Cilio Case Study: Best Buy Window Treatment, Ergun Aral Specialty: Blinds & Shutters Years in Business: 20 Years Region: Southern Florida Background Founded by Ergun Aral, Best Buy Window Treatments specializes in the installation of blinds, shutters, shades, and drapes. As a leading service provider for Costco, the company manages a constant flow of installation […]
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Technology is changing the game for home installation businesses, helping contractors work smarter, not harder. New tools like automated scheduling, mobile apps, and contractor support programs are making it easier to get more jobs done efficiently. Cilio is the leading installation management platform for home installation companies. We keep our eyes on the future of
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Effective job scheduling is vital to driving sales growth for home installers. Manual scheduling is prone to mistakes and missed opportunities. Failure to cluster jobs correctly based on location, routing, and team capabilities opens up huge problems. This can drive up costs, slow down job completion, and leave customers unhappy – all of which hurts
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Operating a Home Installation Business as an Independent Installer Versus Working with a Big Box Retailer There are distinct differences between independent home installation contractors and those who work with big box retailers like Lowe’s and Home Depot. Each has its own set of advantages, challenges, and operational requirements. Understanding these distinctions is crucial for
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In the competitive industry of home installation services, every decision counts. Whether you’re revamping a kitchen or installing a new set of windows, the success of your business is based on understanding your operations deeply, converting opportunities into committed sales, and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the crews. The challenge most companies face is
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In the dynamic world of installation management, efficiency is key. Your office coordinators suffer through the same repetitive tasks on most every job. Cilio gives your team the ability to automate those manual touchpoints in a way that’s customized to your workflow. That’s why installers call Cilio their “virtual installer coordinator”. Cilio handles the complicated
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We clipped a video from a recent webinar we did for our customers about texting. The video demonstrates how home improvement contractors or installers of home goods can utilize texting as a tool to automate customer interactions and improve their business operations. Texting can be integrated into scheduling and job management software to streamline communication
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Cilio Case Study: Install Partners, Nick Simons, Robby Lauterbach, Co-Owners Specialty: Millwork Years in Business: 8 Region: National Overview Install Partners LLC is a quickly scaling, nationwide service provider specialized in partnering with Big Box retailers to coordinate and execute quality product installations. They’ve been very successful in maintaining aggressive growth, partly because of early adoption of technology.
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What Is Cilio Cilio is a web-based app designed to help installation contractors manage work from start to finish. From robust scheduling capabilities, doc management, photos, mobile access for crews, and communication for everyone you touch, we work 1/1 with you to setup the system for the way YOUR company runs. The Service Center Challenge
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Contractors know how crucial it is to efficiently manage their field crews. It’s not just about staying within budget and sticking to the schedule. Successful field management starts way before breaking ground on a new project. Effective field service job tracking requires a system designed to manage and organize projects, including creating new job records,
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