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You’re Not The Stereotypical Landscape Contractor – Does The Market Know That?

You know the old saying, “I have some good news and some bad news”.   A lot of jokes start out that way. It just so happens our industry has a “good-news, bad-news” aspect to it. Here’s the bad news.  Because the landscape business has a relatively low barrier of entry, there’s a ton of mediocrity out there.  This [...]

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Plant Information – The Language Of Landscape

If I were going to move to another country I would want to learn their language as soon as possible.  I would learn enough in the beginning to get by, and then gradually learn more to be able to express anything on my mind. Plant information is a lot like a language.  From an artistic [...]

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More Landscape Business Is Right At Your Fingertips

Any successful business relies on a continuous flow of work, whether it’s new customers or repeat customers…or ideally, a combination of the two. There are many ways to try and get business, but most take time and expense and usually without a high degree of success. Conventional Wisdom Is Great…If It Only Worked If you’re [...]

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A Plant Guarantee Is Only As Good As The Landscape Contractor Behind It

Why Do You Want A Plant Guarantee? The answer is obvious – if a plant dies the company that installed it must replace it. Of course that’s the main reason to want a guarantee.  But I don’t think we choose a product or service just because it has a guarantee.  Most of us want a [...]

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