Posts Tagged ‘lawn care business marketing’

99% of ALL Landscape and Lawn Care Contractors are NOT Using THE Most Powerful Lawn Care Business Tip

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

It’s truely amazing…

Exactly 326 of my clients are using a monthly
newsletter to generate referrals and grow their
landscaping and/or lawn care business at record
speed despite the so called slow economy.

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*Side Note*

IF you are subscribed to my monthly Going Green
newsletter templates then you know the power
of what I’m about to say and can delete this
message now – it’s not meant for you.

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BUT – if you are serious about THE most
effective landscape marketing ideas, or lawn
care business building tips, and you are NOT
using a monthly newsletter in your landscape,
lawn care, outdoor lighting business, etc.,
then you really ought to listen to what I
have to share with you right here…

And, If think you are too busy running your
landscaping business or lawn care business,
or too busy trying to implement other lawn
care business tips or landscape marketing
ideas to even think about creating a client
newsletter — then this is exactly what
you’ve been waiting for.

So, read on…

In only about 10 minutes each month you can
now quickly and easily create your company
newsletter guaranteed to generate new landscape
and lawn care referrals, keep your existing
clients coming back for more services and
have new potential landscaping and lawn care
clients call you – even in the slow season…

All without writing A thing!

Our – done for you – newsletter is like nothing
else you’ve ever seen, and ALL of my clients
that I get a chance to speak to who are growing
their businesses anywhere from 20% – 30% and
even 50% per year…

ARE YOU USING A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER!

In fact, from all I’ve seen this year I would
say with certainty that this is the MOST
POWERFUL marketing tool that you should be
using right now.

AS far as landscape marketing ideas and lawn
care business tips go in todays economy, feel
confident when I tell you that implementing a
company newsletter should be an integral (if
not the most important) component of any
landscaping business plan, lawn care business
marketing plan…and even any lawn care busines
startup.

You can read about the – done for you –
newsletter templates right here:

http://www.greenindustrysuccess.com/newsletter

Sure, there are a couple companies that will
produce and mail a newsletter for you, but
they will charge an arm and a leg.

And since they really don’t know the first
thing about creating compelling lawn care or
landscaping offers or how to write advertising
copy that sells – it probably won’t get many
landscape or lawn care prospects to call you
(the whole point of putting out a newsletter
in the first place).

To maximize your landscape or lawncare business
marketing it is absolutely critical to
communicate with your prospects and clients on
a regular basis.

And, the very best way to do that is with an
interesting and informative ‘direct response’
newsletter.

Don’t make the fatal mistake of ignoring this
powerful landscaping and or lawn care
marketing weapon and leaving tens of thousands
of dollars on the table.

This program IS limited to one company per zip
code and many of them are already taken.

But there is a chance that yours is available.
(when you subscribe to this program we will
notify you if your zip code is unavailable
when we receive your order and promptly refund
your payment.

Check it out right now at:

http://www.greenindustrysuccess.com/newsletter

All the best!

Larry

Larry Brown, CLP
Green Industry Success Systems

P.S. As you know, there’s more competition than
ever before from all directions and all kinds of
unqualified contractors competing for the business.

The sad truth is, it’s not the most experienced
or skilled landscaper, or the one with the best
equipment or even the lowest priced estimates who
prospects chose. A large majority of the time,
clients simply choose the one company who markets
themselves the best.

So – check this out and secure your spot right now:

http://www.greenindustrysuccess.com/newsletter

Make Your Landscape Business Plan Top Priority to “win” in 2010!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

I’ve rarely seen this subject mentioned at Landscape
or lawn care seminars or conferences or even in books
for Green Industry professionals.

But, I can tell you for certain that if you don’t get
a handle on your marketing for your landscape marketing,
you can forget about creating and maintaining a large
consistent income.

Without a landscape marketing plan (as well as a landscape business plan, or lawn care business plan you can expect to be a slave to your landscaping or lawncare business for the rest of your life.

On the main website and on the blog I offer quite a bit
of landscape marketing ideas, as well as lawn care business tips. And there is a vast amount of information there for free – not to mention the success that so many contractors have had with all of the landscape marketing ideas in my landscape marketing systems that are for sale at our main website:
http://www.greenindustrysuccess.com

So, that being said let’s get on with it and share with
you likley THE most powerful landscaping or lawn care
business tips you’ll ever hear…

Here it is:

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Being GREAT at landscape contracting or lawn care,
or whatever it is that you do is not good enough!

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I cannot be gentle about this, even though you
will not like hearing it. This is the fundamental
truth that can liberate you from laboring for your
dollars and settling for an average income.

It can empower you to totally transform your
business into a high-income profit generating
machine that your competitors will absolutely
envy.

So, listen up – there’s more:

In the Green Industry today, it’s not how much you
know about running your business, nor is it the
product choices or equipment purchases that you
make nor the employees that you hire that determine
your income -

It is how effective you are at marketing yourself,
your company and your services, that creates the
balance in your bank account.

You may feel that this is unfair or not the way
that it should be. You can fight it (and maybe
even go broke). Or you can embrace this as an
opportunity, and take the necessary steps to
become as good at marketing your business as you
are at getting the work done.

The unhappy fact is that you can be the VERY best
at what you do, provide the very best equipment,
the cleanest trucks and have the best customer
service in the industry, AND STILL STARVE TO DEATH
if you cannot affordably and efficiently attract a
steady stream of good new business, and keep the
customers that you already have.

You need great marketing to protect your customers
from poachers. And, you must have great marketing
to affordably keep new work coming in.

