Unfiltered, unedited, and a little rough. A collection of landscaping & lawn care business lessons I've learned along the way. I see so many new lawn care businesses get started only to fail a short time later because the entrepreneurs didn't educate themselves enough about their field. Here is a collection of lessons I learned that will give your lawn care or landscaping business a better chance at success. As an added bonus, I have included some very helpful lawn care business marketing letter templates to super charge your business. By Steve Low Host of The GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show and the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.
If you haven't started your lawn care business yet, what are you waiting for? If you don't start your lawn care business this year, you'll be at least one year older when you do, so get started today! The vast majority of new lawn care businesses fail. Most of the time they fail because they don't know the tips, tricks, and secrets veteran business owners have learned through years of trial and error. The sooner you learn these secrets, the better your chances are of finding long term success. Download our Free 30 day trial of Gopher Lawn Care Business Billing & Scheduling Software at www.gophersoftware.com
Learn how to make more money with your lawn care or landscaping business. Making money with your lawn care or landscaping business can be a challenge even in the best of times but it gets even tougher when you are up against heavy competition. This book will help teach you what successful lawn care & landscaping business owners are doing to not only survive but to make more money than their competitors. It covers how to make more money on bidding. How to read your customer's body language to know when you are charging too much or not enough. Learn the steps you should be taking to win more bids and things you should never do when trying to win a lawn care bid. You will also learn how to deal with picky customers, those that live out of state, those that like to cancel service without giving you enough warning, and help you figure out how much your customers are actually worth. Learn how to make more money with your lawn care crew by knowing the ideal crew size from others who have experimented with many different setups. Learn the best way to purchase equipment, which equipment to purchase and how to use it in order to make your business more profitable. Read how other lawn care & landscaping business owners defend themselves against the secret ways competitors try to keep you from growing. Pickup new sales techniques your competitors would never share with you and learn new lawn care marketing tips to grow and improve the profitability of your customer base. And lastly, learn what to watch out for when it comes to bad contracts, avoiding problems with the IRS, and how your credit rating can hold you back from growth. See where others have tripped up so you can avoid the pitfalls that lay ahead and find out what really works and what doesn't. All of these topics are covered and more with real world examples, from The Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum & The GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show. To learn more about how to run your lawn care and landscaping business visit the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum at http: //www.gopherforum.com and download a Free 30 day trial of Gopher Lawn Care Business Billing & Scheduling Software at http: //www.gophersoftware.com
Combining down-to-earth text with helpful forms and worksheets, this authoritative guide details everything from making the initial decision to planning for long-term growth. The author draws from more than 20 years of personal experience as a landscape contractor to provide this highly-readable and comprehensive book.
Learning how to bid lawn care and landscaping jobs, when you are just getting your business started, is a huge task. Most of the times, those in the know aren't going to share with you all the lessons they've learned and the tips they have picked up over the years. But I will. I operate one of the largest lawn care business forums on the internet, The Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. On that site I have interviewed thousands upon thousands of lawn care business owners over the past decade. Throughout this process, I have learned a lot. All that I have learned, I want to share with you. The goal of this book is to give you, the lawn care business owner, a working knowledge of the entire bidding process for most of the jobs you are going to be called upon to bid. To give you a better idea on how to go about bidding jobs, services you can upsell, how to upsell, and how to perform those jobs. This book is somewhat large at close to 600 pages but I really wanted to include a lot of information. Read it at your own pace and later you can use it for years to come as a reference manual. Keep going back to this book over time, to get more ideas on how to improve your business. After your reading, I feel confident you and your business are going to be in a better place. If you would like to read more about how to improve your lawn care or landscaping business, check out my many books on the topic. Visit my Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum at http: //www.gopherforum.com and watch my GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Videos and Podcasts across the internet and on my GopherHaul Lawn Care Business & Marketing Blog at http: //www.lawnchat.com. Don't forget to try out our Gopher Lawn Care Business Software too at http: //www.gophersoftware.com By Steve Low Host of The GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show and the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.
Create a gorgeous lawn that is free of harsh chemicals. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to grow and maintain a thriving lawn using organic gardening methods. With expert advice on planting the best grass varieties, nourishing the soil, watering, fighting weeds, and sustainable maintenance, Paul Tukey helps you create a luscious and inviting lawn that is pesticide-free and safe for your children and pets.
A guide to lawn care provides tips, techniques, and advice for an attractive yard, covering such topics as mowing, weeding, fertilizing, and getting rid of pests.
Are you in the planning stages of starting a lawn care or landscaping business or operate one and want to know what tips, tricks and secrets others in the industry know? This episode guide is for you. The 26 episodes of our lawn care business show GopherHaul have been viewed over 1,000,000 times. All we have learned over the years has been put into this book to share with you. Topics discuss include: How to raise start up capital. Seasonal marketing ideas. What to do when your largest client leaves? What's better to use, postcards or brochures? How to build your customer base with referrals? Gain one customer then lose one customer. How to stop it? How to pre-qualify customers when they call? How to bid jobs. What should you include in a commercial lawn care bid? What newspaper ads work best? How to buy a lawn care business. Tips on buying used lawn care equipment. And much more.. Also download our FREE 30 day trial of Gopher Lawn Care Software http: //www.gophersoftware.com
Only one thing is standing between you and a fabulous lawn: It's called Lawn Care For Dummies. If you want a spiffy and well-coifed lawn (and not the overgrown, unruly one that people comment on when they pass by your house), you'll find everything you need to know to help you make your lawn the most dazzling spectacle on the block. Let authors Lance Walheim and the gardening experts at the National Gardening Association treat you and your yard to a megadose of lawn care information. In Lawn Care For Dummies, Walheim and the NGA give you the dirt on all the essentials, including how to * Design a low-maintenance or a high-maintenance lawn * Evaluate the pros and cons of planting a lawn from seed or starting one from sod * Discover how often you need to water your lawn without under-watering it or waterlogging it * Choose a mower that's right for your grass type * Deal effectively with wicked weeds and pesky insects * Create alternative lawns, such as ground cover plants, decks, and patios Lawn Care For Dummies also features a beautiful color insert with photos illustrating the various types of lawns found in yards across the world.
