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Tips for winning commercial snow plowing accounts - GopherHaul 4

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:44:49 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Have you had difficulties landing commercial snow plowing accounts? It can be difficult to break through a companies layer of insulation before you get to the person in charge of making such decisions. Persistance seems to be a big part of the key to success. Let’s look into this discussion that took place on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. A new member wrote “landing a large commercial account is not the easiest thing to do but once you have them you can keep them for a very long time provided you are doing a professional job. And the amount of money you can generate for your company is great.

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Being on site longer improves your chances of selling more. Goph

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:54:28 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - 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, the better your chances are of meeting neighbors and others driving by. These meetings can lead to adding new customers. One of the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum asked a question that kicked off this discussion “I thought of a neat idea for all of us. Everyone will state what services we offer & explain how you go about doing them if you want. This will give everyone a clear idea on what services they might add to their business. I’ll start.Services I Offered.Gutter CleaningWeedingSpring/Fall CleanupsTopsoil/Fertilizer/Grass SeedHedge TrimmingBranch CuttingTHE SERVICES I WANT TO START:Grub EliminatingAeration, $50.00 a yard is the cost around here.Driveway Crack Sealing (i

Don’t be afraid to hear the word No. - GopherHaul 42 Lawn Care B

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:34:21 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Are you afraid of hearing the word no? Is it keeping your lawn care business from growing? This fear afflicts more of us than we would probably care to admit. A new lawn care business owner shared with us his insights as to how fearing the word ‘no’ had stifled his growth for some time.He wrote us on the Gopher Lawn Care Business forum and said “I have been in the lawn care business since 1973 and it is still one of my passions of life. I have worked for large corporations and small landscapers and have taken every opportunity to learn as much as I can.I now work for myself. I hope to continue learning from you folks and have no problems at all with sharing my experiences and knowledge with any of you. I have great customers and am looking to expand on services I offer and neighborhoods I service in my area. I’m going to do this a little at a time in steps so as not to scare people off.”You have been in the business for quite some time! What do you feel about the difference

The fear of getting too many lawn care customers - GopherHaul 41

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:30:35 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Fear is an interesting topic. It is amazing how the fears we have can effect how we see the world and what we do in the world. A member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum brought up a great topic that has popped up in the past, leading me to think many lawn care business owners may share this fear. He wrote “I had a nightmare about gaining 1,000 lawn care clients. The problem was, I couldn’t afford to serve them.I didn’t have the equipment, or the crew.In my dream I wanted to serve all of the lawn care clients, I didn’t want to lose any of them. I was afraid that they’d never think of hiring me again if I said no this time, so what happens?I wake up…Now imagine if the nightmare was true. In the Spring you send out 10,000 flyers and BAM, everyone calls you? Wouldn’t that be worse than not having enough customers to fill your schedule?I guess it’s good to know what your maximum number of clients is. You never know what kind of trouble you’ll have if you get too many. S

Lawn Care Business Insurance Basics. Gopher Lawn Care Business F

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:31:27 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Understanding what insurance you need when you are just starting your lawn care business can be quite overwhelming. I have been able to have a few discussions on landscape contractor insurance over the years to help you understand the topic better. In this most recent discussion I had an opportunity to talk with an insurance agent who sold insurance mainly to the lawn care industry. Here are some of the insights he shared on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum that I hope you find beneficial.What kind of insurance does a lawn care contractor need?“What insurance coverage a contractor needs is dependent on the type of work he or she engages in as well as the risks associated and protection desired. The general purpose of contractor insurance is to provide financial backing for a contractor who is liable to a client who hires the contractor to perform a certain job. The most purchased type of contractors insurance is general liability insurance. As with other types of insurance,

How to use a squeeze page on your lawn care business website. Go

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:22:27 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - One of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum members recently made a trade with a local publisher. He offered to do lawn care in return for ad space. In this discussion we learn how creating a ’squeeze page’ on your website can help you collect potential customer contact information to allow you to market to these people later via email. We also learn what your advertising should say in order to get as many people as possible to want to click through your internet banner advertisement. If you would like to read more about this topic, check out my newest lawn care business book GopherHaul Extreme Lawn Care Business Tips. You can read more about it here http://www.gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=56597#post56597He wrote “I made a trade with a local advertising business a few weeks ago for them to do a magazine ad for me in return for me to do her yard for so a certain period of time.I have been working on her yard off and on since the ad was published.They want to put a banner

