There are no do-overs in business. You have an opportunity. You take your best shot at it. You live with the results. That’s just how it is… A fact that I was reminded of at last week’s GIE+EXPO 2016 show (GIE) in Louisville, KY. At GIE As we’ve done for the past several years, we […]
In two weeks, the GIE+EXPO show in Louisville, KY will just be getting started. “GIE” is North America’s biggest green industry event, and we will be there, displaying under our Go iLawn brand. GIE+EXPO is a great opportunity to check out new products, advances, and tips for companies in the green industry. If you’re planning […]
For many of our service industry customers, the change of season means it’s also time to change how your business operates. One place where companies should change their focus is in the sales process. On the sales side, fall brings both challenges and opportunities. Your customers have stopped thinking about the summer that just ended and […]
Well, it’s mid-September, and the long hot summer is finally coming to a close. For many of our clients, mid-September to late October represents the last hurrah of their 2016 season. There’s still going to be another several weeks of great weather across much of North America, and this means opportunity. Companies have one last […]
We often talk about our Go iLawn / Go iPave software as a tool to help you Measure, Bid, and Win more jobs. But we think that’s only part of the story. When I talk to our customers, they usually tell me they use Go iLawn / Go iPave for one or more of the […]
Remember back in grade school when our teachers would write important things “on the board”? Whether it was a reminder about when the next test was, when an assignment was due, what chapters to read in the book, or what problems to work on for homework, we often got important information by looking for it […]
Equipment… we hear about it all the time. Everyone seems to have their own favorite brands and models, and some people can get really serious about it… fanatical even. What’s Your Brand? We all know guys who are adamantly Ford drivers and others who are equally passionate about their Chevy or their Ram. We’ve heard […]
Your business has something holding it back. Do you know how to identify this barrier and eliminate it? You can spend lots of time and money with software and consultants, or you can take steps to apply your own expertise (After all, who knows your company better than you do?). Don’t know how to get started? […]
To Make Your Business More Efficient, Think of it as a System Part III – What’s holding you back? In most companies, it’s only one thing. There’s one thing that’s holding you back from more efficiency, more production, and more profit. Every part of your business could perform better if this one thing were improved, […]
To Make Your Business More Efficient, Think of it as a System Part II – How many systems drive your business? When you start thinking about your company as a system, you’ll quickly recognize that there are several interdependent functions going on inside. And each of these functions represents its own independent subsystem… a system […]