You're good at the work. It's the office that's buried.
Most trades owners are the whole back office: The estimates, the invoicing, the follow-up, and the website nobody’s touched in a year. I take the worst piece off your plate in a week or two, at one price you know before I start.
The cost of carrying it all yourself
There's only one of you.
Every estimate waits on you, so the one that should have gone out Tuesday goes out Friday, and the homeowner already hired whoever answered first. The review you earned never gets asked for. The customer from two years ago forgets your name.
None of that is a failure of the work. It’s just more than one person can carry.
How I help
Three ways in, depending on where you are.
- You know what’s broken. One fix, one price, done in a week or two. Most people start here. Most fixes run $550-$850, quoted before I start.
- Something’s off but you can’t name it. We find it on a call, then I price out the cleanup: files, contacts, online presence, whatever’s tangled.
- It’s working and you want it to stay that way. I run it monthly, so it keeps working without landing back on you.
I work remotely, so you are not paying for windshield time. Most fixes are finished inside two weeks without anyone showing up at your shop.
PROOF IT WORKS
One fix. Then she came back for more.
Donna runs Cabral Carpentry & Painting. She’s great at the work. The back office was buried.
BEFORE
AFTER
“I’m good at the front door. Managing the employees, doing the estimates, sending the bills. But the website, the social media, the QuickBooks? That was a mess. I can’t do everything. Taming Your Tech totally revamped the back door of the business.”
— Donna Cabral, Owner, Cabral Carpentry & Painting
Donna was already getting estimate requests. What changed was the kind:
NEW ESTIMATE REQUEST
Renovation + demo work on a home in Dedham, MA
“My wife and I are closing on a house in July and are looking into estimates for some renovation and demo work… we would love to set up a time to talk and have you come by the house.”
(Homeowner inquiry via the new website. Name and contact details removed for privacy.)
Six weeks on, she’s booked more work with me and I handle her tech questions as they come up.
Built for 800 people. Works the same for a crew of 8.
Hi, I’m Betsy.
I spent 13 years as VP of Business Systems at Appfire, building the back office behind a startup that grew from 18 people to 800 across 20 countries. Different scale, identical job: find what’s broken, build the system, make it run without you.
Small trades businesses don’t have an ops team or a systems person. Now they have one.
Let's find your first fix.
You’ve already built a solid business. You don’t need to overhaul everything. Find the right first step and let’s talk it through.