Making the most of lawn care business upsells? GopherHaul Lawn C

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:00:48 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - How often are you performing a service on a customer’s property when you see a problem that you feel you could fix? Do you mention this problem to the customer? If not, why not? Offering basic weekly mowing services is a great way to open the lines of communication with a customer that can lead to bigger profits if you know what to do. One of the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum shared with us some of his suggestions on how he makes big money with upsells to his current lawn care customers.He wrote “I have three crews that do the lawn mowing, pressure washing, clean up jobs and I worked with them this week just to see how things were going. I try to encourage them to look around, look for things we do and talk to the client. I realize it’s not in everyone’s blood to simply hit up a conversation and say I happened to notice you could use…..this is something we offer if you like. Staff even ask me is it ok to talk to the customer….I wonder why…my response is always b

Lawn care business upsell idea - driveway sealing. GopherHaul La

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:45:00 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - A question I get asked often on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum is, what other services can I offer to make more money? I usually have a bunch of ideas to share with them but here is a great idea I hadn’t even considered. One of our members wrote “Yesterday I was out giving lawn care quotes.We have had a few customers ask if we would seal their paved driveway, our response has been this is not a service we offer at this time however we will note you are interested should we decide to offer it.I had two clients ask me about this today. I was at their homes for other work when it just came up.As I was driving to find a milk shake I noticed two guys with a small truck spraying sealer on a paved driveway and decided to stop. They had a pretty simple setup. I asked for some business cards as we had clients asking and it was something we didn’t do. I liked the job they did and we talked about pricing, subcontracting them etc.They do this straight by the square foot, they ro

Lawn care business sales lesson. GopherHaul Lawn Care Business M

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:28:00 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - We can always learn more about sales. Without sales we would have no income and without an income we would have no business. So to boost your lawn care business sales let’s have a talk with Nick, a fellow Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum member. Nick used to be a car salesman before he moved on and decided to stop making others rich and start making himself rich. I got a chance to ask him to share with us some of his insight into how a lawn care business owner can improve their sales and here is what he had to say.Most any business revolves around sales, and in most cases you will sell something at least once in your life. A simple sale can be broken down into steps. There are many different forms of the steps to the sale but here are the ones I use:1. Meet and GreetThe meet and greet is the first and most important part of a sale. A lawn care customer is going to decide if they are going to buy something from you within the first 15 seconds of meeting you. During the meet an

Napkin dispenser lawn care marketing idea. GopherHaul Lawn Care

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:09:05 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - I just love the creative marketing ideas that get posted on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. There are so many ideas posted, you will never run out of ways to promote yourself. Let’s talk about the latest great idea. One of our members shared with us a story on how he uses napkin dispensers to promote his real estate business.He wrote “I advertise in about 25 to 30 restaurants right now. I went and bought these great Napkin Holders that you can put ads on both sides.None of the restaurants charge me anything at all to put these dispensers in their location. When I recently bought the napkin holders, they where only $5 bucks each.I not only sold a couple house from those ads, but people run into me and say they are sick of seeing my face all over the place. That is good!I also bought a bunch of the large stand up napkin holder that have my advertising on the front of them. I have them in about 20 gas stations next the fountain drinks.The good thing about gas stations,

GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show. How to charge bi-weekly lawn

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:40:31 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - When a lawn care customer decides mid-season they want to save money and only have you mow their property every other week, how should you handle this or even bill this? This was a dilemma that was presented to the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. The member wrote “I’ve had this weekly mowed lawn care customer since I started my business and now they want me to cut the grass every 2 weeks because they are “seniors” and they are getting low on “money” (that’s an excuse I think)If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in l

GopherHaul 37 - Would you go with the name B.S. Lawn Care?

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:27:08 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com Here is a really interesting question that was posted on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. One of our friends wrote in and he had this idea for his new lawn care business name. His name is Brian S. and he was asking “What do you guys think about naming the business B.S. Lawn Care???? They happen to be my initials, do you think this would be a bad name or a good one cause people would remember it????” Another lawn care business owner responded by saying “that is a good question…it may be catchy at first. But if you mess up one lawn or upset someone it may backfire and become a joke. Here is a motto for you, B.S. Lawn Care - The only manure is in our Triple Mix!!!”Brian then wrote “The marketing tag lines for B.S. Lawn care would make for a good marketing angle. I was thinking about putting something at the bottom of advertisements,signs and card “Owned and Operated by Brian S.” Maybe they would put the to together and be like Ohhhhhhh.”You know self deprecating humor can rea

GopherHaul 36 - Overcoming lawn care business owner newbie syndr

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:46:29 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com “Back in the days when you were starting your lawn care business, did you encounter the ‘Why would I hire you if you’re so new?’ dilemma?I’d like to have some way of spinning that question into a positive if and when that should arise.”That’s the question asked to us by Scott, a new lawn care business owner on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.Without a doubt some lawn care customers, if they sense you are new, will try and screw with you. They will try and push you around on a lot of things such as price and how much work they want you to do. Just be wary of this.How do you spin it? Well I would say two things off the top of my head. Reliability and affordability. You would be amazed at how many start up lawn care businesses are just not reliable. Show them you are reliable and you will win their trust.Believe in yourself. You can do this.Andy shared that he “never had a lawn care customer ask. The key to starting out is to look and act big. If you do this, you will a

