News and Press from Super Lawn Trucks
Landscaper’s Slow Down Prevention Plan – Part 3
Dear Lawn and Landscape Business Owner: Are you thinking about July and August?You really should be. Here's why.Landscape business owners bust their rear ends to ramp up for the high demand of Spring: April, May and June.But just about every year...The mad...
Are Landscapers and Home Improvement Jobs Slowing Down?
The news reports continue to predict a recession. From recent bank failures to gridlock in Washington DC politics, you can find endless stories (and story writers) who predict a big slowdown in business in 2023.We had questions from clients and followers...
Are Things Slowing Down for Landscapers?
For Lawn and Landscape Business Owners: We've been hearing this question a lot from our clients and followers... "will there be a slow down in the economy in the coming months?" Because of this question, we decided to send out a survey this week to get...
Predicting a Landscaper’s Future? Is It Possible?
A special message for owners of lawn and landscaping companies:It seems to be a really weird time when you look at the big-picture of the economy.The biggest news story of the past few weeks has focused on bank collapses.Every news broadcast tries to...
Should Landscapers Still Carry Business Cards?
Dear Lawn or Landscape Business Owner: Last week’s essay on THE 3-Part Automatic Landscaper Marketing Plan grabbed the attention of skeptics and supporters alike.For example, one techno-cool-cat claimed that “business cards are dead”. He simply shares his...
Powerful, Automatic Marketing for Lawn & Landscape Business Owners
Lawn and Landscape Business Owners: We had interesting feedback from our readers on the subject of running Facebook ads. In fact, Jeff R. quickly responded to the article we published on the subject and let us know that he invests a cool $100,000 each...
Should Landscapers Run Facebook Ads?
Lawn and landscape business owners: We received this marketing question a few days ago. It’s a common question…However, it’s the wrong question. Let me explain.Marketing has three purposes. The most effective marketing will accomplish all three. Build...
Broke-Landscapers vs Fat-Cat-Landscapers: Who Wins?
Spring season is here. Green grass is growing. Flowers are busting out and our customers are catching their annual infection of Spring Fever. That’s a good thing for our industry.But there’s another thing you can count on every single Spring. New...
3 Disturbing Trends for Lawn Business Owners
We just returned from 3 weeks of travel. This included 2 weeks of private consulting meetings and one THINK WEEK. I'd thought you would like to learn about the trends I have confirmed.FIRST...did you hear the news revealed on the Employment Situation...
Landscape Business Owners Response
Last week's essay on the subject of lowering landscape prices in 2023 attracted a number of comments from our readers. This one from Mark Dubois at Quality Landscape and Lawn Care grabbed my attention:"You had to bring up a bank collapse..."Yes...I sure...
Lower Landscaping Prices?
Dear Landscape Business Owner:Did you see the new report from the BLS released Friday morning (3-10-23): More Jobs - Jobs - Jobs - up 311,000 for the month of February 2023. The unemployment rate is now 3.6%, near a 54-year low.Wages...they keep going up...
2 Landscapers + 2 Price Increase Lessons for Spring
Dear Lawn or Landscape Business Owner, These two conversations were 180 degrees apart. We think there's a valuable lesson in each. Read these two short case studies and then hit reply and let us know what you think.Case Study #1 - Results from the 3% increase...In...