Spring specials

[grassmasterswilson]

Curious what spring specials you guys are doing or what has worked in the past? Trying to get a mailer together and need a good special or two to get people calling.
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[bohiaa]

What ever " SPECIALS " you CAN offer. would be up to you ! it's VERY difficult to give advice on a company to give away there items, while NOT knowing there Ballance! " In fact. it would be Quite impossable!!!!

In the Past, I have provided FREE fert. with a 1 year contract, BUT. doing the math. I had to REQUIRE, a 6month payment in advance. this way. if they run out on me. I'm covered.

While it's TRUE. the Word FREE. is the most attention getting in any advertisement. BUT. If you have noticed. " From past expearcances " when somehting is FREE. MOSt people know it's VERY costly !!!!

wiht the above offer I was running, I quickly stoped this action. and resorted to only FREE estimates,
today. I have resneded this offer. we offer NOTHING as a special.

[nozzy]

I'm going to offer free spring lawn aeration for my first 5 new customers who sign an annual contract. Ones that call after the first 5 are gone I'm going to offer 1/2 price for lawn aeration. At least with aeration, it is only a labor expense and we will already be there anyway so it doesn't take that long.

The other great thing about rolling the aerator out of the trailer is we often pick up a neighbor or two. Even if they don't want weekly lawn service nobody wants to go rent an aerator and do it them self. You can remind them that it will cost just as much to rent the machine as it will just to have you do it. Easy sell...

A few years back I made over $600 one Saturday before lunch just aerating lawns. I was at a guys house who had called me from a newspaper ad and a couple neighbors came over to talk to me. Pretty soon they were on the phone calling other neighbors to "have it done while the guys is already here." This is a huge advantage to doing jobs like this on the weekends when everyone is home.

I usually greatly prefer the weekly customers, but annual aerations are good too. Once you have been there once you know what to charge and you can just fit them in when you have a little extra time and happen to be in the area. Just call them up about 11 months after their last service and tell them it has been almost a year and it would be the perfect time to do it again within the next month. Almost everyone will say yes and then you can work them into your schedule.

[bohiaa]

You may want to be VERY carefull about that weekend work. I would def. DIG out the insurance policy to see if your covered.

I'm only assuming you have insurance. IF so you also know your insurance is based on how many hours you work.