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Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 22 – Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show

In this episode we will be talking about

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Inspirational Story:

A new member of our forum, wrote us a story about how they got their lawn care business started. I hope Jared, story inspires you to get your lawn care business started as well.

Join in on his post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=26;t=7090;st=0;r=1;&#entry34107

Election Day Lawn Care Business Marketing Idea:

One of our friends and fellow forum members, Fernando, wrote to us about this great lawn care business election marketing idea. With the presidential primaries going on now in many states and the elections going on this fall, Fernando made a post wondering how he could jump on this to create a marketing opportunity for himself and his business. What we all came up with on the forum was that he should get some lawn signs made that say Vote For Fernando. And then say somewhere on the sign that he is running for the Lawn Party. Then he should insert a web domain like www.voteforfernando.com and create a website that looks like a political campaign website. I thought this was a fantastic idea.

Read more about this post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=7155;st=10;r=1;&#entry34750

Business Question:

Is it a good idea to offer a discount for a full season pre-payment or prepay?

Read more about this post here:

http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=9;t=7229;

Spring Lawn Care Business Marketing Idea.

Spring is coming and what better way to meet your neighbors and promote your lawn care business for cheap, than to get your neighbors involved in a spring neighborhood garage sale. We created a free flyer template you can download from the link below. Get the flyer and edit it. Hand it out all over town and knock on all your neighbor’s doors to let them know you will be hosting a neighborhood yard sale. On a certain date they should bring out their tables and sell their wares. Then you can go out and mix and mingle with people in your town and promote your lawn care business. Put on the flyers that you are promoting this and if anyone has any questions, to contact you at your business line or visit your website for further information.

Get involved with the post here:

http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=8&t=7180&st=&&#entry34739

Book of the Month:

This month’s business book of the month is Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.”

If our show or forum has helped you, or if you have any business questions, please let us know and send an email or make a post about your experience! I hope all these ideas have helped you expand and grow your business and mind. So until the next time, always remember to Dream it, Build it, Gopher it!

If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. 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. Also 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. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.

Ken Chiarella…instantly.

Title: GopherHaul 27 – Lawn Care Software Business Forum Show

Show description:

Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 27 – Lawn Care Software Business Forum Show

Intro.

First off I’d like to say hi to everyone after this summer’s hiatus from producing the GopherHaul Show.

There has a lot that has been going on.

If you haven’t noticed, the Gopher Forum has gotten a make over and a new website. http://www.gopherforum.com

I have been busy trying to organize all the great lawn care business content on there to provide you with an easier way to read and learn.

Also I got a bunch of lawn care business and lawn care marketing books published. There are some on sale too so jump on this. Click on the link on the Gopher Lawn Care Business forum. Here are a listing of the new lawn care business books.

Stop Lowballing! A Lawn Care Business Owner’s Guide To Success

http://gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=40902&posted=1#post40902

The GopherHaul Lawn Care Marketing & Landscaping Business Show Episode Guide.

http://gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=40903&posted=1#post40903

How to get customers for your landscaping and lawn care business all year long. Volume #1 & #2

http://gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=40904&posted=1#post40904

The Big Lawn Care Marketing Book

http://gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=40905&posted=1#post40905

How to use Gopher Lawn Care Business Billing & Scheduling Software.

http://gopherforum.com/showthread.php?p=40906&posted=1#post40906

The landscaping and lawn care business plan startup guide. This one is just about to be published.

Fall leaf clean up letter.

I want to thank Gary for sharing with us this fall lawn care business leaf clean up letter. Before fall comes along, why not send out this letter in your invoices to your lawn care customers. Ask them how you should handle their leaf clean up and also offer other additional fall services like gutter cleaning.
Gary also suggested when bidding out your gutter cleaning, he charges $60 per hour. This should help you when you are estimating your jobs.

Read more about this discussion and download the letter here

http://www.gopherforum.com/showthread.php?t=7455&page=2

http://lawnchat.com/?p=213

How to get your lawn care business on commercial lawn care bid lists?

Ron wrote “Hi me and my brother have mainly had residential accounts and a couple commercial accounts. We are trying to get 2 to3 town homes this next season. The only problem is that we are not sure how we get a meeting with the association. We are hoping that somebody could help us out on this, and maybe tell us how they came about getting townhomes.

If you are looking to get commercial lawn care accounts next year, now is the time to get on their bid lists. This also applies to home owner associations and condos. There is a new free lawn care business letter for this in the letter section.

http://www.gopherforum.com/showthread.php?t=7209

Lawn Care Marketing Idea

This fall when your lawn care business is looking for more services to offer, why not consider offering your lawn care customers, stump grinding services. Our friend Bob from plan-itgraphics.com put together this great flyer concept to help you sell your stump grinding services. Why not get some of these flyers printed up and then hand them out in your area. Try and schedule as many stump grinding services as closely together and then rent a stump grinder for a couple of days.
You could also consider placing an ad in a local paper and mentioning 10% off stump grinding services if you contact us by xx/xx/xx. Or you could use a catchy headline like GET RID OF THAT EYESORE STUMP.
Service your lawn care customer’s stumps and make some great money to get your through the winter!
If you are unsure about how to price your stump grinding services consider this and visit the post on this discussion at the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.
Large stump grinding services range around $150-$300. Small stumps are about $75.

http://lawnchat.com/?p=214

http://gopherforum.com/showthread.php?t=7356

If our show or forum has helped you, or if you have any business questions, please let us know and send an email or make a post about your experience! I hope all these ideas have helped you expand and grow your business and mind. So until the next time, always remember to Dream it, Build it, Gopher it!

If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. 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. Also 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.

Ken Chiarella…instantly.