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Watch Craig make a lawn care business website #1 in the search engines…

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Check out this video. This is flippin unbelievable.
Craig is the best I’ve ever seen at getting websites to the top of Google.

Not only can he do this, he can even show you how to do it.

Stay tuned. He is sending me more videos I’ll post in the next couple of days….

Patrick

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Have you tried a Newsletter?

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

If you are trying to market your business, and you don’t have a newsletter, well why don’t you?  A newsletter is a good way to keep your name and your business in your customers mind.  Its also a good way to keep existing customers.  New customers are great, but some studies have shown that it costs 4 or 5 times more to get new customers, than it does to keep existing ones.  Try having coupons or specials from time to time, also get the e-mail addresses of your customers.  A newsletter delivered by e-mail is almost free, a printed newsletter has to be delivered by someone and will cost money or time or both.

While trying to keep marketing costs down, don’t forget that it costs a lot more to get a new customer than it does to keep existing customers. Use e-mail and come up with a once or twice a month newsletter, you could have coupons and specials. The reason for using e-mail is costs. E-mail is almost free, printed material is not, also if you use printed materials, the post office or someone has to deliver them..

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2 New Lawn Care and Landscaping DVD’s

Monday, October 20th, 2008

We’ve been working on these for a while as we’ve had time and finally got two of them done.
You can get our How-To install an irrigation system DVD and our How-To Install a low voltage lighting DVD both for only $47. We will be selling them for $27 each.

You can click here to find out more or click on the picture below….


In addition to these two DVD’s, we have 4 more about to be ready.
1. Estimating for Lawn Care Businesses. This covers how to estimate jobs, etc.
2. How To Set up and Run a Fertilization Business. Covers all aspects of starting and running a fertilization division for your lawn care business.
3. Retaining Walls
4. Installing pavers. This may be 2 DVD’s. We have so much footage shot it may nto fit on one DVD!

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Dandelions, Crabgrass and Installing Sod.

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

I try to write articles based on the questions I get via email and on the phone. I had receved several about doing sod jobs and a couple about weeds. Particuraly Dandelions and Crabgrass.
Here’s the latest articels I’ve posted:

Dandelions- How to control

Getting Rid of Crabgrass

Measuring and Installing Sod

Pricing a Sod Job

Different Types of Sod

I’m working on some other articles to answer questions I received in the past few weeks. I’ll post them over the next day or so…

Patrikc

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Lawn Care and Landscaping DVD’s

Friday, December 7th, 2007

I’ve been working hard to finish up our first 4 lawn care / landscaping DVD’s. We are just about done.

They are:
1. Landscaping basics (This DVD covers us doing planning with the software we use to do before and after shots, the basic install, etc)

2. Low Voltage Landscape Lighting. (This DVD covers us doing an install, goes over tips, tricks, etc)

3. Irrigation Installation (This DVD Covers us doing an install of an irrigation system at a new house. Includes planning, layout, installation, testing, etc)

4. Pavers (This DVD Covers us doing an install at a new construction job site from start to finish)

I’ll start posting samples of each over the next few days. Stay Tuned!
All the DVD’s are 1 to 1 1/2 hours long and are really cool (if I do say so myself)

Thanks!

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