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  Win Your Way to Ignite 2026 👏 The Aspire Together Community Challenge has officially returned this season, paving the way for you to join us in Orlando this September. We are giving away three free tickets to Ignite ‘26—one every month from June through August. You’ve got the Aspire insights so share it with others and secure a front-row seat at our biggest event of the year, Ignite!  We are looking for our most engaged, helpful, and active community members. The more you contribute to Aspire Together and help others by collaborating with ideas, thought leadership and creative solutions, the higher your chances of winning. Contest Duration: June 1, 2026 – August 31, 2026 Prize: One Ignite ‘26 ticket awarded at the end of June, July, and August. One winner per month. To maximize your chances, stay active. While every interaction counts, some actions carry more weight. Focus on sharing your real-world experiences to help your peers level up.Actions you can take include:  Creating a ne

  Uncover the Newest Updates in PropertyIntel Take your site audits into the field. PropertyIntel's Reference Maps now work seamlessly on mobile — place pins, edit details, manage groups, attach photos, and share views, all from your phone. • Drop Pins Instantly: Long press anywhere on the map to place a pin — no menus, no extra taps.• Full Pin Details On-Site: View and edit pin names, colors, groups, values, tags, and descriptions right from your device. • Group Management: View group details and answer prompts while you're walking the property.  Attach Photos: Snap a photo or upload from your device and attach it to any pin, right from the field. Shareable Mobile Views: Send a read-only shared link that renders beautifully on any device. NEW — Enterprise Permissions (Enterprise Tier Only)  Take control of who can do what in PropertyIntel. New role-based permissions let admins configure exactly which team members can create projects, manage properties, edit the catalog, and more. Cu

  We’re back with another webinar for the Back 2 Basics Series! Is your property data working for you, or creating headaches in your reporting and operations? Messy records, duplicate properties, and inconsistent fields can quietly drag down efficiency across your entire business.  Join product specialist Brittany for this hands-on session where you'll learn how to take control of your property records in Aspire and build habits that keep your data clean for the long haul. 🗓️ Date: June 10th, 2026⏱️ Time: 11:00 AM PST What we will cover in this webinar: A clear understanding of the essential property record fields in Aspire and how to use them effectively Best practices for organizing and managing property data across your team Proven strategies for maintaining accurate, clean, and up-to-date property records Tips to avoid the most common data entry errors and prevent duplicate property records Ways to improve operational efficiency and unlock better, more reliable reporting C

  What happens when AI decides who gets the job? AI-driven search experiences are already here and it’s rewriting the rules of online visibility for home service businesses. In our newest episode of Toolbox for the Trades, Amanda Salvatore talks with William Haddad, SVP of Product & Optimization at Scorpion, about why constant algorithm updates don't matter if you focus on the right thing: Brand Authority. William breaks down why the old playbook of chasing keywords and clicks is losing ground to something much harder to game: trust. He gets into the three core mechanics still driving search in an AI-first world, why brand authority is the new currency, and why a teach everything video content strategy might be one of the most underutilized moves in home services marketing right now. Are any of you already seeing AI tools (ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, etc.) send customers your way, or is it still mostly traditional search driving your leads? Give the full episode a listen throug

  Make the most from every conversation at Ignite  Last week, Amanda Salvatore, host of the Toolbox for the Trades Podcast, sat down with Justin Mangold from Mangold Horticulture and Sam Rankin from Yardline Pest Control and ETCH Outdoor Living to talk through how to get real value out of industry events like Ignite. The networking segment alone made it worth the listen. A few standouts: Show up ready to give, not just take. The best networkers contribute as much as they gain. Pick a new seat at every session. You already share something with whoever's next to you. Connect with people outside your market. Since they're not competitors, conversations can go deeper. Break the ice first. Most people are waiting for someone else to do it. Beyond networking, the recording also covers pre-event planning, on-site tactics, and how to actually apply what you learn. Make Ignite pay off and watch the full webinar recording here. 🎥

  The 6.29 Daffodil Release is Live 🌼 Eliminate manual bottlenecks and protect your bottom line with Daffodil. Our latest release is designed to bring professional precision to your entire operation from field to finance.  Key Highlights:   Real-Time Geo-Spatial Accuracy: Automatically apply the correct tax rates across 12,000+ jurisdictions based on the specific service or product sold. Automated Research: Eliminate the manual burden of looking up tax rates for new job sites, freeing your team for high-value tasks. Use Tax Oversight: Maintain compliance with state-specific use-tax laws by tracking material purchases and usage across different states. Equipment Swapping Made Easy: Field users can now easily log time to different pieces of equipment at a tap within a work ticket. Enhanced Data Visibility: Crews can instantly see in a simple table whether their time, work progress, and material data are stored locally or synced to the cloud. Seamless Field-to-Office Communicat

  Tired of month-end chaos? Then Aspire’s Accounting Workshops might be right for you. Join us at our office for a focused, hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to confidently manage and reconcile invoiced revenue as part of your EOM close.  🗓️ Our next session: June 16–17 | Focus: Invoiced Revenue Hosted at our office, these sessions offer: Expert-led group training tailored to common EOM challenges Personalized support to address your specific accounting needs Flexible scheduling with multiple dates and sessions to choose from Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow or troubleshoot specific accounting challenges, our team is ready to help you walk away with real solutions. Be sure to check out all of our upcoming workshop dates through the link. 

  Here’s where it actually leaks In our latest blog, we go over how most operators assume margin problems start in estimating. But they don't. The leak usually happens between the quote and the completed job.  Peak season creates the perfect conditions for it: Seasonal crews producing at 60–70% of estimated efficiency Rework hours buried in overhead instead of tied to the original job Travel and transitions eating billable utilization Scope creep without change orders By the time the monthly P&L shows it, those lost weeks can't be recovered. The fix isn't pricing differently, it's seeing differently. Track estimated vs. actual production rates weekly. Calculate margin by crew, not just by branch. Log rework against the original job so root causes surface. Where's your biggest leak this spring?

  From frustration to fix: Caren Bueno's Green Gap story 🎙️ This week’s episode is an exciting one. We have a guest joining us who needs absolutely no introduction because she is already such a huge part of this community, ​@Caren Bueno. We’re moving beyond the usual chat to dive deep into how Caren got to where she is today.  Imagine servicing an irrigation system installed 15 years ago with zero maps and zero records. Over the years, sheds are built, pools are added, and the original landmarks vanish. For the team at Corbett Irrigation, this meant technicians were arriving at sites with no starting point, turning every service call into a guessing game. Caren saw the toll this took on efficiency and decided that doing it the old way wasn't an option. When the existing platform didn't offer the geolocation tools they needed, Caren didn't wait for a fix she helped build it instead. By collaborating with our team to develop precision tracking, she eliminated the guesswork.  Now: Techni

  Elevate your game with Aspire to Greatness Escape the day-to-day chaos and sharpen your focus on what's driving your business forward! Aspire to Greatness is built for landscape professionals who want to level up their Aspire skills alongside peers facing the same challenges.  This workshop is a great fit if you: Run a landscape-focused operation Bring in $2MM to $8MM in annual revenue Have been using Aspire for under 2 years Are onboarding new users or have power users still finding their footing Are eager to swap ideas with like-minded operators at a similar stage Consider yourself a beginner or intermediate Aspire user We're heading to Denver on June 9-10, 2026, and keeping the group small. We’re keeping it to 50 seats so every attendee gets real, hands-on takeaways and meaningful conversations.  Don’t miss your chance to learn, connect and grow. Register today. 📎