Archive for July, 2017

Should I offer a warranty on a sod installation?

In this discussion from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, we hear from one landscaper who put in a bid to install sod on a property. That is the only part of the situation that appears relatively normal. After that, everything becomes murky. Dealing with an existing client who constantly throws up red flags, to [...]

July 21st, 2017 | Posted in How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Problem customers, Sod, Trials and Tribulations | No Comments

When to say goodbye to a mowing customer.

There are easy mowing customers to deal with and there are difficult ones. The easy ones agree to a simple list of services, don’t knit pick, and pay you promptly. Then there are those customers who always want you to do one or two more extra things for free. ‘Could you just do this, while [...]

July 14th, 2017 | Posted in How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Problem customers, Residential Customers, Start up, Trials and Tribulations, Upsells | No Comments

What do I do about all these lowballers?

No matter what industry you are in, there will always be a percentage of business owners who feel the best way to grow their business is to advertise the cheapest rate. The lawn care industry is no different. As we will see in this discussion from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, there are alternatives [...]

July 7th, 2017 | Posted in Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Signs, Marketing, Marketing on Craigslist.com, door to door, t-shirt | No Comments