New Estimating And Lead Management Program

rbsremodeling

I can't say for MOTB but I use a software that has a similar set up. I send my estimates, invoices and customer info as they are produced in the online software essentially giving me a backup of all the necessary info that is required in case the software goes down.

I think software like MOTB and such are the future. it allows me access to the info anywhere i have computer connection. I also store a lot of info on the software's on line server that I probably would not put on my own compute.

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JonPeters

Hello,
Today I spent a bit of time researching some software for my business and MyOnlineToolBox. I also tried to get as much information through the posts on this forum as well. I viewed many posts by Phil, who is using this software in his business and it has worked well for him, but then I looked on their website,(Corporate Info page) and found out that Phil Tonks is one of the owners of the company. While this software may work well for him as an owner of the contracting company, how can we know for sure if his many many posts on this website about MyOnlineToolbox were solely based on his own personal use, attempting to simply help out his fellow contractor and not based on the fact that each time a user on this forum purchases his software that there is a financial gain for him. Isn't this a conflict of interest?
Just Asking,
Jon Peters

PMI

Hello Jon,
I will answer the question rather than question your motives noticing that this is your second post with some really strange details as the first item to question.
As others already know, I invested in MyOnlineToolbox because I had the opportunity. They were looking for Beta testers and then I was given the opportunity to invest and offer my opinions (not to run the company, but on business challenges). My focus is running pmi1call on a daily basis. I am sure that you can see there are many people involved with this software company and Phil The Contractor is not going to make or break the software industry. I have helped out our fellow contractors by “investing” in something that I believe will help for the future. I do well with PMI and of course would like to see toolbox do well, but trust me – there is nothing major to gain from an individual sale. I did invest before by purchasing two other products and simply could not get them to work so it was good money out the window. I will not bad mouth other software firms since there is nothing to gain and would probably have my motives questioned yet again. I never would have invested in a new solution if the right one was available for me, would you? I have offered positive and negative comments. I am probably a more vocal critic of the extra things I wished the product can do since I am an investor. For example, a recent Canadian company was informed that they would not have the mapping features available. As another example, I informed the community that the Job Costing reporting is not done yet (because other users desired other features first). Most people would never talk about negative things but the toolbox guys said they did not care that I just tell the truth. I am not looking to hurt the integrity of this forum which unfortunately is why I am not responding to more question unless someone states something grossly incorrect. But as a reminder, nothing has ever been hidden and the truth has always been on display. I would challenge you to find a post that I did not answer honestly based on the facts (but of course may not answer to avoid in further silly debates). This is a forum, there are no secrets, no mystery, no conflicts and enough has been said on the topic. It seems that the readers of this forum will be able to make up their own minds without caring that I invested money and time to bring it to market.
Phil
PS. I do own some Microsoft and Google stock and will try to avoid making comments about these products to not offend anyone since I would like my investments in these other tech stocks to also increase. You got me.

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Phil Tonks
For all your Remodeling & Home Improvement needs in South Florida visit www.pmi1call.com

JonPeters

Phil,
Thank you for your clarifications on that. Now I have a better understanding. It is possible that others have had similar questions as well, so you may have answered theirs as well.
P.S. As long as you do not own Yahoo stock you should be just fine in the long run.

PMI

Funny that you should mention that. I really would not have understood the Yahoo stock scenario if I didn't get a little more involved with other investors. The CEO of Yahoo has gotten so emotionally connected to the company and is too wealthy that he forgot about the investors who got him that far. He should have sold to Microsoft to allow everyone to make money, but now people have to pray he can do something for them to just break even five years from now, if they are that lucky. But I guess he was more concerned about having a job for a short period. All Yahoo stock has to do is dip another few dollars and then Microsoft may come back to buy it for less than 50% of what they just proposed a few months earlier. I wouldn't want to be in their meetings with Carl Icahn there. Would love to be a fly on the wall to see how Carl talks to Jerry.

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Phil Tonks
For all your Remodeling & Home Improvement needs in South Florida visit www.pmi1call.com