You have a full schedule each day — managing operations, running your crews, making your customers happy, handling emergencies, etc. This likely leaves you with little time for other things that come up. Something you likely don’t have time for is collections. Collections Collections are necessary for any business and managing the process […]
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CLIP Lawncare And The Shrinking Effects Of H-2B
CLIP Lawncare And The Shrinking Effects Of H-2B Recently an “old time” customer asked me how CLIP Lawn Care, LLC in Maryland was doing. I responded, “Terrible!”. It has been a tough year and a half. Right before the elections in 2016, Congress neglected to pass the “Returning Worker Exemption […]
How To Rate And Review A Small Business On Facebook
The lifeblood of a small business is word of mouth. These days, word of mouth doesn’t just extend to the folks you interact with personally, it’s also your extended reach on social media. If a customer wants to figure out what local business to use for their lawn care needs, […]
4 Steps To Finding Good Employees For Your Lawn Care Company
With the season upon us and H2B remaining a swamp, you may be in a position in which you’re trying to find good employees. It can be a difficult task, so we wanted to help you out. 4 Steps To Finding Good Employees For Your Lawn Care Company Whether you’re ready […]
Welcome To The CLIPitc Affiliate Program
Today we’re introducing the CLIPitc Affiliate Program. This program is available to everyone and will offer our current customers and those who are close to the green industry a chance to make some extra money by recommending CLIPitc to others. For over 30 years, we’ve served and worked alongside our customers. […]
5 Ways To Create Shareable Social Media Images For Your Lawn Care Business
We’ve talked a bit about how to get your social media on point around here. I’ve compiled this list of resources to help you create imagery that will engage people, and because I understand not everyone is a designer, they’re listed in order of difficulty of use. 5 Ways To […]
Is Your Lawn Care Company Ready To Sell?
People tend to spend months, maybe years, planning to start their business, but hardly any time at all on is their lawn care company ready to sell. Being born in 1960 places me close to 60 years old. At this point, I know that I will not be able to […]
How Does Utilizing ACH Payments In CLIPitc Help Your Business?
Last year we entered a new stage of our partnership with BluePay and we’re incredibly excited to point out that you may accept ACH payments, via BluePay, from your customers. As you dig into your season, it may be a good time to see how you can automate parts of […]
How The Changes To H-2B Have Affected CLIP Lawncare
This article was written by Ryan Marshall and originally appeared in the Frederick News Post. For Dave Tucker, springtime means money. At least he hopes so. Tucker owns CLIP Lawn Care, a local lawn care and landscaping company, and when spring comes and the grass starts to grow, Tucker needs […]
Why Delegation Of Your Decisions As A Lawn Care Business Owner Is Vital To Success
Delegation is a process. Have you ever been “worn out” from making decisions? Have you ever felt exhausted from having to think about things over and over? The solution is likely, delegation. It is a fact that we can only handle so many decisions in a given time period. After […]
7 Powerful Small Business Productivity Hacks
CLIP is pleased to bring you this valuable information from our partner, BluePay. BluePay offers secure and integrated payment processing solutions to fit the needs of small business owners. With its fast and reliable payment processing solution, BluePay is the preferred payments vendor for CLIP. As a small business owner, […]
5 Steps To Creating A Facebook Business Page For Your Lawn Care Company
If you haven’t set up a Facebook page for your lawn care business, you may be missing out on opportunities to connect with your customers and get more business. I’ve said it before on this site, According to Pew Research, 69% of online adult Americans use social networking sites, and […]
Piecework For Lawn Care – A Win-Win Situation
When I worked as a lawn care business’ crew manager, my guys would take 2 hours just to get their trucks ready and leave the shop. And when they finally started, they still made their regular stop at 7-11 for coffee plus random breaks throughout the day — all while […]
CLIPitc Updates
We’ve made some significant updates to CLIPitc in the last couple of months and I wanted to take a moment to highlight them. If you’re a CLIPitc user, you’ll have seen the red dot above “New” in the very top menu. This indicates that some changes were made in […]
10 Facebook Video Tips That Your Lawn Care Company Can Use To Increase Engagement
Video allows you to be dynamic and engaging and is one of the best ways to showcase the personality and quality of your business. Also, video these days doesn’t have to cost money, so even on a flat budget, you can make a Facebook video for your lawn care business. […]
How To Determine Which Customers To Raise Lawn Care Prices For
How To Determine Which Customers To Raise Lawn Care Prices For Last month we talked about how raising lawn care prices can actually hurt your bottom line by causing your customers to get new bids which leaves you possibly losing your most profitable properties and keeping the worst ones. You might […]
CLIP Live Webinar Feb. 20 – March 15
In February, we’ll offer a four week series of classes that will walk you through how to use both CLIPitc and CLIPxe in their entirety. Let us help you get the most out of CLIP so that you can shave some hours off your week and be as profitable as […]
How to Use Instagram Stories: A Simple Guide for Lawn Care Companies
Instagram Stories came along last August and what seemed initially like Instagram trying to copy SnapChat has quickly become one of the most popular new social media tools to drop in the past few years. Stories can be a massive boon to your lawn care business. What better way to […]
Should I Raise Lawn Care Prices At The Beginning Of My Season?
Most consultants and lawn care business blogs will tell you to raise lawn care prices every year. It makes sense on paper, if I raise my prices by 5%, I should get 5% more revenue, and since my costs don’t change, I should be able to see 5% more on […]
Snow Plowing — Living Through Feast And Famine
Snow plowing 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? We recommend doing what the ski resorts do […]