Posts Tagged ‘security alarm billing’
QuickBooks vs Automated Billing Software: Where Does your Business Stand?
QuickBooks is a familiar name for many businesses, often serving as the go-to general ledger and accounting tool. However, when it comes to the unique, recurring billing needs of the alarm industry, its “memorized transactions” feature often falls short. For alarm companies demanding agility, depth, and precision in customer billing, these limitations can translate into…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Alarm Payments: What Alarm Installation Companies Need to Know for 2025
In 2015, Cornerstone Billing Solutions looked ahead to see how customers would pay in the future. Now, ten years later, it’s clear that a lot has changed for Alarm Installation Companies. Technology has moved fast, and so have the rules around handling customer payments. This means if you’re in the alarm business, you need to…
Read MoreNeed to Find the Pulse of Your Alarm Business? Robust Reporting Has the Answers!
Life safety companies need software that gives them immediate answers about their key business drivers. Good reporting and clear dashboards help alarm company owners answer the big question: How are we doing? Five Key Reporting Metrics You Likely Want to Track For our customers, this big question will break down into several other questions, all…
Read MoreUpdate Part Costs Instantly! With Portal.io and Cornerstone Billing.
One of the biggest headaches for our life safety customers is this: keeping inventory costs CURRENT in their alarm business software. Especially with the inflation of the last few years, part prices are changing constantly. Well, Cornerstone Billing Solutions has solved the problem with our newest alarm business software integration. The payoff for our customers…
Read MoreAlarm Industry Service Software is like a Supermarket
When was the last time you visited a butcher shop to get your meat and poultry? Then a bakery to get your bread and rolls? Followed by a farm stand visit to stock up on vegetables? If you’re like most people, not recently. Instead, people get nearly all their food at a supermarket. Why? Because…
Read MoreMake Your Resolution Stick!
“2020 will be different! I’m going to travel more, save more money, and my team will have its best year yet!” These are the sort of New Year’s resolutions we all like to make. But how many of them are ever really achieved? According to Inc.com, saving money made the cut for top five resolutions.…
Read MoreHome Alone? Not With A Security System
If you’ve never had the displeasure of stepping on an army of tiny legos, we’d like to know how you accomplished this feet (get it?). Truly, please teach us your ways. This year, as the holidays approach we want to discuss the various tips and tricks the universe has presented as viable alternatives to a security…
Read MoreCornerstone integrates with COPS
We are excited to announce that Cornerstone Billing Solutions is fully integrated with COPS Monitoring, adding another excellent partner integration for our customers. What this integration means for our COPS dealers: PULL data from COPS (preferred) – set up new accounts as usual through the COPS Monitoring portal. Then, by clicking Download Customer in Cornerstone’s…
Read MoreCornerstone Integrates with UCC
We are excited to announce that Cornerstone Billing Solutions is fully integrated with UCC Monitoring, adding another excellent partner integration for our customers. What this integration means for our UCC dealers: PULL data from UCC (preferred) – set up new accounts as usual through the UCC portal. Then, by clicking Download Customer in Cornerstone’s software,…
Read MoreCornerstone Integrates with AvantGuard
We are excited to announce that Cornerstone Billing Solutions is fully integrated with AvantGuard Monitoring, adding another excellent partner integration for our customers. What this integration means for our AvantGuard Dealers: PULL data from AvantGuard (preferred) – set up new accounts as usual through the AvantGuard portal. Then, by clicking Download Customer in Cornerstone’s software,…
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