News and Press from Super Lawn Trucks
State of the Lawn and Landscape Truck Industry: Important Update for Owners of Lawn and Landscape Companies
From: Tony Bass, founder www.superlawntrucks.com As of 9-12-22 It’s Monday as we write this important update. I have good news and bad news. You or your company requested a quotation from Super Lawn Trucks in the past few months. So we thought you may appreciate...
Getting Better Landscape Employees
Your Employee Management SystemLawn and landscape business owners gain leverage by hiring employees. That is, with employees, you don’t have to do all the work yourself. Generally speaking, hire employees and your sales can grow as you serve more customers. This is a...
Better Landscaping Employees?
Dear Lawn or Landscape Business Owner,At any moment in the life of your lawn or landscaping business, there’s ONE challenge that’s kicking your butt!There’s always ONE thing that’s the biggest challenge of all. We’d like to think that IF we could solve this ONE...
NEW Landscaper Survey Says…
Dear Lawn or Landscape Business Owner:The results have been pouring in over the last 3 days. The last count shows 377 responses. We read each and every comment.In case you missed it. We asked ONE question: What’s the single greatest challenge you face in your business...
How Landscapers Overcome Cash Flow Challenges – July 2022
“Cash is tight right now. I’ve gotta cut my expenses or I’ll have trouble meeting payroll.”That’s the message we’ve heard six times in less than 2 weeks. But wait…it’s the first time we’ve heard this in all of 2022 from our client base. Reckon why we are hearing this...
Fedzilla is Lying to Landscapers: Proof Follows…
Fedzilla is our name for the growing bureaucratic conglomerate of government agencies, politicians and operatives who attack capitalism, impede free enterprise and think the government is smarter than self-reliant citizens of the USA.We hang out with small business...
Raising Lawn & Landscape Prices – Example Follows
For Lawn and Landscape Business OwnersUrgent message: Wealthy landscapers have the courage to raise prices. The data has NEVER been more clear from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).This week, the Consumer Pain Index (CPI) - this is the backwards looking price data...
Keeping Your Best Landscape Employees
It happened again this week. The stress of finding and keeping lawn and landscape employees (while EVERY input cost is rising faster than any time in the past 40 years) is taking its toll. We had another business owner say they are ready to throw in the towel. Here’s...
Skeptical Landscaper Questions Retention Plan
The message began like this, “Wait just a minute Tony! Do you expect me to believe that by making people feel important and having a consistent stop time we can REALLY get our landscaping employees to stay longer? I’m not buying into this. Our employees are asking for...
Keeping Lawn & Landscape Employees Longer? Is it really possible?
Finding, recruiting, hiring, training and retaining superstar landscaping employees is the toughest job in the USA today. At least…that’s the feedback we continue to receive from lawn and landscape business owners.With an unemployment rate nearing 53 year...
Keeping Landscaping Employees Longer?
Dear Lawn or Landscape Business Owner,Is the Spring season starting to feel more and more like a burden than a huge opportunity?Frankly...we are concerned about what's going on.In three recent conversations, I’ve had to talk landscape business owners off the...
Solving Employee Problems-Responses
Double Landscape Employees Wages? Really? Are You Kidding?5-14-22We were surprised by the questions and comments on the subject of doubling landscape employee's wages this past week.It seems that a growing number of lawn and landscape business owners are seriously...
