www.gopherforum.com – One of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum members recently made a trade with a local publisher. He offered to do lawn care in return for ad space. In this discussion we learn how creating a squeeze page on your website can help you collect potential customer contact information to allow you to market to these people later via email. We also learn what your advertising should say in order to get as many people as possible to want to click through your internet banner advertisement. If you would like to read more about this topic, check out my newest lawn care business book ‘GopherHaul Extreme Lawn Care Business Tips.’ You can read more about it here http He wrote I made a trade with a local advertising business a few weeks ago for them to do a magazine ad for me in return for me to do her yard for so a certain period of time. I have been working on her yard off and on since the ad was published. They want to put a banner with my business name on their website and have it linked to my website. They also want me to write an article in the (ask the expert section) of their website on the topic of fall/winter upkeep advice to help people. I will also be in the coupon section. Another member responded In terms of the banner ad, your concept looks great but if you want MORE people to respond you need to give them a reason. Sure, some people will respond because they need something right now, but what about all the people just THINKING about a particular …
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How to use a squeeze page on your lawn care business website. GopherHaul 40 Lawn Care Business Show.
Tips for winning commercial snow plowing accounts – GopherHaul 48 Lawn Care Business Training Show
www.gopherforum.com – Have you had difficulties landing commercial snow plowing accounts? It can be difficult to break through a companies layer of insulation before you get to the person in charge of making such decisions. Persistance seems to be a big part of the key to success. Lets look into this discussion that took place on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. A new member wrote landing a large commercial account is not the easiest thing to do but once you have them you can keep them for a very long time provided you are doing a professional job. And the amount of money you can generate for your company is great. I landed a few medium size commercial snow plow accounts for this winter and have some good leads on summer work. I will be pushing for residential lawn care very heavily at the beginning of next year. My feeling is that my company WILL be successful in both residential and commercial accounts. How do you feel you were able to land your initial snow plow accounts? Did you happen to know the decision makers or are did it come down to just being good at sales? Do you have any advice for others looking to land commercial snow plow accounts in their area? I am sure others would appreciate any insight you have. Landing the commercial accounts last year was just luck I guess. I am sure it had a lot to do with my approach and attitude for wanting to do the work. I did not know any of the decision makers when I first made contact. You need to spend a great deal of …
GopherHaul 4
In this episode we see before and after pictures of our Gopherhaul winner Chad from Chad’s Lawn Service. We also learn the 6 deadly marketing mistakes a lawn care operator must try to avoid at all costs. Plus an upcoming look at future episodes with Roy from Meg-Mo and David from Lawn Solutions. Don’t miss this episode. I hope it inspires you to reach for your business dreams. Check out www.gophersoftware.com for more information.
GopherHaul 6
GopherHaul is a show for lawn care operators and small business owners. In this episode we GopherHaul Blaine’s lawn care business that was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. We will see some lawn mower modifications, lifted with 39 inch car crushing sized tires. Also we learn some lawn care marketing secrets from Chestin, the 7 secrets to using brochures. Plus we get an inside look at how you can install your own vinyl signs for your landscaping business. Check out www.gophersoftware.com for more information.
GopherHaul 5
GopherHaul is a show for lawn care operators and small business owners. Our holiday episode. In it we see some fun holiday toys for lawn care operators. We see a nitrous powered mower and a wheelie popping tractor. Also we learn some lawn care web marketing secrets from Chestin. Plus we GopherHaul a lawn care operator who lost his business during Hurricane Katrina. Watch what you can do with 1 part lawn mower and 1 part nitrous. Check out www.gophersoftware.com for more information.
How to upsell snow removal services – GopherHaul 50 Snow Plow Business Training Show.
www.gopherforum.com – Depending on how you present your snow plowing bid can have a direct result on if you get hired or not and what kinds of services your customer will sign up for. I asked a member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum about his methods for estimating snow removal services and how he gets so many upsells. He told me of the importance of breaking down each service in your bid to show the cost of each. Then I followed up with more questions. Ifyou are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http 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, estimate and proposal forms. 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. Check out my lawn care business blog at www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http
GopherHaul 32 – Topsoil & Mulch Calculator and improving your Lawn Care Business Sales Discussion
www.gopherforum.com – Why is my lawn care business marketing not working? When you are getting your lawn care business started and you dont have many personal contacts, the situation can be rough. Lets take a look at what our friend and fellow Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum member did to go from getting no return calls to many. Scott wrote So my flyers & business cards have been sent out all over, a lot of my cards need to be restocked in stores because they are almost all gone. Yet I have gotten no calls. I only have a few days left, I can only do so much. Im mass producing flyers again & plan to send them out to the other areas of my starter city. I myself have walked door to door handing out 7000 flyers & Im losing it! I dont wanna be out for weeks with these flyers so Im gonna just start asap without stopping until they are all out! Ill give you guys some amateur shots of my flyer & card, you can tell me what the hell Im doing wrong. Steve You are doing a fantastic job. What you are doing with your flyers and business cards is good, however, you will find more success selling people to people. Selling to those you know or those that know you. Have you considered picking up the phone and try to sell to people who are existing customers or people you know? The next what you can do is work the neighbors of your customers. Tell them you are services Mr. Jones lawn and you would like to service theirs too. Scott: Alright, so I decided to confront my snow removal customers …
How to use the snow plow estimate calculator – GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Forum Podcast
www.gopherforum.com Trying to figure out how much to charge for snow plowing can be pretty tough. If you charge too much, you wont get any jobs. If you charge too little you wont make any profit. Now it is important to keep in mind what the going rate for snow plowing services is in your…
GopherHaul 15 – Lawn Care Business Entrepreneur Show
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul! If you haven’t started your business yet, what are you waiting for. If you don’t start your business this year, you’ll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today! GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow. Thanks for watching. Our lawn care entrepreneur business forum has just been jam packed with amazing business and marketing ideas since our last show and I am in no way going to be able to cover it all now but I do hope to cover a bunch of it. If you want to read more get on the forum at www.getgopher.com In this episode we will be talking about: * Our friend Teresa. She is the owner and operator of a lawn care business, a single mom and is going through a divorce. We get a chance to talk with her and come up with unique marketing ideas to help her push her business forwards and help her find continued success. * We talk about some more marketing techniques for Halloween. One idea includes setting up a Halloween scene in your front yard involving a mower and using it as an example to talk about mower safety. We also see how you can get custom printed m&m’s to promote your lawn care business. * I put up a couple new free lawn care flyer templates you can download and edit to fit your needs. This one is designed …
