Archive for September, 2012
When the economy is slow, there will always be an increase in the amount of low ballers. They may feel their competitive advantage is having low prices, but after a short period of time, if their price is unsustainable, they will close up shop. What should you do though to deal with local low ball [...]
September 28th, 2012 | Posted in Business Failure, Growth, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Pricing, Trials and Tribulations, lawn care equipment | No Comments
There will always be a certain group of lawn care customers out there who think your estimate price is the price they can start bargaining with you at. At times you may want a job more so than others and because of that, you may be willing to be a little more flexible on the [...]
September 27th, 2012 | Posted in GopherHaul, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Post Hole Digging, Pricing, Problem customers, lawn care equipment | No Comments
Have you been looking to purchase an existing lawn care business? There are many pitfalls to buying a business but some entrepreneurs seem to have great success with it. Before you jump in and try it, consider this discussion from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum on how one entrepreneur found success. The suggestions he [...]
September 26th, 2012 | Posted in Growth, How to get, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Operational Costs, Overhead Costs, Pricing, Start up, Upsells | No Comments
We’ve all heard it before. Keep it simple. This applies not only to business, but to life in general. When you start thinking about complex lawn care marketing concepts, try to find a way to easily explain them in a few sentences. If you can’t do it, there is a very good chance you will [...]
September 25th, 2012 | Posted in How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Newspaper Ads, Referrals | No Comments
With the right equipment, your lawn care business can make a lot of money in a short period of time. Performing jobs faster and more efficiently than your competition will most certainly bring you more profits. Let’s see an example of this as discussed in the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.
September 21st, 2012 | Posted in How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Pricing, Tiller, Tilling, lawn care equipment | No Comments
No matter what business you are in, there will always be scams and scammers who spend every waking moment trying to come up with new ways to fool you. Here is yet another interesting craigslist scam that lawn care business owners need to be wary of, as shared with us on the Gopher Lawn Care [...]
September 20th, 2012 | Posted in Business Failure, Internet, Lawn Care Business, Marketing, Marketing on Craigslist.com, Start up, Trials and Tribulations | No Comments
There are so many ways you can go wrong when you are first getting your business started. You can run out of money. You can get frustrated on the response from your marketing. Then you can just find yourself giving up because what you perceive as a lack of interest in your business, but before [...]
September 19th, 2012 | Posted in Business Failure, Debt, Door hanger, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, Growth, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Care Truck & Trailer Signs, Lawn Mowing, Marketing, Mower, Pricing, Residential Customers, Start up, door to door, lawn care equipment | No Comments
A lot of money is wasted on poorly chosen equipment every year by entrepreneurs who don’t spend enough time investigating what they should purchase. If you are looking to provide power washing services, consider these tips shared to us on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, before you go out and spend any money. Knowing [...]
September 18th, 2012 | Posted in Pressure Washer, Pressure Washing, lawn care equipment | No Comments
Here is some great food for thought. If you think there are a lot of competitors in your area providing lawn care services, you may want to do what you can to not make the situation worse. One entrepreneur shared with us on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, the events that got him to [...]
September 17th, 2012 | Posted in Business Failure, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Employees, Start up | No Comments
If you do what everyone else is doing, you can pretty much expect to get the same results. If you experiment though with the services you offer and try different things, you can potentially hit on a service that is needed in your area and can make you quite a bit of profit. In this [...]
September 14th, 2012 | Posted in Chipper, Excavator, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Care Truck & Trailer Signs, Marketing, Postcards, Pricing, Tree Removal, Upsells, Wood Chipping, door to door, lawn care equipment | No Comments
When is the last time you are going to be able to mow for the season? When that time comes, will there be other ways for you to continue to make money or will you simply pack it in and wait it out until spring? One new landscaper was trying to find out more about [...]
September 13th, 2012 | Posted in Fall Leaf Cleanups, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Mowing, Mowing, Winterization Services, leaf clean up | No Comments
Mechanical failures can happen at any moment. If you are out mowing lawns during the day, having the right spare parts with you can make the difference between a quick fix and having to end your day early. But with limited space, and budget, which spare parts should you keep on hand? That is what [...]
September 12th, 2012 | Posted in Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, lawn care equipment | No Comments
If you could restart your lawn care business again from the ground up, what would you do differently? Do any lessons stand out? They did for this entrepreneur who shared with us on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, how his 2nd attempt at getting started, differed a lot from his first attempt. The lessons [...]
September 11th, 2012 | Posted in Business Card, Business Failure, Commercial Customers, Growth, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, Internet, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Marketing, Marketing on Craigslist.com, Residential Customers, Start up, lawn care equipment | No Comments
There are certain times of the year when it is better for a consumer to purchase a product than other times. In this discussion from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, we will see when the best time is to purchase lawn care equipment and also how to go about getting the lowest price you [...]
September 10th, 2012 | Posted in Lawn Care Business, Mower, Mower blades, New Arrival, Overhead Costs, Pricing, lawn care equipment | No Comments
It is so very important to always be prepared. Whether that means always being prepared to take on new work or as we will see in this discussion from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, that we are prepared to network and sell when opportunities present themselves. Each and everyday, we are surrounded by many [...]
September 7th, 2012 | Posted in Growth, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, How to sell, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing | No Comments
With anything in life, there will be some who find more success than others. This applies to the lawn care business as well. Those who are constantly on the hunt to improve their business will more than likely do so while those who get complacent and simply repeat the same steps day in and day [...]
September 6th, 2012 | Posted in Business Failure, Business Plan, Growth, Lawn Care Business, Upsells, lawn care equipment | No Comments
When mowing season starts to slow down, leaf clean up services can pick up. There is quite a bit of money to be made in the fall that can help you get through the slower winter month, but how do you go about getting customers for such services? Also is there a most profitable way [...]
September 4th, 2012 | Posted in Box Blade, Business Card, Compact Utility Tractor, Fall Leaf Cleanups, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, How to get, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Logo, Lawn Care Marketing, Mailing list, Marketing, Mower, Newspaper Ads, Postcards, Residential Customers, UltraVac, lawn care equipment | No Comments