Archive for the 'Goodwill' Category
When I read this discussion I really thought it covered a pretty big issue that I think the lawn care business owner just didn’t see. Then it got me thinking, we all might be doing things that we may just not realize we could be doing differently and getting better results. In this situation a [...]
March 3rd, 2010 | Posted in General Business, Goodwill, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Mowing, Marketing, Referrals, Word Of Mouth | No Comments
There are many ways to market your lawn care and landscaping business. The best ways tend to be the ones where you can visit person to person with members of your community. Saying hello to them, shaking their hand, and getting to know them all help you sell. A member of the Gopher Lawn Care [...]
January 15th, 2010 | Posted in Community Projects To Promote Your Business, General Business, Goodwill, How to get, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Newspaper Ads, Press Release, Residential Customers, Word Of Mouth, publicity stunt | No Comments
A lot of start up businesses really have a hard time generating word of mouth advertising. To help us understand how to do this better, I asked a member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum how he did it.
I asked him, did you find it tough to generate word of mouth initially when you [...]
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Commercial Customers, General Business, Goodwill, How to get, How to sell, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Marketing, Referrals, Residential Customers, Start up, Word Of Mouth | No Comments
Giving your lawn care customers a Christmas gift may be a great way to show your appreciation of them and retain them for the next year’s mowing season. But is it really always a good idea? Also what about the type of gift you give? Should you send a holiday card instead? What works best?
That’s [...]
November 10th, 2009 | Posted in Christmas, Customer Retention, General Business, Goodwill, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas | No Comments
How often have you found yourself in a situation where you could perform an act of kindness to your lawn care customer or to a local member of your community? Have you jumped on these opportunities to really shine or were you simply in too much of a rush to get on to your next [...]
August 30th, 2009 | Posted in Community Projects To Promote Your Business, General Business, Goodwill, How to get, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Word Of Mouth | No Comments