Landscape Estimating Software: Build Your System
Debbie Neese | Horticulture Certification, supporting green industry businesses since 2012 Landscape estimating software only pays off when the numbers feeding it are right. Before you pick a tool, you need a real system. That means an accurate budget, a repeatable...
Efficiency Systems: Setting Up Sales Proposal Day
How to Streamline Landscaping Sales Proposals for a Smoother Proposal Day Have you ever climbed into your truck on sales proposal day and realized you only had half the information you needed? Missing a phone number, address, or gate code turns a simple estimate into...
Creating Systems for Efficiency: Client Intake
Putting systems in place that involve client intake will provide a smooth transition from a lead to a client. Client intake starts at the beginning with the initial contact. Give them your undivided attention. They want to know you are concerned about...
Gaining Leads through Angie’s List
Angi Reviews: Is It Worth It for Landscapers? Angi (formerly Angie’s List) is worth it for landscapers who actively manage their profile. That means responding to leads within minutes, keeping photos current, and tracking real cost per job. It’s not free...
Using Streak for Lead Tracking
How do you keep track of your leads and the process they are in the system? If a system isn’t in place to track those leads for follow up, closing rates will decline, and yo will have fewer clients to service. If you use a Google app-for-work Gmail account or have an...
Three Time Drains and How to Reinvest
Do you wish you could roll back the clock when it’s 5:00 pm, and it seems that very little is complete? Delegate these three time-wasters to your virtual assistant. Meanwhile, profit performing tasks will be front and center. Time Wasters: Recovering Time to the Day...
Delegating Tasks While Staying in Control
One of the hang-ups people have about delegating is staying in control of the workload. Who is doing what, when, and how? Choose the right person for the task, and put guidelines and perimeters around the job task along with a few guided points. Regular check-ins will...
The Best Business Signatures
Do you have a business signature that people can readily identify? Does it portray your brand and marketing information in it? Do you make it easy for your clients to reach you? Use a business signature that identifies you, your brand, and various ways...
Landscape Blogs: Three Essential Ingredients
Scenario: You’ve just received the link to your brand new website. But you have a landscape blog page waiting empty. The web designer says you need a blog posting 2-4 times a month to keep your content fresh and optimized. Now you’re thinking, I just wrote all this...Download Our Brochure
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