The Blizzard of 2015 and the subsequent snow storms that followed brought major challenges to East Coast and New England snow removal contractors earlier this year. It was a make it or break it type of event where even the most prepared companies were put to the test. We were fortunate enough to hear a first hand account […]
The thought of starting a company blog can be a scary thing. The idea of coming up with blog topics, then sitting down to put them together in a nice, well-written blog post can be a big enough deterrent that the whole idea of starting the blog gets placed on the back burner. I experienced this when we decided to […]
A few years ago we added editing capabilities to our toolset that allow our users to change the dimensions of property measurements after they are made on Go iLawn and Go iPave. Since then, the editing tool has been one of our customers’ favorite and most frequently used tools because it helps our users make their landscaping and paving measurements […]
This a guest post by Jacob Cohen from Orbit Industries An important element of landscape design is to strike a balance between usability and aesthetic quality. Beauty, security, and safety are all important aspects of this balance, and by offering landscape lighting installation as a part of your landscape contracting services, you can help your clients enhance their […]
It’s peak sales and production season at landscaping and pavement maintenance companies across the U.S. and Canada, which also means it’s prime time that your team members are hitting their sales and/or production goals-or perhaps might need to be motivated with updated goals or goals in general. Determining company goals and individual goals for employees can be tricky for […]
For most landscape and pavement maintenance contractors, summer is a season of hard work and long days. It’s three months of rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty to leave properties looking a little bit (or a lot) better than they did before you worked your magic on them. It might also be the time of year you look forward […]
This is the second post in a two part series. Read part one here. Progressive service contractors are always looking for ideas and tools that will help them stand out among their competition during the very rigorous, highly competitive sales process- which is something we covered in last week’s post. But once a job is […]
This is the first post in a two-part series. I’m always surprised when a Go iLawn or Go iPave user tells me they aren’t saving their property photos. Our high resolution property photos not only allow service contractors to obtain accurate measurements, but they can also help them win sales, punch up their marketing materials, […]
We are excited to announce the launch of a new feature this week: the geofence. The geofence makes it easier for Go iLawn and Go iPave users interact with our high resolution aerial photos when they’re measuring properties for landscaping, pavement maintenance and snow removal estimates. Specifically, the geofence allows users to walk in and […]
April is National Lawn Care month, which offers your lawn care or landscaping company the perfect opportunity to reach out to prospects and customers (both past and present) and hopefully win some new sales. Even if your green industry company doesn’t provide or specialize ‘lawn care’ services, it’s still a good a idea to leverage […]