Prepare for Winter – Don’t Wait!

Your calendar may be booked solid now, but what does it look like a few months out?  It’s better for your employees and your cash-flow to have continuous work.  We recommend starting to fill your calendar now by advertising special deals for fall/winter jobs.  Entice...

Tricks of the Trade

Cleaning latex paint off brushes We were talking to a painter the other day and he said that you can use household ammonia to clean latex paint off of paint brushes.  We had never heard this before, so we decided to give it a try and guess what:  it works...

Dog Days of Summer

August is the epitome of summer – backyard barbecues, baseball games, swimming pools, and heat.  You don’t need us to tell you it’s hot outside.  Your work can’t stop because of the weather (see Juggling in the Rain for more on this), but you also can’t have...

New Feature: My Jobs

If you use the PEP Cloud Dashboard regularly, then you might have noticed the new addition: My Jobs.  Similar to the eBids tab, My Jobs shows a color-coded list of the jobs you’ve created. YELLOW indicates a newly created job.  PURPLE shows that you’ve submitted a...

Going Mobile

PEP Cloud is now optimized for your smart phone! The pace that technology is advancing in our everyday lives is amazing.  You can pretty much do everything with a single device: a smart phone.  It’s your morning alarm clock and your appointment calendar.  It gives you...