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Business
Pain points: Landscapers discuss revenue and backlog concerns
From business revenues to upcoming landscaping projects, find out what's concerning landscaping professionals in light of the coronavirus pandemic here on TLC.
April 17, 2020
Business
Landscapers continue to operate through “game-changing” COVID-19
Take a look at how some landscapers have adjusted their businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and their plans for the future here on Total Landscape Care.
April 16, 2020
Business
What are Summer Fridays and should your landscaping company offer them
Some choose to believe only the mighty dollar can sway employees’ willingness to stay with a landscaping company but for those wanting to think outside the box should consider changing the nature of the workweek itself.
June 7, 2019
Business
How to rake in the revenue with fall landscaping
Earnings opportunities in the landscaping business are easy to overlook in the fall. Summer lawn mowing is winding down, along other services tied to the growing season. Yet, as the weather begins to turn cool, there’s more to do than simply prepare for winter snow and ice removal. The fall can represent a new revenue […]
August 27, 2015
Business
Rocky Beginning, Perfect Wedding
Last March, we profiled Nikos Phelps as a 2012 TLC Landscaper of the Year finalist and owner of Utopian Landscapes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a year into transforming a run-down, 8-acre nursery and various buildings into a comfortable home, a base for his business and a showcase for his landscaping talent.
September 3, 2012
Business
Confident Vision
Nikos Phelps builds his business with add-on services and an eye for opportunity. Rain fell lightly but insistently the late October day Nikos Phelps gave a walking tour of his business, Utopian Landscapes, on a former 8-acre nursery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that had slipped into disrepair before he purchased it a year earlier.
March 2, 2012
Business
Selling & building water features
If you run a landscape business, you probably have the skills, crew, tools and creative ability to provide a range of water features for your clients. There are plenty of good reasons to do so — high profit margin, repeat business and relationship building with customers — while the few negatives link back to (avoidable) contractor error.
April 1, 2010
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