Your Best Project Photos Are Dying in Group Texts, Here’s How TaskTag Fixes It (and Why CompanyCam Doesn’t)

TaskTag vs CompanyCam: The Best Before and After Photo Workflow for Construction Pros

If you’ve ever asked your crew for jobsite photos, you already know how this goes.

You get:

• A blurry image with no context
• A “before” photo taken halfway through demo
• A picture of someone’s lunch
• And a bunch of photos you can’t even identify

Meanwhile, your marketing team is trying to post progress updates, build case studies, or send client reports — and they’re working with... whatever that is.

The Real Problem With Managing Before and After Construction Photos

Photos aren’t the issue.
Your team already takes them. Constantly.

The issue is structure.

Right now, jobsite photos are:

• Buried in personal camera rolls
• Lost in group texts
• Uploaded to the wrong folder
• Or dumped into CompanyCam with zero context

So when it’s time to show a transformation, prove work, or build trust with visuals — you’re digging through a digital haystack.

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CompanyCam for Before and After Photos: Strengths and Limitations

At first, we thought CompanyCam was the answer.
It’s clean, familiar, and built for contractors. It lets you:

• Snap and tag photos
• Organize by project
• Share albums with clients or teams

But here’s what we ran into:

• Crews didn’t always tag photos correctly
• There were no built-in instructions or checklists
• It wasn’t clear which photos were before/after
• We still had to chase people for missing shots
• And when we needed a full project story — it wasn’t there

CompanyCam stores photos. But it doesn’t guide the photo process.

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Why TaskTag Is the Best CompanyCam Alternative for Before and After Project Photos

TaskTag isn’t a photo app — it’s a workflow system that happens to be really good at handling jobsite photos.

Instead of dumping images into a gallery, TaskTag turns photo capture into a structured task. Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Create a Structured Before and After Log in TaskTag

This isn’t a folder. It’s a real task inside the project — with a checklist, instructions, and a place to drop photos.

Step 2: Upload Before and After Photos Directly Into TaskTag Projects

They’re already using TaskTag to check schedules, log work, or chat.
Now, they just upload the photos inside the task, or send them in chat with a project hashtag like #Elm_Street.

Step 3: Keep Construction Photos Organized, Timestamped, and Searchable

No more guessing. You can filter by project, tag, or task. And marketing can instantly find what they need — without bugging the field.

Real-World Example: TaskTag Before and After Photo in Action

Project: Elm Street Kitchen Renovation
Task: “Before & After Log”

Checklist inside the task:

• Before photos: wide + detail
• After photos: wide + detail
• Notes: what changed
• Optional walkthrough video

In chat:

“Before demo — cabinets + flooring. 8:12am. #Elm_Street”
📸 Wide photo
📸 Close-up of flooring damage

“After install — tile + cabinets done. 4:45pm #Elm_Street”
📸 Wide shot
📸 Detail of backsplash

Now the story writes itself — and marketing just downloads what they need.

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Why TaskTag’s Before and After Photo Workflow Beats CompanyCam

Here’s the key difference:

CompanyCam is useful for documentation.
TaskTag is built for storytelling, marketing, and progress proof.

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Beyond Marketing: How TaskTag Improves Documentation, Billing, and Client Trust

This workflow doesn’t just help with social media. It helps every part of your business:

• 📣 Client updates
• 📁 Progress documentation
• 💵 Progress billing
• 🧩 Subcontractor accountability
• 📸 Portfolio building
• 🛑 Dispute protection

You’re already doing the work. This just makes sure you capture it the right way.

Real Results: TaskTag vs CompanyCam for Before and After Photos

Before TaskTag:

• We were constantly chasing down missing “before” shots
• Marketing had to dig through 300 random images per job
• Our best projects never made it into the portfolio

Now:

• Crews know exactly what to capture
• Marketing can pull clean, chronological before/after sequences in minutes
• Every project tells a clear story — with visuals, notes, and timestamps

How to Set Up TaskTag’s Before and After Workflow for Your Crew

We wrote a step-by-step guide to help you set this up in your own TaskTag system:

👉 TaskTag’s Before & After Photo Workflow Guide

It’s simple. Repeatable. And it works — even if your crew hates “extra admin work.”
Because it’s not extra. It’s just part of the task.

TaskTag vs CompanyCam: The Clear Winner for Before and After Jobsite Photos

If you’re still relying on group texts, shared albums, or hoping your crew uploads to CompanyCam... you’re probably missing the best visuals from your best jobs.

The work is already happening.
The transformation is already there.
You just need a better system to capture it.

And that system should work the way your team already works — in the flow, not in a separate app.

That’s why we moved this workflow into TaskTag.
And we haven’t looked back.

Need help rolling it out or customizing the checklist for your crew?
Let me know — we’ve built templates, training steps, and even a one-pager you can hand out.

Let’s stop losing great project stories.
Let’s start capturing them — clearly, consistently, and without chaos.

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