There are plenty of ways to market to commercial lawn care properties but many of them are a waste of time. Time is money and when you are spending time & money marketing, you want to make sure you are getting the greatest return for your efforts. Here…

Any lawn care business owner that can make it through their first year, is going to learn from a wealth of experiences. When we research lawn care business failure rates, the toughest year seems to be the first one. But can you imagine how much you wou…

We all like to see the results others get from their lawn care marketing. Sometimes a marketing idea really takes off and helps propel a lawn care business. Other times, disappointing results can lead to the end of a lawn care business. Here is some in…

Most lawn care business owners tend to want to get their landscaping business big and as soon as possible. They see no downside to such growth and instead only think of what they feel are all the positive things that come along with growing larger. Yet…

Once your business name and number get into the local phone book or newspaper, you can be sure a radio advertising salesman will soon try and get a hold of you. They will promise your message will reach out to thousands of listeners just waiting to hea…

The world would be such a wonderful place if you could quickly scale your business up or down throughout the different seasons with the help of sub-contractors. What if a customer called up and asked you to snow plow his driveway or trim a tree and you…

When you don’t charge enough for lawn care services, you are going to burn yourself out. There is no worse feeling than to work hard all week, month, season and at the end of the year, look at your bank account to see you are broke. Here is a great …

People want immediate gratification and lawn care customers are no different. So when a lawn care customer sees your advertisement and calls you, should you give them a bid for lawn care service over the phone? That is the question asked on the Gopher …

Most new lawn care business owners don’t have much money to spend when they are initially getting their lawn care business started so any lawn care marketing tips or tricks they learn can really come in handy. Here is a great tip on how to market your …

You can learn a lot from the veterans of the lawn care industry if you take the time to listen to what they have to say. Instead of going off on your own and trying new untested lawn care marketing ideas, how about experimenting with one that works. He…

Any new lawn care business owner is most certainly going to have a lot of questions about running their business. Here are a few questions that came up on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum from a new lawn care business owner who was having some diffi…

If you are looking for a lawn winterization marketing plan, here is a suggestion from a member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. With a little altering, you might be able to make this plan fit perfectly for you.

He wrote “In an effort to re-desi…

A member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum had a job come up that consisted of a bunch of smaller jobs and he wanted to know what he should charge. He wrote “I have a half acre field (flat) with branches and sticks strewn around it that I …

When you come upon a new type of job you have never performed before but need to submit a bid on, a great way to do that is to make a new post on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum and ask others who have already done such work.

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You have heard the saying, it’s the little things that mean a lot. That saying can cut both ways. One side of it might mean you should really focus on the little issues if you want to make your lawn care business stand out. But on the flip side, it …

As 2010 comes to a close, I thought it would be a great time now to look back on the year and have all the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum submit their lawn care truck, shop and marketing material photos. It will give all of us a …

Jumping from offering residential lawn care to commercial can seem to be a daunting task at first but nothing helps more than seeing and learning from the examples of others. Here is a great commercial lawn care bid example from a member of the Gopher …

Getting anything started can be a real pain in the butt. For quite some time it may feel like the world is against you. No matter what you do, you are either having a hard time getting new customers or you are hurting because you aren’t making any prof…

It pays to keep your overhead as low as possible and keep your customers happy. Here is a great example of why from the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. A lawn care business owner was looking to bid on a new client. This client was a home owner’s assoc…

As a lawn care business owner, you are probably always looking for ways to stand out from your competitors. If you have kids in the local school system, maybe by offering to do some volunteer work there, it could be a great way to create a positive buz…