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A Few Undeniably Good Reasons to Start a Lawn Maintenance Business
Hey, clippers! Dave Tucker here with the next installment of our CLIP startup series. Today I want to talk about a few reasons why you should choose lawn maintenance for your business. And I’d like to start with a story. My nephew, James, was eleven years old when he...
Story of Two Landscapers
The Story of Two Landscapers There were two landscapers in the town of Work Opportunity. They were Fred Grows and Joe Smart and they had each built a sizable Landscaping company. The gross sales for each company were right at $1,000,000. That means that they were in...
Four Excellent Reasons to Own Your Own Business
Hello, Clippers! Dave Tucker here again. As promised, we’re kicking off the CLIP.com series on starting your own successful lawn maintenance business. As you may recall from last week’s article, my family is my top priority. Back in 1986, I wanted to earn a little...
Announcing The Quick CLIP Lawn Maintenance Business Startup Series
Hello, Clippers! Dave Tucker here. A lawn maintenance business startup was the last thing on my mind when I first started mowing lawns for my brother-in-law in 1986. I did it because I had a family to feed and bills to pay. But it wasn't long before I saw the wealth...
Underrated strategies for managing lawn care employees
Hear directly from experienced lawn care business owners who have mastered the art of hiring and developing people. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about some underrated strategies for hiring and developing good lawn care workers—again. I have a lot to say on...
Guide To Lawn Care End Of Year Proposals
Ready to play the waiting game on proposals again this year? Guide To Lawn Care End Of Year Proposals Most lawn and landscape companies send out proposals early in the Spring. Then they get hit by late-season snow once the bids are in the mail and no one calls them...
Making Money With Winter Work
What sort of winter work do you typically do to get you through those cold months? Are you afraid of losing good employees? Maybe you're just scared of cabin fever. Either way, these tips will hopefully give you some ideas of what you can do during the long winter...
The 5 Contract Types We Recommend For Snowplowing
Recommended Snowplowing Contract Types Snowplowing tends to be feast or famine — it might be 60 degrees on New Years Day one year, and you might have 2 feet of snow the next year. How can you still make money while maintaining all that expensive snow removal...
Should I Raise My Lawn Care Prices Between Seasons?
Raising Lawn Care Prices We're just about ready to get into wintertime. Now is the time when most people sit down and say "Hmm, I should have made more money last year and I didn't." One way to make more money is to raise your lawn service prices, right? If everybody...
5 Ways To Market Your Lawn Care Business Locally
You operate in the same neighborhoods all the time, sometimes weekly, and that makes them the best place to market your lawn care business locally. That's a ton of time your crews spend in a specific area, making impressions on neighbors and customers alike. If you...