[September 09, 2020]

Jobber Adds Two-Way Text Messaging to its Award-Winning Platform to Better Meet Homeowner Expectations and Improve Customer Service

Jobber, the leading provider of home service management software, today announced the availability of two-way text messaging within its platform. The new feature enables service professionals, such as landscapers, plumbers, HVAC technicians, and more, to stay better connected with their clients, respond to leads faster, and improve customer satisfaction.

"Home service professionals work in industries that are centered around creating relationships and loyalty with customers," says Sam Pillar, CEO and co-founder at Jobber. "Meeting and exceeding homeowner expectations is key to developing customers for life. With two-way text messaging, service providers are able to offer a real-time communication option that's fast and convenient-giving small businesses another way to stand out from competitors and be more successful."

Two-way text messaging joins Jobber's suite of customer communication tools that are designed to help service providers keep their clients in the loop at key points before, during, and after a job is complete. Through these tools, service providers can customize and automate text and email communications such as invoice and quote follow-ups, appointment reminders, "on my way" messages, and client follow-ups for reviews and feedback. Now with two-way text messaging, Jobber customers can receive replies back on automated notifications and communicate with their clients instantly.

A Jobber-commissioned survey of 1,400+ U.S. homeowners (age 18+) shows that two-way texting is a communicaton method preferred by respondents. Key findings in the study include:

Homeowners Value Texting as an Option-Especially Millennials

Overall, 58% of homeowners feel it is important to be able to text a home service business. This sentiment is especially true among 24-34 year-olds, with 84% of respondents agreeing that this is important.

Fast Response Times

Fast response times ranks as the top benefit of being able to text home service professionals. In addition, 32% of homeowners state that texting is the preferred notification method when a home service professional is running late. When asked how long it takes to receive a reply from a home service provider via text, 58% say within an hour. Overall, 82% receive a response within a few hours. Quicker communication is beneficial to home service companies that are having difficulty receiving responses from homeowners or are experiencing long delays in receiving replies.

Record of Conversations

With text messaging, home service companies don't have to solely rely on emails that may end up in a client's spam folder or in multiple threads that can get lost. Texting provides a reliable communication stream that creates a statement of record with customers. This benefit isn't only valuable for businesses, but is ranked by homeowners as the second highest benefit of being able to text home service professionals.

To learn more about Jobber's two-way text messaging feature, visit: https://getjobber.com/features/customer-communication-management/

About Jobber

Jobber (@GetJobber) is an award-winning business management platform for small home service businesses. Unlike spreadsheets or pen and paper, Jobber keeps track of everything in one place and automates day-to-day operations, so small businesses can provide 5-star service at scale. Since launching in 2011, businesses using Jobber have serviced over 10 million people in more than 47 countries, delivering over $6 billion annually, and growing, in services to their customers. In 2019, the company was recognized as the second fastest growing software company in Canada by Canadian Business' Growth 500, and a winner of the Technology Fast 500™ and Technology Fast 50™ programs presented by Deloitte (News - Alert). Most recently, the company was named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies 2020 list.

For more information, visit: https://getjobber.com/

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