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One of the top questions asked on the Gopher Forum is how to get new customers. Well I wanted to answer this question as best as possible and I put together two new books. If you are looking to gain more lawn care customers this Summer and who isn’t, check out my brand new books [...]

Here is a novel idea. What if you offered a home owner property safety inspection?
Consider these old axioms: “People buy from people they like.” and “Fear motivates most purchasing.”
You could walk a property, explain how certain bushes need to be trimmed or maybe re-landscaped. How you would suggest new landscape lighting for the nighttime.
I bet [...]

I thought this was a great flyer Julian shared with us that he is using to promote his lawn care business.

Thanks to Sherman for posting two new lawn care business flyers. If you would like to download them visit this post at the Gopher Lawn Care Forum.

Our friend Tom wrote us on the Gopher Lawn Care Forum and shared with us his lawn care business aeration flyer you can download for free.
Tom wrote “I have tried direct mail targeted to “new Movers” with no luck at all. I have tried this before and also have had no luck but thought that [...]

Brian made a post on the Gopher Lawn Care Forum, click on the link to read it. In the post he discussed a marketing strategy he tried where he marketed his lawn care business in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart, by distributing flyer ads onto cars.
Brian said “A Friend who does fencing on the [...]

Dell created this great door hanger to help you upsell the service of applying his lawn care product Doggy Oggy.
Doggy Oggy Door Hanger from Delle of http://www.doggyoggy.com
Thanks Dell!
Download larger image file here. Make sure you logged into the forum to download all files

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Lawn Care Business Question:

“I need help selling my accounts.”

I thought this was a great idea posted by our friend Keith in this post at the Gopher Lawn Care Forum.
Keith wrote:
“This time of year if you stand still for more than just a few minutes you will notice your skin coated with a thick layer of yellow pollen.
This morning, I was thinking about advertising [...]

A new lawn care business owner will often need a logo and marketing material to get themselves up and running. If you have ever visited our Gopher Lawn Care Software site, you know that we have hundreds of FREE lawn care logo templates, lawn care flyers, lawn care door hangers and much much more. So [...]

I wanted to send a big thanks to Chestin for taking part in one of our lawn care business discussions on our forum. If you would like to join in on the post where Chestin included this flyer you can by visiting the Gopher Lawn Care Forum here.
Spring Lawn Care Flyer from Chestin of http://www.lawncaremarketingmagic.com
Thanks [...]

Spring is here and many new lawn care business owners are going to be out and about providing estimates to new potential customers. Pat posted a question in our lawn care forum here and asked if we had any sample lawn care proposal or estimate forms he could download and use on job sites.

Here is [...]

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GopherHaul breaks the 800,000 view mark! Thank you everyone for watching us!

Inspirational Story:
Rob from Apple Lawns, a 15 year old entrepreneur wrote to us with his inspiring story. I think he will inspire others to start their [...]

Rob had posted his spring lawn care business flyer on our Gopher Lawn Care Forum. I think he did a really great job with it and maybe his design will inspire you to create your own.
Click on the flyer image to join in on the discussion.

Here is a lawn care flyer Justin posted on the Gopher Lawn care forum here to market his lawn care business for the spring.
Maybe it will inspire you to create your own.

Here is a lawn care flyer concept our friend Lynn just posted on the forum. I thought it was pretty creative. The only suggestion I had was to maybe add some coupons and a limited time offer to get the potential customers to jump on the offer. What do you think about it?
Join in on [...]

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Here is a marketing idea. Create a spring neighborhood yard sale. Have you house be the main area it starts from and ask other neighbors if they are interested in taking part.
You will be hosting the event and it will give you a great opportunity to meet new potential customers in your area.
You could then [...]

Our friend Keith from startalawncarebusiness.com offered this lawn care marketing idea on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.

“If you haven’t thought about it yet, Valentine’s Day is coming up.
I know the traditional gifts are Roses and Chocolates for girlfriends and wives.
Lots of guys also buy presents for their Moms. Instead of buying [...]

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A letter from a viewer. Julian writes us to thank us about GopherHaul and the site. Join the discussion on this post: http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=26;t=6848;

Here is the letter:

“Hello, well after gardening & landscaping for [...]

Thanks to Casey Shields for bringing up this idea.
I put together a flyer where you could promote your Christmas tree removal service and possibly offer the service for free if the customer signs up for an annual lawn care service contract or they could simply pay a one time fee of $25.
What’s your thoughts on [...]

I wanted to thank Rob for posting this lawn care business marketing flyer. It is designed with tabs at the bottom that can be pulled off so a potential customer can contact you. You might want to hang up such a flyer at a local grocery store to promote your mowing services.
You can download the [...]

In this episode of GopherHaul we discuss winter lawn care business marketing ideas.
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Have you considered running your own lawn care business toy drive?
Here is a flyer to promote your lawn care businesses toy drive for the holidays. Offering to run a toy drive really positions your business as one who cares about your community. It’s a great way to show your community that you care as well [...]

I have a bunch of great prizes to give away to the winners of our holiday outdoor decoration contest. So please submit your outdoor holiday decoration pictures today, by clicking on the banner image above.
- I have 2 free logo designs to give away compliments of Blair Productions
- I have a 1 month
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Let’s all get into the spirit of the holidays. I created this flyer you can edit and hand out in your area. The idea of this marketing concept is that you are going to position yourself as the go to lawn care business in your area. You are going to be the one that is [...]

I put this winter lawn care clean up flyer together based on Keith’s suggestions. You can download it and edit in any way you want. It’s created with openoffice.org which is a free program similar to Microsoft Word.
Download the file here Make sure you logged into the forum to download all files.

You can discuss this [...]

GopherHaul 16 is now online.
In this episode we will be talking about some new free downloads we have added to our lawn care business forum.

One is a flyer and the other is a lawn care business bid proposal template.

Next we will be talking about a new section we have added to the lawn care business [...]

I’d like to thank Brandon for posting this lawn care business proposal contract. It is in Microsoft Word format. If you don’ have that program, download the free version from openoffice.org.
You can download this template in our lawn care business forum here.