PEOPLE I ACTUALLY RECOMMEND

Good people make good businesses easier to run.

I spend a lot of time around local service business owners. When someone consistently does solid work, communicates well, and treats people right, I’m happy to point them in the right direction.

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This list is personal. I’m sharing people and tools I’d feel comfortable recommending to a business owner I care about.

JD Simpkins, local service business marketing consultant

A SHORTLIST WORTH KNOWING

People I trust enough to recommend.

This isn’t a directory. It’s a personal shortlist of people and tools I’ve had enough direct experience with to feel comfortable pointing a business owner their way.

OPERATIONS & FOLLOW-THROUGH

Jennifer Skiles

Jennifer helps contractors and service-based businesses bring more order to the office side of the business. Her work centers on communication, scheduling, follow-up, visibility, and the details that tend to get lost when an owner is busy doing the actual work.

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CRM & HOME-SERVICE OPERATIONS

Zolato

Zolato is a home-service platform built around the work that happens after a lead comes in: organizing the customer, scheduling the job, handling invoices, and keeping the business moving. I’m especially impressed by how clean and intuitive the system feels.

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Know somebody I should include? If I’ve personally seen the quality of their work and believe they’d genuinely help local service businesses, I may add them here over time.