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Title: GopherHaul 21 - Lawn Care Marketing Business Show
Show description:
Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 21 -- Lawn Care Marketing Business Show.
In this episode we will be talking about
GopherHaul breaks the 500,000 view mark! Thank you everyone for watching us!
For a more in depth reading o moreTitle: GopherHaul 21 - Lawn
Care Marketing Business Show
Show description:
Hello and welcome to
GopherHaul 21 -- Lawn Care
Marketing Business Show.
In this episode we will be
talking about
GopherHaul breaks the 500,000
view mark! Thank you everyone
for watching us!
For a more in depth reading of
our show, make sure you
download the latest GopherHaul
episode guide in pdf format.
You can download this and
previous episode guides here.
Inspirational Story:
When you are having trouble
envisioning yourself starting
your own business and you just
can't imagine it happening. Or
you feel the odds are stacked
against you, I want to share
with you two stories that will
inspire you to say yes you
indeed can get your business
started.
I was able to get a chance to
meet two great entrepreneurs
who run their own lawn care
business. What's so unique
about them? They are both 14
years old and don't even have
a drivers license yet!
The first entrepreneur I want
to talk about is Mitch. He
wrote me a short time ago to
say 'My name is Mitch, and I'm
fourteen years old, and own my
own lawn care company,
DreamScapes Landscaping. I
started when i was ten, mowing
my neighbors yard and things
have grown a lot since then!
Either my dad or my grandma
tows me around with my dad's
Jeep and this year I can drive
with my permit with my new
truck! I just bought a 1999
Chevy 2500.'
Check out the post he made and
see pictures of his fleet with
includes his truck, trailer
and several mowers and
trimmers! Mitch is an
inspiration to us all. Now
let's also meet Luke.
What to do?
Next up. What do you do when
you recently bought a lawn
care business and your largest
client leaves? Let's find
out.
Our new friend Amy got on the
Gopher Lawn Care Business
Forum and told us how she
bought a landscaping business
and lost a big client and now
might lose her house. Read the
post she made here.
She wrote 'I bought a
commercial lawn business a
little over 2 years ago and it
has been nothing but
heartbreak ever since. Lost
our biggest customer (about
40% of revenue) and we've been
going downhill ever since. I
am desperate to hold onto this
business since I am in debt up
to my eyeballs. I'll lose my
house if I don't since it was
used as collateral for the SBA
loan.'
'My big push right now is
cold-calling, letter sending
to commercial accounts, etc.
Which do you think is more
effective and does anyone have
any tips on letters?'
Tim jumped in and had offered
these suggestions: He said
'You can crawl out of this,'
and had a list of things she
should consider doing.
First thing is to contact your
Accountant and do a complete
audit on the business. Look
for every possible expense cut
you can make, this is
restructure time.
DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT go out
there looking for that one big
job or contract to get you out
of this, chances are greater
you're not going to get it in
a fast way, If you do great
but most probably not going to
happen.
Look for quantity, the more
recurring you can generate the
stronger your business will
be, do not limit yourself to
only commercial, get out there
and hit up the res market just
as hard as if you where just
getting started in business,
hit those res areas
multi-times not just once.
Then slam those small
businesses the same way with
letters and mailers, cold
call, and phone calls. Get in
their face. Step it up a
notch. The accounting dept. or
GM of the larger commercial
facilities are the ones to
contact most generally for
being put on the bidders list.
Amy then posted a sales letter
she was considering sending
out to commercial facilities
in her area and asked for
suggestions on editing it. Tim
edited the commercial lawn
care sales letter and posted
it here, where you can read it
and possibly edit it to fit
your own needs.
If our show or forum has
helped you, or if you have any
business questions, please let
us know and send an email or
make a post about your
experience! I hope all these
ideas have helped you expand
and grow your business and
mind. So until the next time,
always remember to Dream it,
Build it, Gopher it!
If you are in need of free
lawn care marketing material
for your lawn care business,
please visit our site at
http://www.gophersoftware.com.
We have hundreds of free lawn
care logo, flyer, door hanger
and web templates you can
download and use for your lawn
care business. We also have
free lawn care business
contracts. Also download our
trial version of Gopher Lawn
Care Business Software. Gopher
will help your lawn care
business schedule and invoice
more customers in less time,
allowing you more time to grow
or enjoy your life. If you are
on myspace send us a friend
request. We are located at
http://www.myspace.com/teamgop
her.
Tags lawn, care, marketing, entrepreneur, GopherHaul, home, business, landscaping, guru, advertising, mower, forum, grass, landscaper
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