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Why your CRM is making you poor
You check your phone 23 times per day to peek at your CRM.
Each buzz and notification pulls you away from what actually makes money.
But here's the crazy part - all that checking is costing you about $847 every single week.
Most home service business owners think staying on top of their CRM means being a good business owner. Wrong.
You've fallen into the “notification addiction” cycle that keeps you trapped in reactive mode. Instead of focusing on big picture stuff like growing your business, you're basically a glorified data entry clerk.
Your CRM company loves this. They design those constant alerts and updates to create dependency. Every ping makes you feel important and busy, but busy doesn't equal profitable.
You're checking status updates, manually following up with leads, and babysitting processes that should run themselves.
The most profitable home service companies have owners who rarely log into their CRM. Not because they don't care, but because everything runs automatically in the background. Their systems work while they sleep, follow up without reminders, and keep customers happy without constant hand-holding.
Here's what's wild - you can eliminate 89% of manual CRM tasks with the right automation triggers. Your customer experience actually improves when you stop micromanaging every interaction. Your team becomes more accountable when systems handle the routine stuff and they focus on real relationship building.
The trick is knowing which processes to automate first. Start with the wrong ones and you'll create more chaos. Get the sequence right and your CRM transforms from a time-sucking monster into a profit-generating machine that actually gives you your life back.
That's exactly what we're covering at TAP Into The Future. Three days of no-fluff automation strategies that'll show you how to set up the right triggers and finally escape the notification trap for good.
TAP Into The Future is in Savannah, Georgia on October 3-5.
And early bird pricing for the event goes away on July 31st.
To join us, you can claim your tickets here:
It’s time to focus on your strengths. We’ll help you make it happen.