Turn Your Job-Site Photos Into More 5-Star Reviews: The CompanyCam + NiceJob Workflow

Updated June 30, 2026 · 7 min read

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You already take the photos. Every job, you’re documenting the work — before-and-afters, the panel you cleaned up, the rooftop unit you swapped out. Those photos are sitting in an app. Meanwhile, the part of your business that actually drives new calls — your online reviews — depends on you remembering to ask, at the right moment, in a way the customer will act on.

Most contractors lose reviews not because customers are unhappy, but because the ask never goes out, or it goes out as a bare text with no context. A review request that shows the customer a photo of the work you just did for them is a different kind of ask. It reminds them what they’re vouching for.

That’s the whole point of connecting CompanyCam and NiceJob: the photo you already took rides along with the review request automatically. Here’s exactly how it works, how to set it up, and who should skip it.

What the integration actually does

CompanyCam is where your crew’s job-site photos live. NiceJob is reputation-marketing software that automates review requests, referrals, and posting reviews to your site and social feeds. Connected, they do one specific thing well: a photo you tag in CompanyCam gets attached to that customer’s review invitation in NiceJob.

The tag is the mechanism. You mark your best photo from a job with the tag NJReview. That photo imports to your NiceJob “Stories” page, and NiceJob includes it when it invites that customer to leave a review. The data passing between the two apps is limited: customer name, email, phone, and the photos. That’s it.

There are two ways to run it — fully automated through your CRM, or manually if you don’t connect one.

Setup (about 10 minutes, one time)

A few things to know before you start:

• It’s available on every CompanyCam plan.
• You need active accounts with both CompanyCam and NiceJob.
• You have to do this in a web browser — integrations can’t be connected from the mobile app.
• Whoever sets up the initial connection needs Manager or Admin access.

The connection itself:

1. In NiceJob, go to Product Settings → Apps.
2. Click Connect on the CompanyCam listing.
3. Log in to CompanyCam when prompted.
4. That’s the connection made.

Option A: Automated review invites through your CRM

This is the version worth setting up if you run a CRM, because it removes the “remember to ask” step entirely. CompanyCam’s integration works with these CRMs through NiceJob: Jobber, Housecall Pro, QuickBooks, HubSpot, JobTread, ServiceMinder, and Markate — plus anything you can wire up through Zapier.

One setup gotcha that trips people up: when you connect your CRM to CompanyCam, check the “Sync Primary Contacts to CompanyCam” box before connecting. It’s unchecked by default, and if you miss it, the customer contact info won’t flow through and your automated invites won’t have anyone to go to.

Once it’s connected, the day-to-day looks like this:

1. A new customer entry in your CRM creates a matching Project in CompanyCam (if one doesn’t exist yet).
2. Your crew uploads photos to that Project like they already do.
3. You — or whoever’s reviewing the work — tag the best photo NJReview.
4. You complete the job, proposal, or invoice in your CRM.
5. NiceJob automatically enters that customer into its Get Reviews campaign, using the most recently tagged photo from their CompanyCam Project.

The only new habit for the field is tagging one photo. Everything downstream is automatic.

Option B: Manual invites (no CRM required)

No connected CRM, or you only want to send invites for select jobs? You can drive the whole thing from CompanyCam:

1. Create a Project in CompanyCam and upload photos.
2. Tag your best photo NJReview. The photo and the customer’s contact info import to your NiceJob Stories page.
3. On the Stories page, click Get a review under the story. If the customer’s contact info was saved on the CompanyCam Project, the invite goes out in one click. If not, add their email or phone and they’re enrolled.

One reminder that matters here: keep customer contact details updated on each CompanyCam Project, or NiceJob won’t have the right person to send to.

Bonus: the reviews you collect feed your website and social

Once a review comes in from a customer invited this way, NiceJob keeps it linked to the photos that went out with it. If you run NiceJob’s reviews widget on your site, the review and its photos publish together automatically — which is far more convincing to a homeowner comparing contractors than a star rating with no picture. The same review-plus-photo pairing can post to your social feeds, automatically or by manual pick.

Skip this if…

This isn’t for everyone, and it’s worth being honest about that:

• You don’t already use CompanyCam. Don’t adopt a photo platform just to bolt on review requests — that’s the tail wagging the dog. If you want photo documentation and you want this workflow, great. If you only want review automation, NiceJob does that on its own.
• Your crew won’t tag photos. The entire workflow hinges on someone tagging one photo NJReview per job. If that habit won’t stick, the automated version quietly does nothing.
• You’re on a CRM that isn’t supported and you don’t want to touch Zapier. The native list is Jobber, Housecall Pro, QuickBooks, HubSpot, JobTread, ServiceMinder, and Markate. Anything else means a Zapier connection, which is doable but is one more thing to maintain.

For a contractor already living in CompanyCam who wants more reviews without adding a manual step, though, this is close to free leverage — you’re attaching value to a photo you were taking anyway.

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Contractor review-automation FAQs

How does automating review collection actually work? After a job wraps, the system texts or emails the customer a one-tap link to leave a review. Automating review requests this way turns finished jobs into a steady stream of customer reviews — the social proof that wins your next bid.

Is this just reviews, or full reputation marketing? Review collection is the engine; the payoff is reputation marketing — showcasing those reviews on your website and social media and turning happy clients into reviews and referrals. Multi-location contractors can track each location separately.

Can I try it before paying? Most review tools offer a free trial, so you can send real review requests and watch the responses come in before you pick a plan.

Written by Michael

Michael is the founder of Augmented Trades, an independent site that tests and reviews AI tools for trade contractors. Tools are recommended on fit for your shop — affiliate partnerships never decide coverage.