Archive for October, 2009

Front yard landscape mulch bid example.

Here is a great example of how much a front yard landscape project was estimated. If you are a newer lawn care business, this will help you figure out how much others are charging for such projects. Before you read what the landscaper’s final bill was, try and come up with a price in your [...]

Targeting vacant lot clean ups.

Slow economies tend to drive people that once were employed into finding side work on their own. Sometimes this sidework is offering lawn care. When too many people are offering lawn care services, the price in the area tends to drop. So what do you do?
This is the situation a member of the Gopher Lawn [...]

Even more Fall lawn care business postcard designs.

Here are some more Fall lawn care business postcard designs that were posted on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum here. With all these designs, you got no reason to be stumped when you are thinking of what you should be sending out in the mail to get more lawn care customers.
Bob from Plan-It Graphics [...]

Fall lawn care business postcard designs.

If your lawn care business is looking for postcard designs to send out for your Fall marketing you gotta check out this post on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. One of our members was going through a bunch of the lawn care business postcard designs he had submitted and wanted to know what we [...]

How to win over a property manager.

This is a very interesting topic. Lawn care business owners are always looking for ways to land commercial lawn care bids. But what’s the best way to do it? There are many ways to go about getting close with property managers to win bids but there is nothing like hearing the inside scoop straight from [...]

How to level and flatten a yard.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you need to flatten out a lawn? That’s a topic that came up in the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum when one of our members asked “I have been looking for an accessory for my lawn tractor for leveling/flattening a lawn after tilling and rolling. I [...]

Carry a fire extinguisher on your mower!

You might not think at the moment you need to carry a fire extinguisher with you when you are out mowing, but after you see how a $6,000 investment burnt up in flames, it might want you to change your mind. A member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum shared with us a story [...]

Being on site longer improves your chances of selling more.

With many small lawn care businesses, the owners tend to feel there is more money when you get in and get out fast. However as we will see in this discussion, offering more services than simply lawn mowing can help you be on the job site longer. The longer you are on the job site, [...]

Keep your lawn mower blades sharp.

Are you keeping your lawn mower blades sharp? This is something you can do very simply that will keep your lawns looking great after they are mowed. But how do you go about sharpening your lawn mower blades and how often should they be sharpened? That is a question which was asked on the Gopher [...]