6 Expert Tips to Fulfill Your Landscape Proposal Promise
Honest, hardworking landscape pros always have the best intentions at heart when they sell a project to a client. They sincerely want to deliver a top-quality project, on-time and on-budget, that will exceed client expectations and win more business. The reality, however, is that no matter how skilled the professional is at the landscape tasks at hand, they often don’t have the business structure in place to adequately deliver on their ...
How to Win More Landscape Jobs When you Write Killer Proposals
As landscapers, we’re most comfortable with our hands in the dirt and bringing projects to life for clients. What many of us are not so comfortable with is the art and science of crafting proposals that sell. As a ...
Why is my landscape business growth stalling?
I spend a lot of time talking about marketing because that is a fundamental element of business growth that often gets overlooked in a “down-and-dirty” profession such as landscaping. We like to get our hands dirty, and ...
4 Massive Mistakes Landscape Companies Make in Their Marketing & Sales Messaging and How to Avoid Them
Landscape business owners – like a lot of business owners – spend a considerable amount of time and money crafting traditional sales and marketing tools such as truck signage, brochures, and now websites. However, more ...
Expert Advice to Establish a Landscape Business Pricing Strategy
Here is a question I hear over and over again: “Our pricing is all over the place, how do I set landscape service prices and stick to them?” Confusion about pricing strategy is commonplace in many service industries and ...
Competitive Advantage: What Makes You Unique?
Every business, like every person, is unique. Even businesses that provide products or services that are virtually the same have something unique about them that can be promoted to set them apart from their competitors. ...
Marketing A Landscaping Business: Getting People to Buy What You’re Selling
Owning a landscaping business – heck, owning any business – is not for the faint of heart. If you’re struggle with getting the kind of work you really like to do, then this post provides some tips to fine-tune your ...
Don’t Like Selling? Change How You Do It.
As the owner of a landscaping business, chances are you do everything from managing the books to driving the truck. And that includes sales. If you’re like most people, selling doesn’t come easy – you’re uncomfortable ...
Super Easy Ways to Avoid Price Wars with Competitors
If you’re a small business, it’s often hard to avoid competing on price. Perhaps you’re afraid to lose a prospect or worse a client to a lower-priced competitor. Or you’re looking to get established in a new market. Or ...
The #1 Pitfall To Avoid with Your Business’s Cash Flow Variation
One of the biggest challenges for landscape contractors is managing cash flow. Seasonal variations, fickle customers, weather, and suppliers can all wreak havoc on your cash flow – one week you can be rolling in dough ...
4 Cash Building Tips for Landscaping Business Owners
Does it seem like each new landscape year brings a roll-of-the-dice when it comes to figuring out how much start-up cash you’ll need and if you’ll have enough to get things going at the beginning of your peak season? If ...
7 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Landscape Sales Timeline
The landscape industry is seasonal, so no matter where you live in the world, there are peak seasons and off seasons. If you’re like most landscape designers and contractors, the all-at-once influx of new business in ...