https://tradeyoke.net/blog/author/doerte Doerte is part of the TradeYoke team and writes about the everyday side of running rounds, jobs and customers. en-gb https://tradeyoke.net/blog/running-a-window-cleaning-round-from-an-ipad https://tradeyoke.net/blog/running-a-window-cleaning-round-from-an-ipad Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:17:22 GMT A tablet is a better planning screen than a phone and a lighter office than a laptop. Here is how window cleaners use an iPad on the round, what to look for, and how TradeYoke fits an iPad or Android tablet in portrait, landscape and Split View. Doerte Window cleaning Mobile Guides https://tradeyoke.net/blog/message-customers-about-a-visit-templates-that-fill-themselves https://tradeyoke.net/blog/message-customers-about-a-visit-templates-that-fill-themselves Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:44:40 GMT Retyping the day, the time and the job reference into every text is slow, and it is how the wrong date gets sent. Here is what a good visit message says, how to stop rewriting it, and how TradeYoke's Message button fills the details in for you. Doerte Messaging Guides Product https://tradeyoke.net/blog/quoting-faster-on-site https://tradeyoke.net/blog/quoting-faster-on-site Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:26:49 GMT "I'll email you a quote" is one of the easiest ways to lose a job to whoever answers second. Here's what actually makes on-site quoting fast, what dedicated quoting apps get right, and how TradeYoke's quote wizard gets to a sent, acceptable quote before you've left the driveway. Doerte Guides Product https://tradeyoke.net/blog/stop-no-shows-appointment-reminder-texts https://tradeyoke.net/blog/stop-no-shows-appointment-reminder-texts Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:33:16 GMT A missed appointment costs a trade business the travel time, the slot another customer could have had, and the awkward call to rebook. Here's what actually cuts no-shows, and how TradeYoke automates it. Doerte Messaging Guides Product https://tradeyoke.net/blog/website-for-a-window-cleaning-or-gardening-business https://tradeyoke.net/blog/website-for-a-window-cleaning-or-gardening-business Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:33:16 GMT Most window cleaning and gardening businesses grow by word of mouth and a van sign — until the phone stops being the fastest way for a new customer to book. Here's when a website earns its keep, and what to put on it. Doerte Guides Window cleaning Gardening Product https://tradeyoke.net/blog/how-to-plan-a-window-cleaning-round https://tradeyoke.net/blog/how-to-plan-a-window-cleaning-round Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:33:16 GMT A round that looks full on paper can still waste an hour of driving if it isn't planned properly. Here's what actually makes a window cleaning round efficient, what dedicated round-planning tools get right, and how TradeYoke's Plan my day automates the decide-order-go routine every morning. Doerte Window cleaning Guides Product https://tradeyoke.net/blog/keeping-a-lone-working-tradesperson-safe https://tradeyoke.net/blog/keeping-a-lone-working-tradesperson-safe Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:33:16 GMT An electrician alone in a plant room, a gas engineer under a floor, a solar installer working a rural site — lone working is normal in these trades. Here's what genuinely reduces the risk, and how TradeYoke gives the office real visibility without a box wired into the van. Doerte Compliance Product Guides https://tradeyoke.net/blog/plan-my-day-decide-order-go https://tradeyoke.net/blog/plan-my-day-decide-order-go Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:29:00 GMT March 2026 turned the diary into a morning routine. Plan my day shows what is overdue and what is booked, lets you decide, puts the day in order, and sends it to your phone. Doerte Window cleaning Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/consent-first-tracking-a-team-fairly https://tradeyoke.net/blog/consent-first-tracking-a-team-fairly Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:26:00 GMT December 2025 was about the part of live monitoring that matters most: nobody is tracked without being told first, and everyone can switch sharing off on their own device. Doerte Product Guides Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/directions-to-the-door https://tradeyoke.net/blog/directions-to-the-door Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:23:00 GMT Knowing where the next customer is only helps if you can get there. September 2025 put a Directions button on every customer and job, and began ordering a day by distance. Doerte Window cleaning Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/one-signature-pad-for-surveys-inspections-and-job-completion https://tradeyoke.net/blog/one-signature-pad-for-surveys-inspections-and-job-completion Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:25:00 GMT By July 2025 surveys, inspections, quotes and finished jobs all needed a signature. We built one signature pad, and a signature that files itself where you will look. Doerte Guides Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/site-surveys-before-the-quote https://tradeyoke.net/blog/site-surveys-before-the-quote Tue, 13 May 2025 10:19:00 GMT A repeat window clean can be priced from the doorstep. A garden redesign or a large property cannot. May 2025 added site surveys: look, measure, photograph, then quote. Doerte Guides Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/documents-on-every-record-job-customer-vehicle-and-company https://tradeyoke.net/blog/documents-on-every-record-job-customer-vehicle-and-company Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:19:00 GMT A job's paperwork is not the customer's, and neither is the van's. In March 2025 the documents sticky learned which record you are on and opened the right folder in its own colour. Doerte Guides Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/a-diary-that-fills-itself-recurring-visits https://tradeyoke.net/blog/a-diary-that-fills-itself-recurring-visits Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:10:00 GMT August 2024 was the diary. Set a frequency once and every future visit appears on the schedule; move a visit by dragging it. Here is how the board came together. Doerte Window cleaning Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/first-working-customers-and-jobs-for-window-cleaning https://tradeyoke.net/blog/first-working-customers-and-jobs-for-window-cleaning Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:09:00 GMT July 2024 was the month the customer list and the job list started to work together for window cleaning. Here is what that meant, what was missing, and what we learned from using it. Doerte Window cleaning Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/the-customer-record-a-window-cleaner-needs https://tradeyoke.net/blog/the-customer-record-a-window-cleaner-needs Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:05:00 GMT April 2024 was about the customer. What does a window cleaner need on a record: the address, the price, the rhythm, how to get in, and what they owe? Here is how we designed it. Doerte Window cleaning Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/designing-a-window-cleaning-round-in-software https://tradeyoke.net/blog/designing-a-window-cleaning-round-in-software Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:04:00 GMT In March 2024 the question was simple and not easy: what is a round, in software? A named list of stops, each with a frequency and a next-due date, in an order you can change. Doerte Window cleaning Product Building TradeYoke https://tradeyoke.net/blog/why-window-cleaning-rounds-drift https://tradeyoke.net/blog/why-window-cleaning-rounds-drift Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:03:00 GMT A round that is not looked after drifts: missed cleans, old prices, a route that no longer makes sense. We wrote down what drifts, and what a well-run round looks like. Doerte Window cleaning Our story Building TradeYoke