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Go with the Flow
Pump up profits by adding water features to your landscape business. 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.
July 2, 2012
Business
Find Your Place on Google
Easy guide to claim and manage your local Google Places listing and stay atop your competition. For many small- to medium-sized businesses, the Internet is game changing. In the past, you might have won or lost customers based on the size of your Yellow Pages ads, but now given the increasing prevalence of the Internet, even the smallest shops can compete against the largest of companies.
July 1, 2012
Business
E15 Fuel is ‘Dangerous’
TLC video interview: “Fuel used for some automobiles may no longer be safe for any non-road products,” says Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI). “It may, in fact, destroy or damage generators, chain saws, utility vehicles, lawn mowers, boats and marine engines, snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and more.”
June 29, 2012
Business
Manage Your Busy Schedule
Keep track of your schedule and customers with ServiceTask’s web-based software for contractors. ServiceTask features an “Overview” screen, which has a summarized list of all of the jobs for the day, as well as the recent activity in a live feed. Landscapers can also track customer activity in a customer dashboard, set due dates and […]
June 28, 2012
Business
Dump Truck Driveaway
The Robert Green Truck Division, Monticello, New York, hosted a “Dump Truck Driveaway” event with more than 50 Dodge Ram chassis, equipped with Crysteel E-Tipper dump bodies. The E-Tipper is available in steel, aluminum and stainless construction. As part of the “Dump Truck Driveaway” event, Dodge Ram Commercial Truck Specialists met at the Robert Green […]
June 27, 2012
Business
25,000th Kobelco Excavator Rolls Off the Line in Georgia
With nearly 30 years of manufacturing excavators in the United States, Kobelco celebrates its 25,000th excavator produced in Calhoun, Georgia. “And we look forward to building our next 25,000 excavators in Calhoun,” says Jim Hasler, vice president, CNH Construction, North America. Excavator number 25,000 is a Kobelco SK350 Mark 9. Delivering 269 horsepower (201 kW), […]
June 19, 2012
Business
Bayer Launches Tribute Total Herbicide
New product simplifies turf management and weed control. Offered as a “complete solution for post-emergent treatment in bermudagrass,” Bayer’s Tribute Total provides a new herbicide for lawn care managers and golf course superintendents. The unique combination of active ingredients in Tribute Total replaces the need for tank mixing multiple products to achieve desired weed control. […]
June 15, 2012
Business
Online Calculator Estimates Green Roof Benefits
The “Get More Green” calculator, from American Rivers at green.americanrivers.org, allows visitors to enter an address via Google Maps, and determine the square footage of a building’s roof.
June 13, 2012
Business
Renewal & Remembrance
On July 9, members of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), the international association of lawn care and landscape professionals, will work to preserve the landscape at Arlington National Cemetery through the 16th annual Renewal & Remembrance beautification project.
June 7, 2012
Business
Green Spaces Art Contest
Student winners announced for Project EverGreen and Birds & Blooms magazine Art of Green-Spaces Poster Contest
June 7, 2012
Business
Victory Garden Blitz
Volunteers, including Case Construction Equipment employees, install 278 raised bed gardens in a Milwaukee neighborhood.
June 4, 2012
Business
Reno landscaper shares how he started business
Landscaper Cory Bettinghouse, owner and operator of Cory’s Lawn Service, shares how he started his landscape business in Reno, Nevada, and what sets him apart from the competition. [youtube R0PiObeBS6A nolink] Cory’s Lawn Service, coryslawnservice.com, offers services such as mowing, edging, trimming, aerating, sod and sprinkler repair, snow removal and weed control. Bettinghouse also provides […]
June 2, 2012
Business
Rocks Reincarnated
Landscape architect carves a niche repurposing materials in imaginative new ways.
June 2, 2012
Business
Backyard garden
This backyard project in Birmingham, Alabama, features an arbor, bench, colorful foliage and the owner’s dog, which you can spot hiding between the plants. What do you think about it? [youtube XA7X0iGnIog nolink]
June 2, 2012
Business
Get paid pronto: Better billing practices for better cash flow
Tips on creating an effective billing process. For businesses willing to invest the time and energy to build a more effective billing process, the rewards are worth the effort.
June 1, 2012
Business
Is your company culture positive … or poisonous?
During an event at Husqvarna Construction Products a couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with Soff-Cut Product Manager Andrew Nevener during dinner. I asked him how he liked working for the company, and his praise was immediate and effusive; he said the company’s culture was the best he’s ever experienced. The conversation got me […]
May 31, 2012
Business
B3C donates gasoline test kits
As part of the Equipment and Engine Training Council (EETC) Annual Conference, B3C Fuel Solutions, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly products and solutions for ethanol and bio-fuel related problems, conducted training seminars to provide instructors with the latest information on new products, technical updates and hands-on training. In addition to training, B3C donated its gasoline […]
May 25, 2012
Business
Save Green, Mow Clean
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is offering $1,000 to qualified buyers of a new propane-fueled mower who agree to share information about the mower’s performance. Customers who are accepted into the PERC Propane Mower Incentive Program can get the incentive for up to 10 eligible mowers bought from any mower dealer in the […]
May 24, 2012
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The Attachments Idea Book
Landscapers use a variety of attachments for doing everything from snow removal to jobsite cleanup, and regardless of how often they are used, every landscaper has a favorite attachment.
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