Archive for the 'Gutter Cleaning' Category
If you are asked to perform a gutter cleaning on a client’s house, sometimes if the roof isn’t too steep, you can use a leaf blower and simply walk the roof line and blow out the leaves. As the roof gets steeper, it gets more difficult to perform this and you need to work from [...]
June 2nd, 2017 | Posted in Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Pricing, Residential Customers | No Comments
A big off season money maker for lawn care professionals is fall leaf cleanups and spring yard cleanups. With all those leaves falling on the ground, they can make a yard look like a mess. But what about up above? Roofs and gutters? It might not seem like a perfect add on at first, but [...]
March 9th, 2017 | Posted in Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate Jobs, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Pricing, Upsells, leaf clean up | No Comments
There are some services your landscaping business might be asked to offer, which you haven’t offered yet. One of those services is gutter cleaning. If you aren’t afraid to get a little dirty and work on a ladder, there is some good money to be made when your mowing jobs are slow. In this discussion [...]
May 27th, 2015 | Posted in Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business, Upsells | No Comments
Are you straining your brain trying to come up with services you can perform that your competitors aren’t offering? Well here is a list from a discussion on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum that should help you out. It’s amazing how some of these ideas are so simple yet so important. Sometimes the key [...]
April 25th, 2015 | Posted in Aeration, Growth, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, Irrigation, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Mowing, Mowing, Winterization Services | No Comments
When it comes to estimating gutter cleaning, there is no one standard rate that will apply to every situation. Sure we have seen plenty of suggestions on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum of charging $1 per foot on the first floor and $2 a foot on the second level when estimating gutter cleaning. But [...]
April 30th, 2014 | Posted in Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Pricing | No Comments
Would you be interested in making over $200 for about three hours of work by offering a much needed upsell? You might want to consider offering your clients gutter cleaning. This service is not only a great upsell to current clients but it’s a great way to reach out to other potential customers you can [...]
November 20th, 2013 | Posted in Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Marketing, Newspaper Ads, Pricing, Residential Customers, Upsells | No Comments
Focusing on a few services or even one service is probably not a wise move when you are starting your business. But as you progress with your company and have some time to experiment, you can find which services you like to perform the most and which make you the most money. From there you [...]
October 8th, 2013 | Posted in Business Failure, Business Plan, Fall Leaf Cleanups, Gardening, Growth, Gutter Cleaning, Hedge Trimming, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Mower Repair, Lawn Mowing, Mowing, Pond Installations, Pressure Washing, Retaining Walls, Snow plowing, Spring cleanups, Start up, Tilling, Tree Removal, Winterization Services, lawn care equipment, leaf clean up | No Comments
Trying to start up a lawn care business in a new area can be tough because many of the variables you are used to, may be different. The mowing season may be shorter or longer. The socio-economic level may be different than you are used to as well. So what do you do when you [...]
October 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Business Card, Business Failure, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to get, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Care Truck & Trailer Signs, Lawn Mowing, Marketing, Pressure Washing, Pricing, Referrals, Residential Customers, Start up, Upsells | No Comments
In the beginning, trying to pull everything you need to do together to get your lawn care business launched can feel overwhelming. Which services should you offer, which should you pass on? Which services are best to start with and which are better to add on later? All these questions can make you feel a [...]
July 25th, 2012 | Posted in Aeration, Edging, Fertilization, Gardening, Gutter Cleaning, Hedge Trimming, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, Irrigation, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Mowing, Mowing, Sod, Start up, bed edging, leaf clean up | No Comments
There are plenty of services you can offer home owners in your area above and beyond lawn care. Why not also consider offering gutter cleaning services. That is what this one lawn care business owner decided to offer. He spent some time designing a door hanger to promote the service and also created an estimate [...]
May 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Door hanger, Estimate or Proposal Form, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, How to sell, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Residential Customers, door to door | No Comments
To market gutter leaf cleaning services, you have a lot of different methods to choose from. Which marketing method will work and which won’t? Well, you will never truly know for sure what works best in your area until you experiment with different techniques, but here is a great discussion from The Gopher Lawn Care [...]
May 31st, 2011 | Posted in Direct Mail, General Business, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, How to sell, Internet, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Mailing list, Marketing, Marketing on Craigslist.com, Newspaper Ads, Residential Customers, home show | No Comments
If you are looking to submit some bids this season to clean leaves out of your customers gutters make sure you read this article first.
John got on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum and asked his gutter cleaning question. He wrote “I have been asked by a neighbor to do a gutter cleanup. She has [...]
February 20th, 2009 | Posted in General Business, GopherHaul, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Landscaping Business, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Customers, Podcast | 2 Comments
Offering gutter cleaning, at first can appear to be a daunting challenge, but don’t let this stop you from making money on a service many others won’t do. This is a great way to bring in extra income during the fall that can help your lawn care business when your mowing services slow down. One [...]
November 26th, 2008 | Posted in General Business, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, Lawn Care Business | No Comments
I want to thank Gary for sharing with us this fall leaf clean up letter. Before fall comes along, why not send out this letter in your invoices to your lawn care customers. Ask them how you should handle their leaf clean up and also offer other additional fall services like gutter cleaning.
Gary also suggested [...]
August 26th, 2008 | Posted in Fall, Fall Leaf Cleanups, General Business, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, How to Estimate Jobs, How to get, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Business Sales Letter, Lawn Care Customers, Lawn Care Marketing, Marketing, Residential Customers, Seasonal Promotion Ideas | No Comments
Does your lawn care business offer gutter cleaning or fall leaf clean up? Well you might want to consider this kind of advertising. Check out this gutter cleaning service company. They had a sticker attached to the front page of a local paper.
I also like how they utilize a bright color in their advertising which [...]
November 5th, 2007 | Posted in Fall, General Business, Gutter Cleaning, How to Estimate - Services To Offer, Lawn Care Business, Lawn Care Marketing, Lawn Care Truck & Trailer Signs, Marketing, Seasonal Promotion Ideas | No Comments