Virtual Assistant for Landscapers: What One Does

Virtual Assistant for Landscapers: What One Does

By Debbie Neese, Horticulture Certification | 16 years in the green industry | Founder, Offshoot Virtual Landscape Services (est. 2012) A virtual assistant for landscapers is a remote office professional who handles your phones, special products, training materials,...
Why Email Newsletters Make Cents

Why Email Newsletters Make Cents

A landscaping email newsletter keeps past clients from forgetting about you between projects. Send one a month with a seasonal tip, a project spotlight, and one clear call to action. Consistent, useful newsletters build repeat business and referrals without adding a...
Landscaping Warranty: What to Cover After Install

Landscaping Warranty: What to Cover After Install

Landscaping Warranty: What to Cover After Every Install You landed the bid. The crew laid the last stone, planted the last shrub, and used the final scoop of mulch for touch-up. So now it’s time to collect the last draw and move on to the next job, right? Not so...

2015 NEW YEAR’S Resolutions: Backup Plans

  Virtual Assistants do a number of things and sometimes I feel like a magician or circus juggler with all the variety that comes across my desk. Monotonous would not be an adjective in my vocabulary for this virtual assistant business! Yesterday and today I’ve...
Top Three Ways Your Leads Find A Landscaper

Top Three Ways Your Leads Find A Landscaper

How to Get Landscaping Clients (and Learn What Works) by Debbie Neese, Horticulture Certified | 14+ Years in the Green Industry Most landscaping clients come from three places: referrals, your online presence, and local visibility like trucks and signs. But if you...
How to Get Referrals for Your Landscape Business

How to Get Referrals for Your Landscape Business

How to Get Referrals for Your Landscape Business (Without Feeling Pushy) By Debbie Neese Quick answer: A landscaping referral program is a simple system for asking happy clients to send you new customers. Then you thank them with a reward, like a service credit on...
The Best Four Season Garden Shrubs

The Best Four Season Garden Shrubs

Four Season Garden Shrubs Landscape Designers Use Guest blogger: Cinthia Milner, Transplanted and Still Blooming More and more homeowners aren’t content with garden shrubs that bloom once a year. Therefore, no matter how spectacular the show (azaleas in spring,...
Local SEO for Contractors: An 8-Point Checklist

Local SEO for Contractors: An 8-Point Checklist

Local SEO for Contractors: An 8-Point Checklist for Landscapers Who Want the Phone to Ring By Debbie Neese | Horticulture Certification | 16 years in the green industry | Founder, Offshoot Virtual Landscape Services Local SEO for contractors is the work of getting...
Popular Mulches for Garden Beds

Popular Mulches for Garden Beds

Mulches are popular in many landscapes and accumulate naturally in forests with leaves and needles that serve as a protective layer over the earth decomposing and enriching the forest floor. That protective layer helps the gardener retard weeds, protects against...

Perennial Plants for Fairy Gardens

My grandmother use to tell me the fairies live in the mossy shadows under leaf and limb. As a child, I would sit on the green carpet, under the canopy of dogwoods shading the quiet, cool space waiting and watching for the imps to emerge. That’s where my love for...