Guides for the work between jobs

CrewBuddy guides

• How fast to respond to contractor leads: Why the first reply to a new lead matters, what to put in it, and how CrewBuddy drafts it while you are on a job.
• Estimate follow-up text templates: Plain follow-up texts for day 2, day 7 and day 14 after you send an estimate, and how CrewBuddy keeps track of the open ones.
• How to get more Google reviews (and the FTC rules): How to ask customers for Google reviews after a job, what the FTC and Google do not allow, and how CrewBuddy drafts the ask.
• Google Ads for contractors in the slow season: How to plan a small Google Search campaign for the quiet months, what to check each week, and what CrewBuddy builds in your account.
• Local Services Ads vs Google Search ads: How Google’s two main ad types for home services differ in how you pay, how you set them up, and how you manage them, and which one CrewBuddy works with.
• Rain delays and reschedules: what to text customers: How to tell customers a job is moving because of weather or a long day, what to put in the text, and how CrewBuddy drafts it from your calendar.
• Cold email to property managers: How contractors and cleaners can reach property managers by cold email with our add-on cold email module in Instantly, what to write, and what we set up and manage.
• Job notes and photos to the customer file: Turn quick job notes and photos into a customer summary and a private job record, without retyping everything at night.
• Missed call text back for contractors: What to text when you miss a customer’s call, how automatic text-back works in phone apps, and what CrewBuddy does and does not do here.
• AI assistant for small contractors: What a texting AI assistant can do for a small painting, flooring, remodeling, cleaning or landscaping business, and what CrewBuddy does today.
• Seasonal maintenance reminders for service businesses: How to remind past customers about seasonal work like gutter cleaning, furnace tune-ups or deck sealing, and how CrewBuddy builds the list and the messages.
• How to reply to Google reviews, including bad ones: What to say when you reply to a good or bad Google review, what to leave out, and how CrewBuddy drafts replies for you to post.
• Negative keywords for contractors: How to find the searches wasting your Google Ads budget, like job seekers, how-to videos and supply searches, and how CrewBuddy checks them each week.
• Do I need a permit? How to check before you quote: How residential permit rules work, which jobs are often exempt, why your town’s own pages win, and how CrewBuddy looks them up for you.
• Job costing from receipts for small contractors: How to see what each job really cost in materials by keeping receipts by job, and how CrewBuddy turns receipt photos into a job cost sheet.
• Working with Spanish-speaking crews: scopes, safety talks and schedules: Practical ways to get job details and safety information to a Spanish-speaking crew, what OSHA expects about language, and how CrewBuddy helps.
• A simple website for a small contracting business: What a small contractor’s website needs, what your state may require on it, and how CrewBuddy builds, checks and updates one by text.