Mobile Mechanic
Hello everyone I'm Christopher Flores and I am coming up in completing my first year in business as a mobile mechanic in El Paso Texas. A little bit about myself I just recently completed my Multidisciplinary associate and bachelor's degree from El Paso Community College and the University of Texas at El Paso. I also have two more classes to complete two more associate degrees in Business and Psychology, and I have started my fourth associate's degree in Automotive Technology. I have about ten years working on my personal truck and my family's cars, but I never really liked it until I took an anger management class. Now working on cars is a real joy and gives me a lot of pride when I complete a job. What I also like about working on cars is that it is much easier on my body since I worked many years in construction and have been through several car accidents. I recently found this webpage through an ad on FB for a grant opportunity for my business. I took the chance and applied and joined the Jobber community. I'm liking what I'm seeing and hope to get helpful insight to running and operating a business. I haven't seen a specific industry topic for mobile mechanics or automotive services. But if anyone has any insight, I would appreciate it. It is kind of hard to believe but there are many mobile mechanics and field mechanics working on small to large industrial equipment. And the average person usually thinks you would need a shop with thousands of dollars of tools, lifts, and scanners and you wouldn't be wrong, but you would be surprised what you can do with what you can fit in your truck.Roll call! Meet & introduce yourself to other Service-based Skilled Trade pros
If you’ve ever thought, “How are other businesses like mine handling this?” you’re in the right place! This space is for Service-Based Skilled Trades pros to connect, compare notes, and talk shop with others who understand the day-to-day realities of running your type of business. 👋 Introduce Yourself Drop a comment and tell us: Your name Business name Industry Years in business Location (City/State/Province) Let us know if you’re joining us for LIVE networking on March 17 (more details below) The more context you share, the better connections you’ll make. 🙌 Pro tip: Search your city or state in the forum to easily find other pros in your area. 📅 Want to connect LIVE? We’re running a pilot to host virtual weekly LIVE Industry Networking starting on March 17, running until April 7. If you’d be interested in joining for the first or following sessions (don’t need to commit to all but you're welcome to join!), make sure to let us know in the comments. 🤝 Culture of this space Think of this forum board like a room full of peers who understand your world. Share what’s working. Ask real questions. Talk through challenges. The goal is to power your success and raise the standard of home service industries together. 💬 Looking for conversation starters? This space works best when conversations are industry-specific and experience-based. You might jump in with something like: “How are other [your industry] pros pricing this service right now?” “Is anyone else seeing this shift in their market?” “What’s been working for you when it comes to ____?” 🤔 Why are industries grouped together? We’ve intentionally clustered similar industries to keep conversations active and relevant. These groupings reflect shared business models, operational challenges, and pricing conversations so you can learn from peers who “get it,” even if they’re not in your exact trade. If your question applies to all home service businesses, feel free to post in our broader forum boards. Pro tip: Check out the industry tags to get even more specific Looking forward to seeing this space come to life. 🚀
Curious how everyone is using AI in their business?
Are you using it for writing estimates? Social media? Customer emails? SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)? Marketing? Scheduling? Or something else? I've found AI has saved us hours every week by helping us create estimates, write customer emails, develop social media content, organize processes, and streamline our workflow. How has AI helped you personally and professionally? What's your favorite use case? I'm always looking for new ideas to make our business more efficient.When things get bad
So I got my business license just over 5 yrs ago not knowing exactly what I was going to do with it. "Something in the electrical field" is what I was thinking since i was a journeyman electrician for over 20 yrs. As it were I didn't have my journeyman license anymore and was limited in financial resources so cleaning yards was where any of my income was coming from. I also built and developed mobile applications and software but soar costs me more than it makes.. it's been a one man team so far because I can't afford to hire even if I could find reliable people. Now my equipment is falling into disrepair because I can't afford to have it taken to a mechanic. I usually do all my own mechanical repairs but if takes me longer seeing as how I'm not a mechanic and not really equipped for it. Anyway it's been a slow couple of weeks and I'm starting to get discouraged about the whole thing. Almost to the point to where I need to go start applying for a job. Any thoughts?Are there other Locksmiths using Jobber?
Would like to see a Locksmith Community in Jobber at times it feel like we are the only locksmith business using jobber, if you are a locksmith company leave a comment and state your name and business name so that we can support each other and help build a locksmith community.Let's encourage each other today!
Share one business win you're proud of this week—big or small. Maybe you landed a new customer, hired a great employee, streamlined a process, or simply made it through a challenging week. I'll start: Every opportunity to help a customer improve their home reminds me why I love being in this industry. I hear all the time people are so graceful to find an honest handyman they can trust and doesn't compromise on quality of work. Looking forward to celebrating everyone's wins in the comments! Irie Handyman Services Fix • Build •Transform
Metal Relic: Welding, Business, and Building a Life in Steel
Hey everyone, my name is Jeremy Werkheiser and I’m the owner and artist behind Metal Relic. Metal Relic started in 2017 as a night and weekend side gig. At the time, it was a way for me to take welding, fabrication, salvaged steel, and industrial materials and turn them into something more creative. What started with smaller handmade metal pieces slowly grew into guitars, motorcycles, flowers, wall pieces, machines, creatures, and eventually larger sculptural work. My background is in industrial maintenance and management, so I have always approached my work from both the hands-on trade side and the problem-solving side. Nuts, bolts, washers, chain, sheet steel, pipe, tools, scrap, and raw steel all become part of the work. I like taking hard industrial materials and pushing them into organic forms while still letting the steel look like steel. A lot changed for me over the last few years. After a house fire, losing tools, losing my father, and having life pretty much force a reset, my perspective shifted. Metal Relic became more than just making things. It became a way to rebuild, refocus, and prove that skilled trades can become fine art when you keep pushing the craft. That shift eventually led me back to school for welding, where I treated the education side seriously. I wanted to sharpen the skills behind the art, not just rely on what I already knew. That path led into SkillsUSA, competition work, project documentation, galleries, exhibitions, media features, and national and international recognition for my sculpture work. My piece The Deep Sleep, a steel Kraken attacking a pirate ship, became a major turning point for me and helped show what Metal Relic could become. On the business side, Metal Relic has grown from a side project into a full-time small business. That has meant learning a lot beyond welding: pricing, shipping, customer communication, inventory, event planning, online sales, marketing, photography, branding, and figuring out how to balance smaller production work with larger custom and fine art pieces. Some days the business side is harder than the fabrication side, but it is all part of building something real. I’m not here to make a sales post. I wanted to introduce myself, share some of the history behind Metal Relic, and show the work that came out of that journey. Everything I make is built by hand, one piece at a time, with the goal of turning raw steel into something that feels alive. Glad to be here and looking forward to connecting with everyone. If anyone has questions about my process, the education side, the business side, or the journey from side gig to full-time work, feel free to ask me anything. Jeremy Werkheiser Metal RelicHow Do Contractors Structure Their Quotes to Get More Large Jobs Approved?
Hi everyone, I’m Deroy Waite, owner of Protastic Plumbing Services Inc., and I’d really appreciate some insight from fellow plumbers or contractors. We’ve been in business for 2 years, backed by over 20 years of plumbing experience, and we’re currently focused on improving our quote approval rate, especially on larger jobs. For those landing bigger projects consistently, how are you structuring or presenting your quotes to get them approved? Are there specific things you’ve found make a big difference? Any tips or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
