Do Your Landscaping Crews Have the Right Equipment With Them? Some of the most common questions we get asked at The Grow Group are about organization and trucks and equipment. This week, we're talking both.

How to Train Your Landscaping Sales Team Even experienced salespeople need to continue sharpening their saw, especially in an industry like ours. Refining closing skills, preparing for objections that are becoming more common in a changing economy, learning new ways to find leads, and even finding inspiration for.

Last week our team was at Aspire's Ignite conference connecting with landscape pros and both learning and teaching best practices for using systems to get the most out of your business. Over and over again we talked about the quality of data available to landscaping companies, and how they can best use that data to.

Three Steps to Create a Marketing Plan for Your Landscaping Company Since last year, I have been working with the Grunder Landscaping team to align marketing goals with sales and revenue goals; ensuring that our marketing reflects the types of work we actually want to sell and perform and resonates with our ideal.

Is Your Landscaping Facility Organized? Distractions can add to your team's indirect time and impact your company's efficiency. With our costs steadily rising, whatever a company can do to improve efficiency helps us keep prices in check and maintain our margins. Grunder Landscaping has always placed a focus on.

Be Landscape Professionals A little over a week ago, we were at R.P. Marzilli for our annual Field Trip in partnership with NALP. It was a great, fast-paced two days together learning from everything that R.P. Marzilli does well. We heard first-hand from Bob and Christine Marzilli how the business began (with a messy.

Build a Stronger Cash Position There's a lot of uncertainty in the market right now, and while no one on our team is an economist we do know that the economy is always cyclical. It doesn't stay up forever, we always see years of expansions and recessions just with varying severity. It is almost certain that we'll see.

Help Your Team Understand Each Other We aren't breaking news: the costs of doing landscaping work are rising. Gas prices, the wages and benefits for our team, material costs, and so many other smaller costs. It's all going up, and while it's always smart to be cognizant of how we can control costs, at some point we.

Help Your Team Understand Each Other "The sales team just drive all over town in their air-conditioned cars all day. They have it so easy." "The production team pays no attention to detail! If they could just do their jobs, I wouldn't have to deal with this unhappy client." "The owner just sits in their office all.

Are You Asking for Referrals? Without a doubt, I can tell you there is no better source for new team members and new clients than referrals. In both cases, whether it is a referred team member or a referred new client, we have success because generally, they have a better understanding of expectations, they have a.