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Learn how SMS segments, character encoding, emojis, and Unicode affect message length, delivery, and billing in Homeworks.

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Homeworks Overview

What is Homeworks?

Built for Home Services

The Man Behind Homeworks

About Homeworks

Innovation Over Stagnation

Proven Systems in Action

Why Homeworks is Different

Getting Started

Why These Best Practices Matter

Best Practices

Team Management & Accountability

Customer Payments & Finance

Creating a Homeworks Account

Import Your Data Into Homeworks

Setup Guide: Multi-Location Office Login

Homeworks Academy

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Account Setup & Registration

Set Up Guide: Stripe

Setup Guide: PayPal

How Taxes Work in Homeworks

First-Time Configuration

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Add, Remove, or Edit an Employee.

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Setup Guide: Requiring Employees to Clock In Before Viewing the Calendar

Set Hourly Rates for Employees

Setup Guide: Creating and Editing Crews

Employees

Overview: Time Tracking in Homeworks

Setup Guide: Setting Budgeted Hours for Your Team

Feature Overview: Live GPS Employee Tracking

Comparing Budget Hours vs. Actual Hours

Time Tracking

Setup Guide: Creating Vendors and Suppliers

How to Delete a Vendor or Supplier

Vendors & Suppliers

Importing Customers into Homeworks

Creating Leads and Customers

Custom Customer Types

Customers

Setup Guide: Creating Properties for Customers

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Properties

The Customer Portal Explained

Managing Customer Portal Settings

Customer Portal

Adding a New Tag

How to View Tags and Their Usage

How to Edit a Customer

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How to Bulk Add Tags to Customers

How to Filter the Customers Page

My Customer Can’t Access Their Portal

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Setup Guide: Creating Your Items & Services

Setup Guide: Managing Inventory Items in Homeworks

Setup Guide: Creating Packages

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Bulk Updating Prices for Items and Services

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Chemical Applications

Jobs & Routing

Overview: The Calendar Page

Overview: The All Events Page

Using the Unscheduled Work Feature

Setup Guide: Creating Recurring Visits

Editing an Existing Recurring Series of Visits

Setup Guide: Creating and Managing Off-Seasons

Setup Guide: Creating a To-Do

Setup Guide: Creating and Using Visit Forms

Completing Visits in Homeworks

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Overview: The Dispatch Board

Workflow: Optimizing a Route for a Single Crew

Workflow: Rescheduling Visits from the Dispatch Board

Adding Notes for the Dispatcher

Coloring Visits on the Dispatch Board

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Setup Guide: Multi-Step Programs

Multi-Step Programs

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