Profitability

Save time, increase profits

You're a professional surveyor, but running the business feels like a constant struggle. Many of you face the same issues: wasting time on manual time entry and struggling to see true project profitability with vague, lump-sum revenue reports. Recently I was approached to write a business handbook for surveyors and I might do it. It

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Strategies for Creating Accurate Estimates for Land Surveyors

Strategies for Accurate Estimates for Surveyors Although accurate estimates are a staple of any solid proposal, they can be the source of numerous headaches. Depending on the scope of the project, preparing potential costs can be tedious and time-consuming. Furthermore, if your initial estimates prove to be inaccurate, a previously professional relationship with a

By |2025-07-14T02:15:38-07:00January 26th, 2025|Productivity, Profitability, Proposal Builder, Time Tracking|Comments Off on Strategies for Creating Accurate Estimates for Land Surveyors

The Key to Growth: Standardize Processes

It’s a big decision to commit to growing your business and one that involves careful planning. You need to set specific growth targets, seek out financing, and expand your team’s skill set. At some point, it will feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day. That’s because there aren’t! To gain back precious

By |2023-02-23T22:30:11-08:00July 11th, 2019|Business Growth, Productivity, Profitability, Qfactor for Surveyors, Software|Comments Off on The Key to Growth: Standardize Processes

Unlock Potential: Tips on Business Life Cycles & Value Creation

The Business Cycle of Growth and Value Creation Have you ever wondered when it's the right time to add a workflow management app to your surveying or civil engineering business? There is never a great time. I hear this: my team is too busy, we have too many out of control projects to change, we

By |2024-10-28T13:54:59-07:00October 26th, 2024|Business Growth, Productivity, Profitability, Qfactor for Surveyors, Software|Comments Off on Unlock Potential: Tips on Business Life Cycles & Value Creation

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

Still Using Paper for Time Entry? Excel?

Is it Saturday? Are you once again trying to update payroll and projects? Would you like your Saturdays back? Time Tracking Made Simple Time entry mistakes cost businesses millions, especially in industries like land surveying that require tracking billable hours for multiple clients. If you are relying on paper time cards, Excel spreadsheets, or

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