Spring has officially been under way for a a few weeks now. For service contractors that means it’s crunch time. Phones are ringing, schedules are weather dependent, and the days are, well, hectic. Any ‘extra’ moment someone at a landscape, pavement maintenance or snow removal company can muster up is like discovering the pot of […]
About eighteen months ago, I opened up a Twitter account for our flagship brand Go iLawn. Then about six months later, I started up the Go iPave Twitter account. And guess what…I LOVE Twitter! It’s fun, informative and allows you to easily connect with your customers and industry peers in an informal setting. Plus, there are a […]
A few weeks ago I shared three success stories of leaders in the landscaping industry. Now it’s time to share a few stories about great leaders from our other customer base- pavement maintenance contractors. Just like the green industry contractors we featured in our previous post, the path to success for each of these pavement […]
Landscape Management magazine just released the results to a survey for lawn care providers that shows some interesting insights and figures. The magazine collected 773 responses to questions about the biggest business concerns, most influential external factors, average lawn size treated, service mix, budgets, and more. Most lawn care providers reported their market as relatively healthy when […]
We hear time and time again when talking with landscape, paving and snow removal contractors that their customers are truly impressed with them when they include high resolution property photos and color coded diagrams with their proposals. After all, there really is only so much a written contract can do to help someone imagine what […]
Mike Rorie was the featured guest on FD2B blog talk radio this week with Jody Shilan and Gail Woolcott. Jody interviewed Mike about how he started his commercial landscaping company, his advice to contractors on branding, and what it’s like to be a vendor to the industry as the owner of Go iLawn, the online property measuring […]
If you have a Facebook page for your business, then you know how difficult it can be to come up with valuable, engaging content day after day. After all, you probably created a Facebook page to attract new customers and stay connected to your existing ones. So how can you maintain an awesome Facebook page for your landscape, […]
It always interests me to hear about how people get involved in their line of work- especially in the green industry. Often you hear about successful green industry leaders who got started almost by accident, never really knowing that they would turn out to have a great, successful company one day. Green Industry Success Stories in The News I […]
A Guest Post By Gary Kuykendall, Former Vice President of GroundMasters, Inc. While the season is wrapping up for most college basketball teams, March marks the beginning of the season for landscapers across the country. Before all the craziness begins, take the time to set yourself up for success and advancement with these 12 tips. 12 Tips to […]
This post was contributed by Grayson Carter of Blacktop to Laptop and Bill’s Sweeping Service No matter what profession you’re in, generating qualified leads and converting them into customers on a consistent basis is your lifeblood. Fortunately by harnessing some online tools available today we can generate those same qualified leads at a fraction of […]