The Projects Plus Blog
Real-world guides on quoting, getting paid, paying staff and invoicing — for tradies and small service businesses. Written by Joel, founder of Projects Plus.
Most tradies lose hours every week to paperwork and chasing payments. Here's how a single job management app fixes that — and what actually matters when you pick one.
A good quote does half the selling for you. Here's how to write one that's clear, fast and professional — plus a template and checklist you can use today.
Most tradies wait too long to get paid, and the invoice is usually why. Here's how to build a clear, accurate final invoice that customers pay without the chase.
Revenue isn't profit. Here's a dead-simple way to track every dollar in and out of your trade business so you finally know which jobs actually make money.
Plenty of busy tradies still run out of money. It's almost never about the work — it's the timing of cash. Here are the cash flow habits that keep the bank balance healthy.
Faded receipts and forgotten card payments quietly cost tradies thousands a year. Here's how to capture every expense on your phone in the moment, so tax time is just a tidy export.
Spreadsheets are free, flexible and familiar — until your business outgrows them. Here's the honest case for and against running a trade business on a spreadsheet versus a purpose-built job management app.
Every customer wants changes to their quote. The tradies who handle that cleanly win the work. Here's why editable, re-sendable quotes beat starting over every time.
Most fencing jobs lose their margin in the gaps — the underquoted materials, the deposit that didn't cover the timber run, the receipts nobody kept. Here's how to plug them.
The work-done date and the actual paid date are almost never the same. Here's how to track staff payments so your crew always gets paid right — and you always know what a job really cost.
Landscaping jobs change shape halfway through more than any other trade. Here's how to manage scope, costs, crew and invoicing without losing your margin in the chaos.
A job isn't five separate tasks living in five separate apps. Here's the complete quote to invoice workflow done in one place — and how each step quietly feeds the next.
Mowing is the easy part. The money side is where most lawn mowing businesses leak profit. Here's how I'd quote, get paid, and track the costs that matter.
A deposit you didn't write down is money you'll argue about later. Here's how to record customer deposits and payments so every dollar in is logged, reconciled and disputable-proof.
The cleaning is the easy part. The admin is what drowns most cleaning businesses. Here's how to run quotes, deposits, supplies, pay and invoices from your phone.
A quote that sits unanswered for a week usually loses. Here's how to get customers to accept quotes faster — clear PDFs, easy signing, the right follow-up, and clean change handling.
Most tradies keep crew details scattered across texts and scraps of paper — until the one day they need them fast. Here's the staff records that actually matter and why.
The financial year ends 30 June, and the tradies who dread it are the ones who left everything in a shoebox. Here's how to walk into EOFY with your numbers already sorted.
If you live in the Apple world, a clunky web invoicing tool fights you every day. Here's what actually makes the best invoicing app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Your accountant doesn't want a shoebox or a messy spreadsheet — they want a clean, itemised PDF. Here's how to export project expenses in a couple of taps and make tax time boring.
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