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Do you find it difficult when looking at a mulch bed to know how mulch mulch you will need to cover the area? Trying to figure out the math for it can be very difficult. Well stop worrying about buying too much mulch / topsoil or not enough and have to go back to the [...]

There has been a lot of interest in ordering all the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Calculators in a bundle so I put that together. You can now get the same estimators that I offer online for your personal computer without having to be on the internet to use them. A big benefit to this is [...]

The Lawn Care Marketing Return on Investment Calculator is now available for use on your desktop. If you liked using it online, here is your chance to now own it and use it without needing your internet connection. The great thing about this investment calculator is that it will help you figure out if your [...]

Do you have a hard time figuring out what you should charge to mow a lawn? Are you including your overhead costs when you calculate how much to charge a lawn care customer or are you just winging it? If you want to find profits and find success, you need to be scientific with your [...]

A lot of forum members wanted a copy of the mow time estimator to use on their computer in the field so I put together a downloadable version of the mow time estimator. If you would like a copy of it, I’ll email it to you after purchase.
Many times I see newer lawn care business [...]

How much do you charge to perform lawn care service? This has got to be one of the most common questions I have seen appear on the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Forum. It is a very important question too. If you don’t know how much the average lawn care business owner is charging for standard [...]

You can now use your cell phone to access all the functionality of the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Web Tools. If you haven’t created a user account yet, visit the site and register to create your own account. Then you will be able to unlock the power of the web tools.
Imagine pulling up on site [...]

I added a feature to give you the power to email your lawn care customers their lawn care estimate. The great thing about this feature is how it benefits you, the lawn care business owner. You can potentially pull up to a new lawn care customer’s property and enter the specific information into your computer [...]

With the GopherHaul lawn care business software online estimator, you are empowered. In this discussion I will show you how to enter your overhead costs of running your lawn care business so you can create a lawn care estimate which will provide you with a % of profit you desire.
We often talk about how little [...]

I have been playing around with improving the online lawn care business estimators and if you would like an account to use it, just send me a message through the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Forum Here.
This new estimator will save your costs to a database and allow you to effortlessly create consistent lawn care estimates [...]

Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 20 – Lawn Care Forum Business Entrepreneur Show.
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In this episode we will be talking about

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 [...]

Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 19 – Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show.

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Please continue to submit your pictures for our outdoor holiday lighting contest. http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=6159;

Our lawn care business forum member of the month is Tim.

Tim has shared with us three new contracts including a lawn cutting contract, a full [...]

In this episode of GopherHaul we discuss winter lawn care business marketing ideas.
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul!
If you haven’t started your business yet, what are you waiting for. If you don’t start your business this year, you’ll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
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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.

Our friend Ozzy had posted this flyer he had gotten made for his lawn care business. I really thought this flyer was visually stunning. It just stands out and grabs your attention.
You can read more about this flyer here on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.

Would you like to sign up new customers for a year’s worth of lawn care service? Why not market your lawn care service to those trying to sell their homes!
I think the homeowners would be more willing to spend on something like this if it helped them get their home sold. The best part about [...]

Leaves are already beginning to turn and fall in some parts of the country. So, this article might be of interest to you.
Leaf raking can be a very profitable job for a lawn care business. However, be aware of some common traps in raking a customer’s lawn.
As Autumn draws on and the green [...]

Thanks to Patrick for this great idea.
Lawn Mower Repair Flyer
I put together this flyer you can use to find more work in the fall and winter. You will notice, I included a coupon for a fall clean up with a mower maintenance. While you are fixing their mower, you might as well offer them a [...]

How to pre-qualify lawn care customers over the phone for your lawn care business.
When you operate a lawn care business and market your business, you will gain new customers. Sifting through these potential lawn care customers to find which ones are right for your lawn care business is a very important process many new lawn [...]

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If you don’t start your business this year, you’ll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
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Our forum has just been jam packed with amazing business and marketing ideas [...]

Suggestions on buying lawn care customer accounts.
When you are trying to get your lawn care business to grow, there are many ways to gain new customers. A very simple yet often over looked method is to simply buy them from another lawn care operator. These ideas came from our Be A Lawn Care business Rebel [...]

I think this is the first time I have seen a lawn care business website that offers a free trial mowing.
http://www.wrightlawncare.com/Free_Lawn_Mowing.html
“At Wright Lawn Care we are confident that you’ll love our services. In fact we’ll mow your lawn for free, just to prove it. The bottom line is that if you like the level of [...]

Halloween is a great time to get out there and be creatinve if you run your own lawn care business.
I added a new photo section in my Gopher Lawn Care Business forum of halloween decorations other lawn care business owners have done in hopes of inspiring you to go out, create and sell your own [...]

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Hello everyone and welcome to GopherHaul. GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any [...]

Lee Cathey and his bikini clad lawn care staff of Tiger Time Lawn Care have set the globe on fire. Newspapers from nations as far away as India and China have written about his company. “People seem to have become entranced by Lee” said Kevin Parker, marketing director of Gopher Lawn Care Software, “They just [...]

When you are first starting your lawn care business, how do you find how much you should charge to mow a lawn? This is a question that was recently asked to us on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Here are a few ideas.
First off, if you haven’t done so, log onto our lawn care [...]

A few months back we produced our lawn care business show GopherHaul and spotlighted one lawn care business owner’s ticket to success. He offered a bikini lawn care service. Fast forward a few months and a new lawn care business owner has found similar success by following the same steps.
Lee, the owner of Tiger Time [...]

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Hello everyone and welcome to GopherHaul
In each episode we discuss lawn care industry issues.
We also Talk about different tips and tricks to improve your lawn care business
This show’s goal is to get you excited about running your business
and excited about life.
If you haven’t started your own business yet, what are [...]

Attention: New Lawn Care Businesses, keep those flyers simple!
So often when a new lawn care business owner is starting out, they tend to make the simple, complicated. The message we want to convey to you is when you are starting out with your lawn care business, keep things simple.
Recently we had a new lawn care [...]