On the job
Invoice multiple jobs in one day via text
Each job gets its own text and its own link, sent before you start the next one. A single catch-up session at night mixes the totals.
Close the job in the gap between jobs
Three jobs in a day is where invoicing collapses. The gap between them is ten minutes, which is enough for one line and one text if you do not open a laptop. Do the Cable Run Homes invoice before you knock on the next door. At the end of the day you should have three sent links, not a notes app full of half sentences. If one customer pays cash, mark that one paid so the evening list is only the people who still owe you. Do not combine two households onto one invoice to save time. You will save nothing when you have to split it.
Cable Run Homes is invoiced before I start the next house. 4 hours and the oven, due today: https://invoicetxt.com/i/your-link
Send in the gap, not at night
The gap has the right details. The night has blur.
One household, one link
Even if the work looked similar.
Mark the cash ones before you drive
Your evening list should be true.
Keep the line shape identical
Only the name and the prices change, so the gap stays short.
What to put on this invoice
- A send between jobs
- Separate links
- Cash marked paid on the spot
- A short line you can type in a few minutes
Questions about this job
What if the jobs are for one landlord?
You can still send one invoice per property, or one invoice with a line per property. Do not blend the totals without labels.
What if I run out of signal between jobs?
Store the line in notes and send at the next bar. Do not merge it with the next job’s note.
How many is too many for one person?
When the gap disappears. If you truly have no minutes between jobs, the draft has to be written on site in notes and sent at the first stop. The night is still the wrong place to invent the prices.
The day is a sequence of closed texts. An evening catch-up is where the second house inherits the first house’s oven.
Related guides
Create an invoice from job notes
Turn the job note into the invoice line: client, each price, due date. If the note does not contain prices, it is not ready.
Open guide →Turn handwritten notes into a text invoice
Type the handwritten prices into one line, check them against the page, and text the link. Do not photograph the notebook and call it the invoice.
Open guide →Invoice for materials and labour via SMS
The SMS should say labour and materials as two ideas. The invoice should show them as separate lines so neither one hides inside the other.
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