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SEPTEMBER 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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GET YOUR EVENINGS
BACK WITH NEW APP
Many sole traders hate paperwork and having to spend long evenings on it. Powered Now, the business which aims
to make life easier for smaller trade companies as well as sole-traders, has announced a new release of its app for
simplifying paperwork and enabling growth for electricians, builders, gas engineers, plumbers and other trades.
Version 4 of the software
adds support for PCs and
Macs enabling smartphones
or tablets and office computers all to work in harmony,
automatically updating one
another every time things
change.
The release also adds a raft of
new functionality designed to help
teams work closely together in the
most efficient way.
‘Among new features
is the powerful
Paypal Now reader,
allowing Chip and
Pin payments to be
taken at the time the
job is completed’
Powered Now aims to deliver
three benefits to customers:
• To free up their evenings from
paperwork.
• To enable them to grow their
businesses. Ambitious customers say they win more business
using Powered Now as they can
raise and track quotations faster
and more easily.
• To organise their team. Most
systems providing the sophisticated appointment making, team
tracking and communications
capabilities of Powered Now are
out of reach financially.
Among new features is the
powerful Paypal Now reader,
allowing Chip and Pin payments
to be taken at the time the job is
completed.
For teams working together,
the location of the day’s appointments and the field based staff
while ‘Signatures’ has been added
so that a customer can be asked
to put their signature against any
document.
The Powered Now app works
on iPhones, iPads, Android, PCs,
laptops and Macs providing comprehensive paperwork support for
every step a trade business needs
to take. This goes from booking
an appointment, preparing an
estimate through to invoicing and
taking payment. It even works
when there’s no signal, and automatically stores all information
in ‘the cloud’ whenever there is a
connection.
are all available visually on a map
allowing better use of resources.
A chat capability is embedded in
the app, enabling team members
to communicate without having
to change apps or mix things up
with their social life.
The de sign of documents has
been given a major overhaul, allowing almost any desired design
to be achieved. An inbuilt library
of popular images saves time and
it is much easier to re-use paperwork created for previous clients,
Powered Now v4 is available in
the iTunes and Google Play app
stores now with the desktop/
laptop version available from
http://PoweredNow.com
DOLPHIN’S LEAP
INTO HOME
IMPROVEMENT
Construction marketing
agency Purplex has helped
one of its customers - double glazing company Dolphin
Windows - to launch a new
business specialising in the
home improvement sector.
Dolphin Home Improvements
has been set up to focus on property extensions and conversion
projects, providing high-quality
building services in Chingford and
north London.
Over the past 18 months, the
company has benefitted from an
‘After the success with Dolphin Windows’
digital strategy, we’ve now employed
a tailored online marketing campaign
to help their home improvements
division get off to a successful start’
integrated online lead generation
and search engine optimisation
(SEO) strategy developed and implemented by Purplex. The results
and high return on investment
has led to directors at Dolphin
appointing the agency again to
build another website for its new
business, Dolphin Home Improvements.
Adi Day, head of digital at Purplex, said: “The new website is
sleek and beautifully designed for
maximum business-to-consumer
impact. After the success with
Dolphin Windows’ digital strategy,
we’ve now employed a tailored
online marketing campaign to help
their home improvements division
get off to a successful start.
“Purplex are experts in both
business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing for
the construction/building industry and have a wide portfolio of
clients who benefit from bespoke
growth strategies, some revolving
entirely around lead generation,
and others focusing on a highly
complex approach, often including specialist public relations and
communications.”
For more information contact
Purplex on 01934 808132, or
visit www.purplexmarketing.com