FOR CONTRACTORS

You're Paying for ServiceTitan.Use All of It.

7 years running a plumbing and HVAC business on ServiceTitan, followed by 4+ years on ServiceTitan's own team since 2022. Certified ServiceTitan Program Facilitator. STMax Expert

TimmyBoy ServiceTitan Pro Tips ⬇️

Plenty of shops only use part of what ServiceTitan can do, and the rest sits there costing money. This page walks through the settings, reports, and habits that get missed after go-live, straight from someone who ran a shop on it for seven years. Take what's useful. It's free.

CORE OPTIMIZATION AREAS

Pricebook & Flat-Rate Pricing

The most common mistake is setting pricing once at implementation and never adjusting for cost creep, letting margins quietly erode. Tip: put pricebook review on a recurring calendar quarterly, not someday.

TimmyBoy Pro Tips

  • Put pricebook review on a recurring calendar, quarterly, not someday

  • Price by task & an accurate billable hour, not by guesswork

  • Test price increases in small batches before rolling out shop-wide

CORE OPTIMIZATION AREAS

Reporting & KPI Dashboards

The most common mistake is staring at revenue only while ignoring the numbers that predict it: close rate, average ticket, and technician efficiency. Tip: pick 3 leading indicators, not 15 lagging ones, and review weekly.

TimmyBoy Pro Tips

  • Pick 3 leading indicators, not 15 lagging ones ( Leads | Booking Rate | Average Ticket )

  • Review key numbers weekly, not monthly

  • Compare technician-level data, not just shop-wide averages

Core Optimization Areas

Dispatching & Scheduling

Most common mistake, dispatchers manually overriding capacity logic every time, defeating the tool's purpose. Tip: fix the underlying capacity settings instead of working around them daily.

TimmyBoy Pro Tips

  • Fix the underlying capacity settings instead of working around them daily

  • Match technician skill tags to job types before dispatching by convenience

  • Review dispatch overrides monthly to catch patterns, not just individual fixes

Core Optimization Areas

Call Booking & CSR Training

Most common mistake, CSRs treated as order-takers instead of trained on the actual offer and membership pitch. Tip: script the first 30 seconds of every call, not the whole call.

TimmyBoy Pro Tips

  • Script the first 30 seconds of every call, not the whole call

  • Record and review real calls monthly, not just during onboarding

  • Retrain CSRs any time pricing or the offer changes

CORE OPTIMIZATION AREAS

Automations & Workflows

Most common mistake, automations built once during onboarding and never revisited as the business changes. Tip: audit automations twice a year against what is actually happening in the field.

  • Audit automations twice a year against what's actually happening in the field

  • Turn off automations nobody remembers building

  • Build and test one automation at a time, not five at once

TimmyBoy Pro Tips

Core Optimization Areas

Memberships & Service Agreements

Mistake: Agreements are sold once, left to auto-renew, and nobody re-engages lapsed members. Tip: Run a lapsed-membership report quarterly.

TimmyBoy Pro Tips

• Revisit membership pricing yearly.

• Texting instead of the app is a workflow problem.

• Check QuickBooks monthly

WHERE IT LEAKS

Where Shops Leave Value on the Table

Go-live treated as the finish line, nobody revisits configuration.

Reporting dashboards built for default KPIs, not the owner's goals.

Pricebook built once, never revised as costs change.

CSRs trained once, never retrained as scripts change.

Automations left on default settings.

This page is independent and not endorsed by ServiceTitan. Just real experience from someone who's implemented it.

The Software Doesn't Fix the Shop.

Everything on this page is yours, free, from 30+ years of learning it the hard way. Look back at that list above, though, and you'll notice none of those are software problems. A pricebook nobody updates, CSRs nobody retrains, and dashboards nobody tied to real goals are habits, and ServiceTitan will run whatever habits you hand it. Calls, Conversion, Profit is the playbook for building a solid foundation first, so the software you pay for actually pays you back. Whether you're on ServiceTitan now or saving up for it, start with the shop underneath it.

BEFORE THE SOFTWARE.