With a bit of creativity and a little planning, your lawn maintenance business income can support you and your employees year-round. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about what happens with your lawn maintenance business when everyone’s lawn is buried in snow. Needless to say, the grass isn’t growing [...]
Accurate job costing is the single most important factor in determining your lawn maintenance business profitability. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about a surprisingly polarizing topic: Job costing. Some people love it, some people hate it. But feelings aside, accurate job costing can make a huge difference in [...]
You can build a truly "beautiful business" by hiring international lawn maintenance team members. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here with a guide to H-2B, a government program that can help you hire lawn maintenance workers from other countries. It’s quite a process, but the rewards are worth it—and I’ll walk [...]
Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about lawn maintenance business data. And today’s lesson comes down to this: You manage what you measure. All you have to do is start keeping track of something, and you’ll see almost immediate improvement. But we’re not going to stop there. Let’s talk [...]
The best way to grow a lawn maintenance business is to start thinking like a big company even when you’re still small. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about business growth and the mindset behind it. As you know, I’m all in favor of starting small. I love telling [...]
As your lawn maintenance business grows, you’ll need more lawn maintenance business employees to keep it going. Here’s our quick guide to hiring the right people. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about the ABCs of hiring for your lawn maintenance business. Hiring is a highly personal process, and [...]
With a creative problem-solving mindset, you can overcome any obstacle to growing your lawn maintenance business. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to talk about thinking outside the box. When you’re running a small business, you’re bound to encounter a few hiccups. And you’ll sometimes need a creative mindset and a [...]
Lawn maintenance business equipment is a mainstay of what you do each day. So, let's talk shop (and shopping). Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here again to talk about the beautiful business. This time of year, you're likely to be noticing that some of your machinery and tools are looking a [...]
Strong systems, organized records, and documentation can help keep your lawn maintenance business running smoothly. Today we’re talking about estimates, agreements, and contracts, as well as the importance of trust. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here with a little Paperwork 101. We’re going to talk about the purposes and differences between [...]
You can execute a simple, effective marketing plan for your lawn maintenance business without a fancy business degree. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here to demystify the world of marketing. There’s a lot of high-brow terminology out there about marketing and sales, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. What is [...]
You need a solid lawn maintenance season plan to ensure a profitable year. Hey Clippers! Dave Tucker here, and today we’re talking about timing and planning. The beautiful business is ruled by the four seasons, so it’s important to take weather changes into consideration when you’re making plans. Marketing seasons [...]
Starting a lawn maintenance business involves some nitty-gritty details. Hey, Clippers! Dave Tucker here. Today we’re going to go over some of the serious stuff - the important legal steps you need to take to protect your beautiful business. This may not be the most exciting material we cover in [...]
Lawn maintenance residual income is an excellent source for financial security. Hey Clippers! We’re talking money today here on CLIP.com. And I've got a question at the end, so stay with me here! You may have heard the term “residual income” before. Depending on who you ask, it’s also called [...]
Hey, clippers! Dave Tucker here with the next installment of our CLIP startup series. Today I want to talk about a few reasons why you should choose lawn maintenance for your business. And I’d like to start with a story. My nephew, James, was eleven years old when [...]
There were two landscapers in the town of Work Opportunity. They were Fred Grows and Joe Smart and they had each built a sizable Landscaping company. The gross sales for each company were right at $1,000,000. That means that they were in the upper 3% of all landscape companies in [...]
Hello, Clippers! Dave Tucker here again. As promised, we’re kicking off the CLIP.com series on starting your own successful lawn maintenance business. As you may recall from last week’s article, my family is my top priority. Back in 1986, I wanted to earn a little extra money to support them, [...]
Hello, Clippers! Dave Tucker here. When I first started mowing lawns for my brother-in-law in 1986, I did it because I had a family to feed and bills to pay. But it wasn’t long before I saw the opportunity that exists in the lawn maintenance industry. I worked hard and [...]
CLIP's alternative to end of the year proposals. How to use the dollars per man-hour reports to raise prices only where needed.
What sort of winter work do you typically do to get you through those cold months? Are you afraid of losing good employees? Maybe you're just scared of cabin fever. Either way, these tips will hopefully give you some ideas of what you can do during the long winter months. [...]
Snowplowing tends to be feast or famine — it might be 60 degrees on New Years Day one year, and you might have 2 feet of snow the next year. How can you still make money while maintaining all that expensive snow removal equipment? Firstly, snow plowing requires that you [...]
