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Business

How to get more from social media

The social media hype is higher than ever. You’re constantly being told to tweet, post statuses, upload videos and share photos on a dozen different sites – but why? And how can you maximize your efforts to get the most return for your business?

June 3, 2014

Business

[Infographic] How Landscapers Use Social Media

See how you compare to other pros by checking out TLC’s social media infographic. (If you have problems viewing the image, click here to see it online.)

May 2, 2014

Business

[Video] How To Gain Social Media Followers

Landscapers are visiting social media sites for personal use, according to TLC’s survey. But, they aren’t taking advantage of these sites for their businesses. Here are ways you can grow you company’s social media following. [youtube llIpx8SSwAI nolink]

April 28, 2014

Design-Build

Only Use One Site for Social Media

Keeping up with all of your social media sites can be an overwhelming task if you don’t have help. So when you’re first getting started on social media, automate your posts. On Monday mornings, for example, figure out what you will post for the entire week: before/after project photos, coupons, interesting landscape images, business quotes, […]

April 11, 2014

Business

Celebrate National Lawn Care Month

April is here, which means it is officially National Lawn Care Month. To help celebrate, PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, has provided a few resources, facts and information to help landscape professionals this season.

April 3, 2014

Business

Q&A: How To Use Twitter to Grow Your Business

We’ve all been there and asked the same types of questions: “What is Twitter?” “What is this hashtag thing?” To help answer those questions, Total Landscape Care’s Patty Vaughan spoke with Ryan Jacobs, owner of Ryan’s Landscaping in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Jacobs gave insight on how he and his company have used Twitter to advance his business.

March 12, 2014

Design-Build

What Happened to This Tree?

Radio personality, Chris “Hot Wings” Michaels, posted this photo of his crab-apple tree, seemingly gnawed by rodents, on Twitter. “@HotWingsFBHW: Melting snow reveals mice and rabbits girdled all of my crabapple trees and now they’re going to die. #sadtreeking“ It looks like his furry friends didn’t go hungry, even with all of that snow. Have […]

March 12, 2014

Business

Syngenta Launches Two Social Platforms for Landscapers

Syngenta Turf and Landscape has introduced two resources to help landscapers. The company has launched Twitter and YouTube accounts to serve as interactive outlets with up-to-date information for the golf, lawn care and sports turf industries.

January 31, 2014

Design-Build

Why you should use your phone more

While many Americans made a resolution to use their phone less this year, it’s time for you to do the opposite.

January 8, 2014

Design-Build

What’s Up with Google+?

When Google+ was open to all ages at the beginning of 2012, most people didn’t know what to think.

November 20, 2013

Design-Build

Why Aren’t Landscape Architects Using Social Media?

Landscape architecture firms aren’t seeing much growth right now, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) third quarter 2013 Business Quarterly survey. Their billable hours are down from last quarter by about 2 percent, and the number looking to hire in the last quarter has also dropped. But why? The economic downturn obviously […]

November 6, 2013

Design-Build

Have a Little Halloween Fun

Tomorrow is Halloween. A time when children dress up in scary or not-so-scary costumes to travel from door to door collecting candy from neighbors.

October 30, 2013