INSTALLERSUPPORT
Got two minutes? Slick video
shows installers how to re-launch
their businesses out of lockdown
Window, door
and conservatory
installers emerging
from lockdown
will be faced
with enormous
challenges as they
re-launch their
businesses, in a
world in which
nothing is as it was
when the UK was
formally shutdown
on 23rd March.
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way of the world for many months, perhaps
even years. Faced with the new logistical
complexities of running an installation
business, the people at Ab Initio Software,
developers of UK’s most popular window
installer management system, have a simple
message: Use AdminBase to manage your
business as you come out of lockdown
and ensure you make the most of every
opportunity. And to allow installers to
understand just how AdminBase will do
that, they have produced a short and highly
effective explainer video.
Just two minutes long, the video shows how
AdminBase, which has been the go-to window
and door installer management software for
more than 20 years with more than 3,000
users, can make every stage of the installation
process - including canvassing, sales, survey,
installation, service calls and warranty records
- slick, accurate and, crucially, easier to
manage.
The video shows how sales enquiries may
quickly be turned into accurate quotations
with everything kept securely in the same
place, eradicating scrawled notes on scraps
of paper, duplication, handwritten contracts,
surveys and fitter notes - and errors. Available
on a range of devices including mobile tablets
such as iPads and with apps for sales, survey,
installation and service calls, data is stored
centrally with a range of features that include
emailed quotes and contracts, ordering from
suppliers, installation notes and through to
final sign off and invoicing.
Rhonda Ridge, who realised the need for
an integrated project management system
when managing the finances for a window
installation company, says watching the video
could be the most profitable two minutes
spent: “We set out to produce a video that
quickly shows what AdminBase can do for
installers – whilst being mindful that there
appears to be a lot to take in. I am delighted
with the result – for many installers it could
be the most important 2 minutes they could
spend, maybe over a coffee.”
The AdminBase Video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCsiRs3-BLOLR7JY1Dk4Z-1w
Ab Initio Software had its small
beginning back in 1991 when
founder Rhonda Ridge was working
for a family run double glazing
installer. Most records were kept
manually and there was no software
package suitable within the industry
that could manage the process from
Lead through Sales to Service Call.
So Rhonda developed AdminBase,
and within a few years it had
developed to such an extent that
she was able to offer it to others as
a software system for other window
companies.
Since then, AdminBase has become
the industry standard administration
and marketing system for the
window, door and conservatory
industry, with more than 3000 users
throughout the UK and Ireland, from
small single users to major, national
installers.
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