GopherHaul 35 - Lawn Care Business Postcard Marketing Ideas and

Thu, 14 May 2009 13:07:18 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com Lawn care business website search engine optimization tip.Did you know you can appear on google’s search engine even if you don’t have a website? And if you have a lawn care website, here is a tip that you really need to take advantage of. The best part about all of this, is that it’s FREE. It’s amazing what you can learn when you read the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.Google has a section on their search engine called the ‘Local Business Center.’ Do a quick search on google to find it.Within that section you can add your business to their list and what that will do is bring your business listing to the top of the search engine result page where the map appears.One of our forum members had added his lawn care business to this FREE listing and here is what he said “I just wanted to let you guys know i’m #3 on the first page of google and this is the third day after I filled out the information.” Isn’t that fantastic?Another forum member tried this and wrote Hey everyone I

GopherHaul 35 - Lawn Care Business Postcard Marketing Ideas and

Thu, 14 May 2009 12:48:26 GMT

http-//www.gopherforum.com Lawn care business website search engine optimization tip. Did you know you can appear on googles search engine even if you dont have a website? And if you have a lawn care website, here is a tip that you really need to take advantage of. The best part about all of this, is that its FREE. Its amazing what you can learn when you read the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Google has a section on their search engine called the Local Business Center. Do a quick search on google to find it. Within that section you can add your business to their list and what that will do is bring your business listing to the top of the search engine result page where the map appears. One of our forum members had added his lawn care business to this FREE listing and here is what he said I just wanted to let you guys know im #3 on the first page of google and this is the third day after I filled out the information. Isnt that fantastic? Another forum member tried this and wrote Hey everyone I just want

GopherHaul 34 - How to get dead beat lawn care customers to pay

Wed, 06 May 2009 08:47:01 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com A landscaping and lawn care debt collection letter that works.Do you have a lawn care customer or customers that are telling you repeatedly that the check is in the mail? Maybe they have even go so far as to tell you they aren’t going to pay you. One of our Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum Members had to deal with this issue until she sent out a letter that got her dead beat lawn care customer to pay up.Amy: Thanks for the sample collection letter in the Gopher Forum, because of it I was paid. That’s one deadbeat down and 1 to go! It was a small victory and a boost to my self esteem.Steve: That is great news! Tell us what you did to get paid. I am sure a lot of new lawn care business owners are reading this, wondering what steps you took to get success.Amy: First, I called the Small Claims Court in my County and gathered information on starting a small court claim. How much to file, how much for the Sheriff to serve papers, etc. Then, I gathered my information regarding my de

GopherHaul 33 - Landscaping and Lawn Care Business Marketing For

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:14:21 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Where your phone number should appear in your lawn care website.You would think by the title of this article, the story below would be so simple you didn’t even have to read it but that is certainly not the case. Most lawn care business owners don’t put much time into where their phone number should appear. Just ask yourself where does your phone number appear? One of our forum members had some great information to share in this post at the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.He said You want your phone number PROMINENTLY displayed. You want to make sure you edit your html meta tag description to include your phone number first so your search engine listing will display your lawn care business like this.http://www.your-lawn-care-business.com - 111-222-3333 Joe’s lawn care blah blah blah blah blah lawn care in Your City blah blah blah blah blah ….For those that don’t know, I asked him what is the importance of having your phone number in that location? Why is it so important?

GopherHaul 32 - Topsoil & Mulch Calculator and improving your La

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:11:40 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Why is my lawn care business marketing not working?When you are getting your lawn care business started and you don’t have many personal contacts, the situation can be rough. Let’s take a look at what our friend and fellow Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum member did to go from getting no return calls to many.Scott wrote “So my flyers & business cards have been sent out all over, a lot of my cards need to be restocked in stores because they are almost all gone. Yet I have gotten no calls.I only have a few days left, I can only do so much. I’m mass producing flyers again & plan to send them out to the other areas of my starter city.I myself have walked door to door handing out 7000 flyers & I’m losing it! I don’t wanna be out for weeks with these flyers so I’m gonna just start a.s.a.p without stopping until they are all out! I’ll give you guys some amateur shots of my flyer & card, you can tell me what the hell I’m doing wrong.”Steve: “You are doing a fantastic job. What yo

GopherHaul 31 - Lawn Care Business Software Show.

