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About Frederick Dyste

Qfactor founder, Frederick Dyste has over 40 years of experience working with startups and early stage companies. He is able to respond to the particular needs of a diversity of companies because, over the course of his professional life, he has been involved in an array of ventures, products, and services. This gives him a broad perspective on a variety of industries and an ability to identify market niches, product needs, and implementation strategies. He can also multi-task in finance, operations, and sales & marketing.

Dread the Follow-up Call?

4 Tips to Make Follow-up Calls a Success You’ve done the parcel and title research, written the survey proposal, and submitted it. Time to sit back and wait for a response. If they like it they’ll call you, right? Sadly, no. Even if you’ve written the perfect proposal for land surveying services, your work isn’t

By |2025-04-27T16:00:47-07:00April 27th, 2025|Customer Service, Marketing Tips, Qfactor for Surveyors, Software|Comments Off on Dread the Follow-up Call?

Setting the Proposal Scope

In my last blog post, I provided an overall view of the elements of a proposal and how having a clear, accurate proposal can guard against scope creep. Now, I am going to zoom in on crafting individual parts of the proposal. In this post I will focus on the scope of services portion

By |2024-09-25T07:16:03-07:00February 27th, 2019|Productivity, Profitability, Proposal Builder|Comments Off on Setting the Proposal Scope

Your Proposal Was Accepted. Now What? (Easy Onboarding)

Congratulations on landing that big project! Now that it’s time for work to get underway, here are some steps you can take to ensure a good relationship with your client and manage the project smoothly. Onboard the Client Onboarding is the processes of welcoming a client into your business. On one level, it involves

By |2024-10-26T16:25:08-07:00August 16th, 2019|Business Growth, Customer Service, Productivity, Proposal Builder, Qfactor for Surveyors, Software|Comments Off on Your Proposal Was Accepted. Now What? (Easy Onboarding)

When (and How) to Include “Exclusions” in Proposals

In my last post, I described how to set clear expectations in the scope of services section of your proposal. Expectations can be further clarified in the “exclusions” portion, in which you describe to your client what you aren’t going to do. Sounds a little weird in a proposal, right? However, exclusions are just another

By |2024-09-25T07:19:38-07:00March 15th, 2019|Customer Service, Proposal Builder, Qfactor for Surveyors, Uncategorized|Comments Off on When (and How) to Include “Exclusions” in Proposals

What Is a Deliverable?

In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of setting the scope of a project. This week, I’d like to focus on what “deliverables” are, why to include them in any proposal, and the importance of being specific when defining them. By being clear and upfront about what deliverables you can offer, your

By |2024-09-25T07:17:24-07:00April 1st, 2019|Business Growth, Customer Service, Proposal Builder, Qfactor for Surveyors|Comments Off on What Is a Deliverable?

Qfactor Crew Scheduling: Optimize Your Surveying Operations

Honey, where are our crews?* *For the mom & pop shops Qfactor Crew Scheduling: Optimize Your Surveying Operations Streamline your crew and asset management with Qfactor's intuitive Crew Scheduling feature. Designed specifically for surveying businesses, this powerful tool empowers you to: Effortlessly Schedule Crews: Easily drag and drop projects onto your calendar, assigning crews

By |2026-03-08T10:38:09-07:00January 19th, 2026|Crew Calendar, Crew Scheduling, Field Crew Scheduling, No Double Booking, Qfactor for Surveyors|Comments Off on Qfactor Crew Scheduling: Optimize Your Surveying Operations
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