define your target markets (Fill in Marketing Plan – Part 1) • Do a competition analysis (Fill in Marketing Plan – Part 2) • Session 5 • Define Marketing Strategies (Fill in Marketing Plan – Part 3) • Create a Marketing Budget using the template • Session 6 • Start Job Costing every job if you aren’t already • Implement a system to track job profitability over time to measure progress • Coach foremen to improve 3 Homework continued • Additional activities • Values Exercise • Business Diagnostic Assessment 4 Agenda for today • Recap last week – Questions • Client Process System • • • • Lead Intake Sales Follow Up Job Process Ongoing Relationship 5 Client Process System 6 Lead Intake • What happens when someone inquires about your service? • Call in to office • Direct contact with owner/employee • Contact via web/email • Capture relevant information • Fill out Lead sheet or • Enter Directly in CRM and/or • Enter in Sales Tracking • Schedule an estimate appointment or • Decline to bid • Refer to another contractor What info do you need to collect at lead intake? • • • • • • • • • • • • Name Address Phone Email How they heard about your company (lead source) Type of work (Interior, Exterior, Specialty work, etc.) Time frame Budget Scope of work/Size of job Age of home (pre 1978) Worked with professional painting contractor? What else? 8 Estimate Phase • Ask pre-determined questions to further qualify client during estimate appointment • Create detailed take-off sheet/work order to aid in creating proposal as well as provide more detailed instructions to foreman • Create master proposal templates • Create master paragraphs for language to include in proposals for standard items • Create a appendix of PDCA standards to attach and reference standards by number in proposal to eliminate the need to add standards to proposal. Pre-contract (Post Estimate) • • • • • Ask additional predetermined qualifying questions if needed Prepare and send or deliver proposal to customer Enter Contact info in CRM (if not done previously) Update Sales Tracking and/or CRM with status Tickler for follow up Job Sold • • • • • • • Submit signed Proposal and Contract to office with deposit Submit Work Order to office Assign a job number Create Customer file in QuickBooks Enter Estimate and Deposit in QB Create Field File and Office File Schedule the job on job calendar • Tentative time frame at least • • • • • • Send Customer a letter regarding schedule and payments Send Customer “to do” list File pre-lien if applicable Send Thank You to Referral if applicable Follow up communication with customer re schedule Update sales tracking or CRM Job Scheduled • • • • • • • Schedule walk through with customer Confirm Colors with customer Confirm customer “to do” list with customer Follow up with customer regarding schedule if needed Give file folder to foreman Order special equipment needed Materials ordered What’s in the field folder? • • • • • • • • • • Map Copy of contract, if appropriate Copy of scope of work Work Order Color Confirmation Sheet Customer Communication Sheet Blank Change Order Forms Customer Feedback form RRP info What else? 13 Job In Progress • • • • • Report hours worked daily Use customer communication form Give progress invoices to customer Collect progress payments Fill out change orders if needed • Get customer signature • Return change order to office • Invoice change orders • Collect Materials invoices/receipts Job Wrap up • • • • • • Prepare final invoice Conduct a final job walk through with customer Give final invoice to customer Collect payment Ask customer to fill out feedback form Schedule return touch ups if needed Post Job • • • • • • • • • Return field folder to office Contact customer to thank them and answer questions Receive final payments Tickler for collections for outstanding payments Send thank you note (gift if appropriate) Complete Job Costing File completed job paperwork Update customer data in CRM Tickler for follow up Ongoing Relationship • Customer Communications Plan • • • • • Newsletter Special Offers Letters/Greeting cards Gifts (as appropriate) Telephone calls (as appropriate) • Warranty/Maintenance Follow up • Schedule annual visit or follow up Homework • Review Job Process Outline and Job Process Checklist • Customize Checklist for your company • Start to implement a more organized approach to your job process – add structure a piece at a time 18