How long do you keep yard signs in yards after cutting the yard?

[STL Cuts]

How long do you keep them in the yard?

I just got a couple..

Thanks in advance

[Stillwater]

no time to put up a dam sign for mowing.

[STL Cuts]

You don't have enough time to put one in a yard, yet you have time to reply to a thread and not provide any information that provides any insight at all lol

I'm sure you could spare 10 seconds to put a sign in the ground...

I look forward to some beneficial responses by other users.

[Stillwater]

Look I could have posted a negative comment on your post but I didn't. Yes I have time to post what I did because DUH, it is 2:17 in the AM. I don't run mowers at night when customers are sleeping.

My business is one of the oldest around my area trucks and trailers are extremely high profile. I don't want signs plastered on my customers lawns it detracts from the appearance.

So hear is the constructive posting you were apparently looking for.

Your question is ******ed period. why are you asking chumps on lawnsite how long to keep your 2 signs up. Wake up... the length of time to keep the signs up is not up to YOU or anybody hear on lawn site. It is your customers property you need to be seeking permission and time frames from them not us....

Are you going to attack everyone who posts a post you don't fine worthy of you?

You started a thread about signage, I replied and you attacked what does this say about you?

[TMAC669]

stillwater take a chill pill.:hammerhead:

[Stillwater]

stillwater take a chill pill.:hammerhead:

Why should I take a chill pill? I was the one who was slapped for posting something he did not find useful. But please,.. accept my apologies if my sarcastic defense of myself bothered you. Aparently you two are buddies...

[STL Cuts]

Stillwater you claim that my question is ******ed?

Well let me tell you why I put this question on the thread? TO LEARN and see what others are doing. I'm sure you know that a great way to learn something is to ask questions of others, particularly those with experience. So this is what I did, I asked a question hoping for some beneficial answers. I can tell you that asking questions has had a part in growing my business to 40+ clients while balancing that with a full college workload, Dean's list to boot (not to be cocky, I'm just saying).

I wouldn't call my post an attack, simply a response.

I was clearly not looking for an argument, simply to learn, just like many others are on here to do.

Now I'm sure some of the threads on here might strike you as "******ed" like mine, I just hope this doesn't deter some from asking their questions.

Don't take this as a personal attack, I'm just sharing my 2 cents.

[Stillwater]

Stillwater you claim that my question is ******ed?

Well let me tell you why I put this question on the thread? TO LEARN and see what others are doing. I'm sure you know that a great way to learn something is to ask questions of others, particularly those with experience. So this is what I did, I asked a question hoping for some beneficial answers. I can tell you that asking questions has had a part in growing my business to 40+ clients while balancing that with a full college workload, Dean's list to boot (not to be cocky, I'm just saying).

I wouldn't call my post an attack, simply a response.

I was clearly not looking for an argument, simply to learn, just like many others are on here to do.

Now I'm sure some of the threads on here might strike you as "******ed" like mine, I just hope this doesn't deter some from asking their questions.

Don't take this as a personal attack, I'm just sharing my 2 cents.


Ok then I apolgise for my remarks. thats a huge work load with a full college schedule on top

[clipperslawnservice]

if i put any up ,its on high traffic areas only, and thats not many here in podunk(3200 pop.) i pick them up the same eve. dont take the neg. post personnel, he probally had a bad day.

[Stillwater]

Ya, I was a prick......it happends...

[topsites]

I usually pull any signs I see and throw them in back of my truck.

As for keeping them, I don't really mean to keep them, but they do tend to pile up back there,
I don't clean that truck much but about once a year I open the tailgate and blow it all out with the backpack,
I can usually fill a trash container with what ends up came flying out.

[LushGreenLawn]

Don't pay any attention to stillwater. He is always making negative.comments looking for a fight.

Oops, now I'll really have him on a rampage.
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[Stillwater]

Don't pay any attention to stillwater. He is always making negative.comments looking for a fight.

Oops, now I'll really have him on a rampage.
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Nope...............

[White Gardens]

I always ask first before putting a sign in someones yard. That's the number one rule.

Generally speaking, I only leave them during the course of a project and about 2-3 days afterwards.

I don't do a lot of mowing, so the sign is for my landscaping jobs. People usually only tolerate it for no more than 3 days, but are happy to let me put it in their yard.

[Mowbizz]

Signs on a private property need permission from the homeowner, obviously. I think they're obnoxious and pretentious. Like Topsites, If I see them around my yard I destroy them...no different than a billboard...a blight on an otherwise nice landscape.
I believe that if you're going to use a lawn sign it should be when you are there working...then take it with you when you're done.

