Updated Articles

  1. Automatic Payments, Recurring Billing, and Consolidated Statements

    Overview ServiceMinder offers several flexible billing options designed to reduce manual work, improve cash flow, and simplify the customer experience. This article explains how each option works, when to use it, and how they fit toge...
  2. Payment Methods, Payment Plans, and Recurring Billing

    Overview Managing how and when your customers pay is a crucial part of running a smooth operation in serviceminder. This article provides an overview of the different tools available to help you streamline payments, including Payment Meth...
  3. TaskBoards

    Overview Imagine being able to organize your workflow visually by moving tasks, prospects, appointments, or proposals through stages just like a sales or project pipeline. That’s the concept behind TaskBoards . TaskBoards allow you to group conta...
  4. Pricing Bands

    Overview Pricing Bands are used to set up more dynamic pricing elements for Services and Parts . The list of bands are indexed by the quantity to determine the effective price for a given line. In both cases, the quantity entered for t...
  5. Service Settings: Duration and Pricing

    Overview This article explores the Duration and Pricing section of the Service settings page ( Control Panel > Services > Edit  or Add ).  This article will review: About Duration and Pricing Settings Base Price vs....
  6. Discounts and Markups

    Overview Discounts and markups allow you to adjust the pricing of items on your proposals or invoices, giving you flexibility to reward customers, account for special circumstances, or adjust for costs. In this section, we’ll guide you st...
  7. Videos on the Mobile App

    Overview Mobile App users may  view CompanyCam (one of our 3rd party integrations) videos saved to a Contact.   Once a CompanyCam video is stored to a contact's details, that video is accessible in service minder , both on the Web App, and now, in...
  8. About Grids

    Overview In ServiceMinder, a Grid refers to an interactive, spreadsheet-style list used to display and manage large sets of data. Grids allow you to quickly sort, filter, and take action on items—such as launching an email campaign, tagging c...
  9. Route Optimization and Fleet Routing

    Overview Route Optimization and Fleet Routing are both add-on services. If you have not purchased them as part of your service minder  subscription, then you will not be able to use these features. You can purchase them by going to Marketpl...
  10. Shortcodes

    Overview Shortcodes are keywords that service minder uses to insert pieces of information into email and print templates. For example, an organization may want the service agent's name and appointment date/time included on an email tem...