Archive for the 'Christmas' Category
Sending out holiday cards to your lawn care customers at the end of the year is a great way to show your appreciation for them. But before you send them out, consider some of the do’s and dont’s from this discussion on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. You also might want to spread the [...]
December 16th, 2009 | Posted in Christmas, General Business, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | 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
The winter months can be a tough time for a lawn care business. More and more lawn care businesses are getting into offering outdoor holiday lighting and decoration services to help them get through the slow times. Those who have experimented with it seem to be pretty happy with the results but how do you [...]
November 28th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Commercial Customers, Door hanger, General Business, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Outdoor decoration, Postcards, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter, door to door | No Comments
The lawn care and landscaping industry is a seasonal business. Each season brings about a change in the environment which effects what services you can or can’t offer. In the winter months, customers will also be looking to spend their money for holiday gifts. So with all this going on, how can you make sales [...]
November 5th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, General Business, Gift or Discount Cards, How to get, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Prepay, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | No Comments
We have been talking about how to start up different kinds of businesses on here lately and it got me thinking. What if you or your gf/wife always wanted to start a bakery kind of business but wanted to start small at first. Maybe you wanted to start with cookies. You could create a website [...]
October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Commercial Customers, Customer Retention, General Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Podcast, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | No Comments
I added a great end of the lawn care season letter sample you can download and use for your lawn care business. This is a great way to reach out to your lawn care customers and say thank you.
Homeowner
10 Any Street
Yourcity, STATE 87392
Dear Customer,
I would like to thank you again for choosing Smith Landscaping for [...]
October 24th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Commercial Customers, Customer Retention, General Business, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Business Sales Letter, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | No Comments
I was reading an article on outdoor decorations and it amazes me more people aren’t doing this. In the article it was talking about this one lawn care business owner who’s first year wasn’t a big deal. He just wanted to get his feet wet with it and marketed it only to his current customer [...]
October 5th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Commercial Customers, Fall, General Business, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Outdoor decoration, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | No Comments
When Fall arrives, here is a great lawn care marketing idea. It’s a two part marketing idea. First you order a large amount of Poinsettias or mums to hand out to your customers. Then with the flowers you have left, why not consider setting up a farmer’s market style display in your area. Maybe at [...]
September 13th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Customer Retention, Fall, General Business, Gift or Discount Cards, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter, door to door | No Comments
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 [...]
August 13th, 2008 | Posted in 4th of July, Armed Forces Day, Billboard, Brochure, Business Card, Christmas, Commercial Customers, Community Projects To Promote Your Business, Coupons, Cross Promotion / Synergy, Customer Retention, Fall, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, General Business, Gift or Discount Cards, Halloween, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Business Book, Lawn Care Business Sales Letter, Lawn Care Logo, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Care Truck & Trailer Signs, Lawn Signs, Mailing list, Marketing, Marketing on Craigslist.com, Memorial Day, Newspaper Ads, Parade, Postcards, Prepay, Referrals, Residential Customers, Review My Lawn Care Marketing Material, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Spring, Valentine's Day, Veteran's Day, Winter, Word Of Mouth, buying customers, door to door, home show, publicity stunt | No Comments
Our friend Brandon was on the forum sharing with us some of the photographs he has taken. He is a real enthusiast when it comes to taking pictures. As with almost any personal interest, it can be harness to gain you attention to help promote your lawn care business. This was my view on how [...]
July 16th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Community Projects To Promote Your Business, General Business, Halloween, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas | No Comments
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 [...]
January 5th, 2008 | Posted in Christmas, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, General Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Business Sales Letter, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas | No Comments
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 [...]
November 11th, 2007 | Posted in Christmas, Community Projects To Promote Your Business, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, General Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | No Comments
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 [...]
November 8th, 2007 | Posted in Christmas, Community Projects To Promote Your Business, Free Lawn Care Flyer Template, General Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Care Website, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas, Winter | No Comments