[EddieWalker]

I'm not part of this industry, but I am a Remodeler and work on clients homes. When I started out, I had ads in the local free papers, the newspaper and I put out yard signs. The free classifieds paper is where I got most of my work. The newpaper ad was a total waste of time and moeny. The yard signs generated a few calls and jobs, but nothing substantial. I didn't really like asking to post them, and even though my clients all allowed me to do so, I sort of felt like I was imposing on them by doing this.

Now I have magnetic signs on my truck and I wear T-shirts with my business name and contact information on it. I'm a walking billboard. This has solved all of my problems and I have just booked my first job for 2010 last week. This year is totally booked up. I haven't paid to advertise in a few years, and between repeat clients, word of mouth and those who see me working on a job and call from seeing my sign on my truck, it's all the work that I can handle.

On a note of caution, I'm now very cautious when I drive because my name and phone number is all over my truck. It's not a bad thing to be a polite driver and yield to others all the time because doing the opposite may lead to a lost oportunity.

I would think that in the lawn business, it's mostly about word of mouth and keeping clients happy. Happy clients tell their friends and it just keeps on going from there. Happy clients also call you back over and over again, so when neighbors see your vehicle coming back all the time, they just assume that you are doing a good job. I've had neibhgors call me for work just because their neighbor was using me. In some cases, they don't even know the neighbors name, they just assume that if they hired me, that I must be doing a good job.

Hope this helps,
Eddie

[Mowbizz]

I'm not part of this industry, but I am a Remodeler and work on clients homes. When I started out, I had ads in the local free papers, the newspaper and I put out yard signs. The free classifieds paper is where I got most of my work. The newpaper ad was a total waste of time and moeny. The yard signs generated a few calls and jobs, but nothing substantial. I didn't really like asking to post them, and even though my clients all allowed me to do so, I sort of felt like I was imposing on them by doing this.

Now I have magnetic signs on my truck and I wear T-shirts with my business name and contact information on it. I'm a walking billboard. This has solved all of my problems and I have just booked my first job for 2010 last week. This year is totally booked up. I haven't paid to advertise in a few years, and between repeat clients, word of mouth and those who see me working on a job and call from seeing my sign on my truck, it's all the work that I can handle.

On a note of caution, I'm now very cautious when I drive because my name and phone number is all over my truck. It's not a bad thing to be a polite driver and yield to others all the time because doing the opposite may lead to a lost oportunity.

I would think that in the lawn business, it's mostly about word of mouth and keeping clients happy. Happy clients tell their friends and it just keeps on going from there. Happy clients also call you back over and over again, so when neighbors see your vehicle coming back all the time, they just assume that you are doing a good job. I've had neibhgors call me for work just because their neighbor was using me. In some cases, they don't even know the neighbors name, they just assume that if they hired me, that I must be doing a good job.

Hope this helps,
Eddie


Good post Eddie...I assume you are the same Eddie who's on TBN...I always like reading your posts about your property and equipment "adventures."
So far word of mouth has worked well for me too. I should get some magnetic signs and shirts as well...I just don't want permanent advertising on my vehicles because I use town facilities (landfill, etc) that don't allow commercial vehicles. Do you find the magnetic signs damage the truck doors at all??

[EddieWalker]

Good post Eddie...I assume you are the same Eddie who's on TBN...I always like reading your posts about your property and equipment "adventures."
So far word of mouth has worked well for me too. I should get some magnetic signs and shirts as well...I just don't want permanent advertising on my vehicles because I use town facilities (landfill, etc) that don't allow commercial vehicles. Do you find the magnetic signs damage the truck doors at all??

Hi Mowbizz,

Yes, that's me. I found this site from a thread on zero turn mowers over at TBN last year when I was looking to buy one. Then another thread going on there is talking about zero turn mowers with a link here, so I thought I'd come back and thank everyone for their advice. Now I'm just here reading what the experts have to say, and hopefully learning a thing or two.

I went with the magnetic signs on my truck so I could take them off if I need to. So far, that has never happened. My truck is a 98 F250, so I don't think I can damage the paint any. LOL Eventually I'm going to buy a cargo van, but that's still just another one of many goals that I'm working towards.

Eddie

[JohnnyRocker]

I think putting up a sign in a yard just for mowing is kinda tacky personally. I know my customers would think so as well.

[Stillwater]

I think putting up a sign in a yard just for mowing is kinda tacky personally. I know my customers would think so as well.

if they can't read the wording on my trucks and trailers. Their free to call someone else

[JohnnyRocker]

Maybe painting your logo on their mailbox would be more professional.