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:40:13 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com - Should I go with a signed or verbal lawn care agreement?There are a lot of new lawn care business owners just getting started this year due to many economic factors. Because they are new, they don’t know where they can get away with using a verbal agreement when providing lawn care services or when they need to use a signed agreement. I want to use these recent discussion as an example to help you expand your business knowledge base.Dean wrote us and said “Here is my situation: I posted an ad on craigslist to perform lawn care for any realtors who have vacant homes that need lawn care. I was contacted by one wanting mowing, seeding, plugging, fertilizing and pine straw put out. This job was for two homes, both on the same street. I came up with a price for labor and got prices for material. I was then contacted and told I could go ahead with job. The problem is I had no address to send the bill to and had not met anyone in person. I called back and asked for an address for wh

GopherHaul 30 - Landscaping and Lawn Care Marketing Business Fo

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:45:02 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com Which lawn care business logo would you choose? At first glance, you would think choosing a lawn care business logo would be easy. Just pick the one that for whatever reason, stands out to you. Maybe the color, maybe the boldness, maybe the way it looks on your truck. But as we will see in this discussion there is more to choosing a lawn care business logo than just those issues. Lawn guy wrote on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum “opinions please, there is one lawn care business logo I like the best but I want to get a general opinion on this thanks.” Tom wrote “I like the smiley face logo one the best. The smiling face says I’m confident and want to be a friend of the customer. You will be as happy with the results as I am producing them.” Lawn guy responded “I like that one also. I live in a very rural country area were everyone is kind of scared/shy of big businesses so I think it kinda shows a home town feel too. I am not exactly sure why, but its just different. It’s mor

Recession marketing ideas for your lawn care business - GopherHa

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:08:15 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com We had a great conversation on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum that I wanted to share with you. Feel free to jump on it and offer your views as well. Luna joined up on the forum and wrote “Hello! Just joined here and was looking to get opinions on a couple of truck magnets I designed for my significant other’s lawn care business. I pretty much handle his marketing/advertising and recently noticed some local business putting out specials/adverts using the down economy angle. My boyfriend is currently/interchangeably displaying one on the back of his tailgate above his website address and opposite his regular business magnet. The concern is that he’s a little worried the magnets may seem a little political/controversial. Personally, I think they will draw attention to the business/website because everyone can relate in this current economic climate and the text doesn’t force an opinion per se (but I could be wrong). We didn’t vote for Obama (but didn’t promote our vote/politics

What’s better an open or enclosed landscape trailer - GopherHaul

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:31:33 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com When most landscapers start up their business, they tend to start with a truck only. Then later they may add an open trailer. At a certain point you may be asking yourself what’s better to have, an open or enclosed trailer and why? That’s the question one of our new forum members asked and he quite a few responses I think will help you make up your mind as well. Brandon: “Hi everyone my name is Brandon and I am the president of my own landscape & maintenance corp. I have been in business for 9 years and hope to find continued success long into the future. I was wondering if anyone could provide me with some positive and negative attributes of an enclosed trailer as opposed to an open utility trailer to move lawn care equipment from job to job? I have an open trailer now and I am thinking of making the switch over to an enclosed one.” Keith: I can think of a few pros and cons of the top of my head. Pros: - Ability to lock. - Protection from rain. - L

Getting your lawn care business started - GopherHaul Lawn Care B

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:17:41 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com Welcome to the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business School. This FREE course the "Class 1 - Lawn Care Business Operator's Certificate" is designed to give the new lawn care business owner a knowledge base to draw from and build a successful lawn care business. To sign up and enroll, visit the Gopher Forum. There are a total of 69 lessons to this course with 193 multiple choice questions. Each lesson has on average 3 multiple choice questions for you to answer after reading. The total time to complete this course depends on how much you read per sitting. I would suggest pacing yourself and reading 3 lessons per sitting, which would take you 23 days to complete. I do feel if you spend the time to focus and learn the content within this class, you will have a competitive advantage over other start up lawn care business owners. Don't re-create the wheel when you don't have too. The lessons in here pull from years of discussions with thousands of lawn care business owners on the Gopher Lawn

Lawn care customer Welcoming Kit - GopherHaul Lawn Care Business

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:51:25 GMT

http://www.gopherforum.com Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul. If you haven't started your lawn care business yet, what are you waiting? If you don't start your lawn car business this year, you'll be at least a year older when you do so get started today. In today's discussion I want to talk about a couple of topics. First off, if you haven't seen all the new lawn care marketing design options on the Gopher Forum, you have to visit the site. When you get to the forum click on the link at the top that says "Design It Yourself." You will see you can design lawn care logos, animated banner ads and now lawn care flyer and lawn care door hangers. This is just fantastic! You don't need to be artistic. You don't even need a graphics program. Just choose the background you want to use. Maybe the aeration flyer? Or the de-thatching door hanger? Then type in your lawn care company contact information, the services you offer and a few eye catching headlines and the online designer will create a pdf file for you.

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:43:14 GMT

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