Truth is, marketing is the single most important
function in your landscape business. And, as a
successful lawn care or landscaping business owner
your best chance to succeed is to become your own
“Master Marketing Director”.

Why would you leave the most critical function of
your business up to someone else?

If you truly believed that your number one duty as
a business owner is to “market your business”, would
your daily agenda change?

You may even be saying right now, “but Larry, I do
handle all the marketing for my company and it is a
priority”.

My response to you in return would be “How much of
your time are you truly devoting to “high value”
marketing activities”?

Now I’m not talking about taking a half hour to
meet with an advertising rep or making time to drop
your latest flyer off at the print shop. I’m talking
about the kind of activities that go into becoming a
true marketing oriented company.

Here are some activities that you should consider
high priority:

- Studying the marketing and strategies used by
your competitors

- Networking with other business owners who
service the same clients as you do.

- Creating programs to stimulate referrals from your
existing clients.

- Writing sales letters or advertising to promote
new and different services to your client base.

- Creating new promotional strategies to acquire
new clients.

- Testing your ads and marketing campaigns to try
and improve the response rates.

- Finding new and low cost ways to get new accounts.

- Developing new ways to differentiate your company
from your competitors.

- Writing articles for newspapers and magazines or
your company newsletter.

- Attending mastermind or networking meetings.

- Attending marketing conferences or seminars

One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a
landscape or lawn care business owner is to be
fooled into thinking that you are in the business
installing plants and shrubs, or mowing and blowing,
whatever the service you provide.

That is not the case.

YOU are in the business of MARKETING your services.

The quicker this realization hits you, the quicker
you can start to build the business of your dreams.
Great marketing can make up for a whole lot of
operational flaws in your business…but not visa-
versa.

Marketing IS your business, not simply one aspect
of it. You should be eager to invest in your own
direct response marketing education.

What I’ve shared with you is a whole new way of
thinking for most contractors. However, you must
change your thinking if you are not currently
managing your business with marketing at the
fore-front.

If you really grasp this information that I’ve
shared with you today, you will be leaps and bounds
ahead of your competition.

There’s no doubt,if you will take control and
become your own marketing expert, your business
will certainly boom!

As always Should you have any questions or comments,
I’d love to hear from you!

To your marketing success,

Larry

Larry L. Brown, CLP
larry@greenindustrysuccess.com

http://www.greenindustrysuccess.com

http://www.landscapebusiness.org

Keep the Costs of Landscaping Under Control (Another article for landscapers and lawn care business marketers to use to educate their clients

Monday, September 21st, 2009

As promised, today I am giving you some additional free content that you can use to educate you landscaping, lawn care, irrigation, landscape lighting, tree care and any other related business. My clients who use my landscape marketing systems know and understand the value of educating landscape clients as part of the sales process, and you should too. So here you go, and feel free to use the content in your monthly landscaping newsletter, your lawncare sales proccess, etc… And look for another helpful “done for you landscape or lawn care business marketing free article:

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Keep the Costs of Landscaping and Lawn Care Under Control
The decision to revamp your existing landscape can be an intimidating one. Where do you start? Which features come first? And more importantly, how much will it cost?

Fortunately, there are a number of ways to help you get the most from your landscaping project without breaking the bank. Here’s a few tips to keep your landscaping costs under control:

Make a Plan
The biggest mistake you can make is to start buying before you’ve laid out your plan. A good plan will show you how much room you have to work with and allow you to consider where you’d like to put what. Hardscaping features such as pathways, bridges should be drawn in as well so that you known exactly how your new landscape will “fit” with your allotted space.

How does a landscaping plan work?

Layout your working area using graph paper scaled to size. For example if your area is a 12’ x 20’ lot, allow each graph square to represent 1 foot. If you need to make your drawing bigger, just increase the number of squares per foot. Look at the plants you want to install and determine how much growing room they’ll need. Draw in your pathways, picnic table and any other fixtures you want to include.

Calculate Your Costs
Once you’ve got your dream landscape planned out, calculate how much it will cost. Its easy to envision the end result but to get there, you’re going to have to buy the lumber, plants and decorations that will create the final product. A good landscaping company can help you come up with some estimates and alternatives so that you can stay within your budget.

Be Realistic
It doesn’t do you any good to create an enormous vegetable garden if your family eats out all the time. Likewise, planting something that’s high-maintenance and pretty to look at isn’t worth the effort if what you really needed was just a little outdoor entertaining space to let you relax and unwind after a busy workweek. Give some thought to how you’ll use the space. Do you have children? If so, you’ll want to make sure they still have a place to romp and run. Do you have time to devote to a garden or will you need something that’s low-maintenance and easy to keep?

Give some thought to your landscape’s purpose. How will you use it? Can it grow as your family grows? The more thought you put into your landscape, the better it will fit your needs.

Take Stock
Is there anything about your current landscape that you’d like to keep? An old storage shed for example can be renovated into a wonderful playhouse or garden shed. The more you can salvage from your existing space, the less you’ll spend in the long run.

Break it Down
If your project is a really big one, consider breaking it down into stages. Tackle the big jobs first by replacing or adding fencing, installing irrigation and building any permanent fixtures that your plan will require. From there, you can focus on your basic layout, and begin preparing the soil and planting trees and shrubs. Flowers and other smaller plants can be added in a separate stage if necessary and ornamental décor can be added at your leisure.

Want to talk about your landscaping issues? Give us a call – we’d love to help you find the perfect landscaping theme for your property.
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