As a roofing contractor, your main focus is meeting with prospective clients to look at the jobs and provide quotes, then completing those jobs. Many roofers are still old school when it comes to taking care of paperwork, orders, and other tasks that need to be completed. However, there is some great software available that will help you take care of your office work more efficiently. This can save you from frustration, as well as wasted time, which equates to more money. You can learn about some of the benefits of using a good roofing software here:
Create and store pre-written letters
Creating and storing pre-written letters makes much of your communications easier. You can create such standard letters as reminders, follow-up letters, thank-you letters, and more. With these letters stored, you can quickly add the customers' information and send them off.
One of the best things about these pre-written letters is that they will have your company information, logo, and other standard information in the same place consistently. This adds to the professionalism of your correspondence.
Track and order inventory
Dealing with inventory manually can leave you with a messy stack of papers and a lack of supplies if you don't place orders soon enough. Roofing software can help you to avoid both of these issues by allowing you to track and take care of your inventory and orders in one convenient location on your computer.
Instant access to a calendar and reminders
You won't miss an appointment or a deadline again when you have your calendar set up on your system with alerts to remind you of the appointments and deadlines ahead of time.
Image storage for before and after photos
You can easily upload before and after photos. The photos will be assigned to the customer and can be easily added to forms, such as the proposals and even to the contracts. You'll also have the photos readily available to add to your website or to send off to anyone you choose.
Accounting needs
You can integrate accounting software into your roofing software so that you can take care of accounting needs, such as payroll and payments.
Now that you see just how much a good roofing contractor software can help you and your business running more efficiently, you will understand why getting set up with the software is something you should do as soon as possible.