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  1. Starting a Lawn Care Business
    Hey guys, I have been in business for 2 years doing landscaping work on the side while working for a large company. I am planning to break out on my own this spring and want to get some opinions on what you have found to be the best means of advertisement. Since I started a couple years ago I...
  2. 🙂 Introduce Yourself
    Good Evening, I'm sure before signing up many of you would often look at threads for long periods of time without actually making an account because you're in hurry and want a quick answer, simply don't want to sign up, or you don't go on enough in general. Anyways, I am hoping this will be...
  3. Business Operations
    Hey guys, just a heads up for everyone who is getting their advertising campaign for this season set up, and budgete: I was just on the Vistaprint website, and they are having a massive sale. Business cards, flyers, post cards, and some other stuff are 50% off, and they have some other products...
  4. Business Operations
    I am lost. I run a great business that is customer focused, advertisements are professionally made, my employees are uniformed, and I make it my goal to make sure each job is perfect even if I am going to lose money. On the flip side of that I have an acquaintance in this industry that does...
  5. Starting a Lawn Care Business
    Hey All, for the last year or so i have been aiming to start up a full lawn care company, starting out solo hoping to grow. i have read these threads religiously for quite some time. i am waiting on finding the right trailer and using a 21'' walk behind and a 42'' Toro wb. My biggest issue has...
  6. Starting a Lawn Care Business
    Does doing door hangers at this point in the season give good results? I need more work and have a few neighborhoods i need to target. Mainly middle class. Has anyone tried mid season advertising and how well does it work? Also going to do newspaper advertisement in the classifieds. The paper...
  7. Starting a Lawn Care Business
    Was talking to a guy who owns a local lawn company, and we talked about having advertisement on our trailers and or trucks. He said technically you can't unless you are "legit". He said he can't because he is a "private contractor". I fall under the same category. He said the police could get...
  8. Lawn Mowing
    I was hoping to get some advice on how to advance my marketing plan throughout the middle of the season (July). I am continuously developing my website: optimizing, backlinking, blogging, etc. I am also posting advertisements around my service area using lawn signs, posters on telephone poles...
  9. General Industry Discussions
    Just and FYI if you are trying to build retention with your customer during the holidays, RND Signs has just added a bunch of greeting and thank you card ideas on their website. Providing a referral offer inside your card could help spread your name this holiday season...
  10. Digital Marketing
    I got a few PM's on how I created my craigslist ad and I thought I would dedicate a thread on how I did it. To see an example of the possibilities, see my Craigslist ad: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/fgs/2260609383.html Craigslist only allows certain types of HTML code which can be found...
  11. Business Operations
    I recently was talking to a costumer who is in the air conditioning business who advertises in the same magazines and papers as me and he always has massive full color ads which I know are running him alot of money. He told me about how his suppliers give him CO OP $ for advertising if he agrees...
  12. Original Pictures Forum
    This is the flyer that I'm planning to pass out this coming spring, I'm going to hit the same neighborhood that the testimonials are from twice (yes, people will actually know who wrote the testimonials). I plan to hit it once before it's time for mowing, and then again right before the grass...
  13. Original Pictures Forum
    I found this really unique idea on www.gopherfourm.com Here's the link http://www.gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=73007#post73007 What do you guys think about the general idea? Professional enough. "Everyone's watching your neighbors lawn, they could be watching yours too!" (I give full...
  14. Original Pictures Forum
    I found this really unique idea on www.gopherfourm.com Here's the link http://www.gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=73007#post73007 What do you guys think about the general idea? Professional enough. "Everyone's watching your neighbors lawn, they could be watching yours too!" (I give full...
  15. Original Pictures Forum
    I ordered the free cards from www.clubflyers.com and I think they did a good job. I only had to pay around $10 for shipping, and wait about 2.5 weeks for them to arrive (free cards have 2 week turnaround). Now that they have come I can see a few things that I would like to change, just slight...
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