Customers

Customer profiles, the lead-status kanban, equipment, signatures, history.

21 articles
Basics10 / 10
How to add a new customer
Create a customer record by hand, from a call, or from booking.
Customer profile overview
The five tabs (Properties, Jobs, Invoices, Communication, Notes) and what each holds.
Viewing a customer's service history
Every job, estimate, invoice, and call — under the Jobs and Communication tabs.
The customer project page — one link for the whole job
One private link where customers follow a job — visits, what's included, payments and the service report.
Changing a customer's billing address
Update where the invoice goes without breaking history.
Collecting customer signatures
Where customers sign — estimate approval, membership enrollment, and on the tech's phone when collecting payment.
Deleting a customer
Delete a record that shouldn't exist — or merge or mark Inactive instead.
Finding and merging duplicate customers
Review possible duplicates, merge two or more records into one, or mark them as not duplicates.
Heads-up flags, notes and files
Put a VIP / Do not service / Sensitive heads-up on a customer, keep internal notes, and store customer documents.
The customer portal
Where customers sign in with an emailed code to see their jobs, estimates waiting for approval and membership, and how to share your portal link.
Advanced4 / 4
Adding extra contacts to a customer
Add a spouse, tenant, property manager or AP contact and copy them on emailed estimates and invoices.
Tagging customers
Label customers, filter the Contacts list and board by tag, and start automations from a tag.
Adding multiple properties for one customer
One customer, many addresses — each with its own equipment and history.
Commercial accounts with several sites
Set up a parent account with sites underneath and see balances and open work across all of them.
Lead management & kanban7 / 7
How to capture a new lead
Capture an inbound that's not a job yet — by hand or from booking.
Working the Contacts board
Move leads through Lead, Prospect, Quoted, Customer and Inactive on the Pipeline's Contacts board.
Converting a lead to a customer
When leads become customers automatically, and how to move one by hand.
Marking a lead inactive
Move a dead lead to Inactive, record why, and bring them back later.
Tracking lead sources (ads, referrals)
Record how each contact found you and see which sources convert in Lead Analytics.
Customizing the Contacts board columns
Rename, add, reorder and delete columns on the Contacts board (owners and admins).
Working the Opportunities queue
Assign, convert and close the upsell opportunities techs flag and customers' membership interest.