Trackori Trades Blog
The playbook for
winning more work.
Straight-talking writing for trades businesses. How to follow up quotes without being annoying. How to win repeat customers. How to grow past the owner's memory.
Featured · Foundations
Why trades businesses lose work (and it isn't skill)
The most common reason a trades business loses a job isn't price, availability or skill. It's the follow-up that never happened.
Foundations
Playbook
Playbook · 6 min read
How to follow up quotes without being annoying
The right time, the right message, the right frequency. A practical guide for trades businesses that hate chasing.
Playbook · 7 min read
The trades businesses that win: a repeat customer playbook
Winning a new customer costs 5-7× more than keeping one. Here's how the best trades businesses win the second visit — and the fifth.
Playbook · 6 min read
Site visit notes: the difference between winning and losing quotes
Photos, measurements, voice notes. A practical guide to capturing what actually matters on site — without wasting time.
Category
Feature Deep-Dive
Feature Deep-Dive · 5 min read
The customer timeline: why every trades business needs one
Every call, every visit, every quote, every photo, every voice note — on one screen. The single most valuable feature in a trades CRM.
Feature Deep-Dive · 5 min read
Voice notes on site: the fastest way to remember everything
Trades work happens on your feet, on the phone, in the van. Voice notes with AI transcription are the fastest capture there is.
Feature Deep-Dive · 5 min read
Trackori Network for trades: what to look for
One customer history, seen by everyone — engineers, apprentices, office, subcontractors. What proper Trackori Network looks like in trades collaboration software.
AI in Trades
Commercial
Growth
Growth · 6 min read
Growing a trades business past the owner's memory
Every trades business hits the memory ceiling. Here's what growing past it actually takes.
Growth · 6 min read
How to systematically get more referrals in the trades
Word-of-mouth is the highest-converting marketing channel in the trades. Here's how to make it deliberate, not accidental.