By: Amy Leigh | 2010-03-30 | Marketing In today's economy it is critical that you have an effective lawn care marketing plan in order to survive, much less thrive. You need to focus on creating a lawn care marketing plan and foundation that will bring you customers in both good times and bad times. read more
By: ArticleSubmit Auto | 2010-10-18 | Small Business When you open a new business to mow lawns and install plants and other elements, you will need to get the word out by landscaping marketing. Certainly, the major focus will be your local market, and perhaps even a more targeted section of the local area. Decide which areas you would like to work in, and use that 'grid' to set up your landscaping business marketing plan. read more
By: Steve Sutherland | 2010-04-02 | Marketing The process of starting your lawn care business should include the development of a brand that will help push sales and profit. Know where and when to sell your company's services. A solid marketing plan is important in the grass cutting industry as it is in any other. read more
By: Chestin Salisbury | 2010-03-26 | Small Business One of the BIGGEST challenges of growing any successful lawn care or landscaping business is making sure your customers stay with you month after month and hopefully year after year. Because it's at least 5-10 times more expensive to land a brand new customer, you really should do everything within your power to keep those customers you already have. Here are 3 quick ideas you can quickly implement to help you fight customer attrition and hold onto them for longer, allowing you to make more money from each customer and grow your lawn care business faster. read more
By: MikeHarris | 2012-03-08 | Ask an Expert Every time you utilize a lawn care marketing method, you will have access to a varying grouping of elements to experiment with. Tweaking some of these elements will lead you to improving your lawn care marketing response rate while others will make things worse. Here is a great example of how altering certain elements can help you. read more
By: Athen Loesch | 2011-04-06 | Landscaping Ultimately it depends on you as to what you feel about the hobby you have taken up and how much time, money or effort you wish to invest in it. That will decide how or what shape your hobby takes and ... read more
By: Horace Williams | 2011-03-26 | Home & Family A beautiful landscape is undoubtedly the result of a very well kept lawn and the right lawn care methods. Many of us truly enjoy a beautiful and neat landscape. There are a number of advantages of having a beautiful lawn. First and foremost, the family can spend quality time together with children and your near and dear ones are surely going to enjoy and appreciate the aesthetically enjoyable environment, thanks to your lawn care efforts. read more
By: Bob Smith | 2009-10-15 | Direct mail Lawn care flyers are usually the first thought many individuals think of when they first think of marketing their lawn care business. Lawn care flyers seem attractive due to the perceived low cost in relation to other landscape marketing methods. Is this really the case? read more
By: Gerry Faehrmann | 2010-04-02 | Marketing The Second (2nd) Biggest Marketing Mistake Made By Contractors is they fail to implement an organized or formal system of cultivating leads by referrals. Like any other marketing system, this needs to be in place to automatically ensure a constant pipe line of leads. Referrals are essentially leads that are generated by any advocate of Your Business. Advocates of your business could include. read more
By: Gerry Faehrmann | 2010-04-02 | Advertising The fourth biggest marketing mistake made by contractors is they have really Bad and ineffective advertising. Apart from the advertising being ineffective, contractors are equally guilty of not tracking and measuring results from their advertising. Now a good example of what I am saying is in the Yellow Pages. read more
By: Brandi Padilla | 2011-04-25 | Home improvement A well kept and maintained lawn is indeed a delight to our eyes. This lush carpet of green grass lends an altogether different look to our home and property. Our property looks more inviting and your neighbours and relatives will surely appreciate you for having maintained it so well Lawn care is not a cumbersome task as most of us believe it to be. With a little effort and care, you will be read more
By: Torri Andrews | 2010-10-24 | Entrepreneurs Learning how to start a lawn care business is fun and can make you a very long term income. It all depends on how you market yourself and how you treat your customers. But can you start one from scratch and be successful? read more
By: Herbert Hammond | 2011-09-14 | Home improvement Lawn care firms, like all other types of businesses, can use the Internet for marketing purposes. Indeed, we are seeing an ever-rising number of lawn service firms advertising (and otherwise marketing) their services online. And as it turns out, there is an upside and a downside to online marketing for lawn service firms: which we now proceed to examine closely. read more
By: Steve Sutherland | 2010-03-29 | Strategic planning A business plan for your lawn care business is essential. If applying for a business loan or looking for business partners then it has to be comprehensive and you will find many templates on line that you can use. read more