Field Service Businesses are Going Mobile!
New SM-Mobile App Features and Mobile Devices Review by Sarah Thomas, Customer Service & Implementation Specialist I am amazed when I remember that we first created the SM-Mobile App more than 3 years ago. It doesn’t feel like it’s really been around for that long, as the development of the app has been so rapid and many […] Read more
How to Choose the Right Backup Solution for Your Business
How to Choose the Right Backup Solution for Your Service Business If you have ever lost business data to a hard drive failure, an office fire, a computer virus, or a ransomware attack, you know how important regular backups are. And, over the years, we have seen all of these unexpected disasters happen to our […] Read more
One More Time About the Importance of Regular Backups
One More Time About the Importance of Regular Backups By now, you have probably heard many times about the importance of performing regular backups of your data. Nevertheless, with the unprecedented rise in cyber attacks, especially ransomware attacks, on businesses in the US and around the world over the last several months, the importance of […] Read more
Beware of Ransomware: how to keep your business safe!
Beware of Ransomware: how to keep your computers and your business safe from cybercriminals! Cerber, Wildfire, Chimera, BlackSnow: 2016 can be rightly called the Year of Ransomware and, so far, 2017 is not shaping up any better. The biggest ever cyber attack in Internet history struck on May 12th 2017, when a ransomware named WannaCry stormed through the […] Read more
Top 5 Benefits of Automating Your Service Business
Top 5 Reasons to Automate Your Field Service Business As a service business owner, you know very well the truth of the old saying “time is money.” After all, every minute of the day can present the opportunity to generate income and to grow you customer base. If you are wasting time on administrative functions […] Read more
Implementing Your Service Business Software: How to Do It Right!
Implementing Your Service Business Software: How to Do It Right! In our previous articles, we have provided a guide to choosing the right service business management software that suites your business. And once you’ve done all your research and have selected the software that’s right for you, it’s time to get it implemented.There are many stories […] Read more
Guide to choosing service business management software: marketing and business intelligence
Guide to Choosing Service Business Management Software Marketing and Business Intelligence Systems analysis is an act of analyzing business processes, so that they can be broken down into rules and sets of procedures. This process must be done to figure out what software is going to “do the business” for you. It is this analytical process itself which […] Read more
Guide to Choosing the Right Software for Your Service Business: What features do you need?
Service Business Management Software: Specific Features What specific features and functionalities do you need to consider when choosing service business management software that suits your business? To start, you should make a wish list of the features you want to find in the software that you will choose for your business from the dozens of […] Read more
Guide to Choosing the Right Business Management Software for Your Service Business: History and Implementation
Service Business Management Software: History and Implementation Here at Thoughtful Systems, we have been helping service businesses become more efficient and profitable for almost 30 years. Our flagship product is the Scheduling Manager, a service business management software that has been developed over a period of 27 years. In the following guide about implementing management software […] Read more
Guide to Choosing the Right Business Management Software for Your Service Business: Get the Software that Suits You!
Service Business Management Software: Get the Software that Suits You! At Thoughtful Systems, over many years of working with clients and helping them find the right software to manage their business, we have learned that no two service businesses are exactly alike. Every company has its own individual needs and ways of doing things. The […] Read more