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Best practices: Handling clients around the holidays
Build trust with your clients by being available and willing to meet their landscaping needs during the hustle & bustle of the holiday season.
November 26, 2014
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Conducting business: In the office or out of a truck?
When a landscaping business gets to a certain size, landscapers deal with a problem many donā€™t face in small business. That problem? Whether or not to work in the office or out of a truck.
November 25, 2014
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HydroPoint Releases Fall 2014 WeatherTrak Smart Irrigation Updates
HydroPoint Data Systems announced at the Irrigation Show & Education Conference its Fall 2014 WeatherTrak Smart Irrigation release.
November 24, 2014
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Why Education is the Key to Success
If you had to narrow down whatā€™s made you successful into one word, what would it be? For one landscaper, his answer was ā€œeducation.ā€ Steven Wright ā€” owner of Creative Landscape & Irrigation in Asheboro, North Carolina, and a 2014 Landscaper of the Year Finalist ā€” shares his thoughts below. ā€œOur biggest key to success [ā€¦]
November 24, 2014
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Nine ways to avoid winter landscape damage
Prevent winter landscape damage caused by cold temperatures, hungry rodents, ice, salt, and snow by following these nine simple steps.
November 21, 2014
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Should Government Determine the Designs of Future ATVs?
I rarely voice any opinion on governmental issues. But as an avid recreational user and professional tester of ATVs, specifically side-by-sides, this newest push by our Government to tell ATV manufacturers how they should design them is of great concern.
November 21, 2014
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9 colorful plants that thrive in shade
Just like people, some plants like to sunbathe while others prefer to take it easy in the shade. But not all shade is created equal. Even in the most heavily shaded landscapes, conditions can vary.
November 20, 2014
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10 steps to growing a small landscape business
Many successful landscapersā€™ businesses start with a pickup truck and a push mower.
November 20, 2014
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5 Takeaways from TLCā€™s 2015 LOY Finalists
After visiting with this yearā€™s Landscaper of the Year finalists on trips and the cruise, there are five key things that I took away.
November 19, 2014
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Underhillā€™s Novo 2Wire Converter Adds Built-In Testing, Programming Features
The Novo 2Wire converter from Underhill is now available with built-in testing and programming features, along with improved diagnostics.
November 18, 2014
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Enough is Enough: Black Friday Hours Bad for Business
Shoppers are ready with bags in hand ready to jump the sales on Black Fridayā€¦or is it Thursday? The line has become a bit hazy as more and more department stores push the limit as far as how early they will be opening their doors.
November 18, 2014
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Top 3 Landscaper Concerns
No matter how successful you are, you still have issues that affect your business. On TLCā€˜s Landscaper of the Year cruise, the top 12 landscapers in the country shared whatā€™s made them successful and also their biggest struggles. Here are their Top 3 industry issues. 1. Employees. Something everyone agreed upon was how hard it [ā€¦]
November 17, 2014
Landscaper Cruise Roundtable
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Why You Gotta Be So Rude?
Pulling from the popular Magic!ā€™s lyrics, I direct this headline to every ā€œlandscaperā€ who takes advantage of customers: You give the industry a bad name (sorry, couldnā€™t resist one last lyric reference). I was looking through my Google Alerts today about landscape industry news, and several of the top stories were about how landscapers cheated [ā€¦]
November 14, 2014
Set yourself apart from bad landscapers in your community.
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How Irrigation Contractor Checked His Ego and Saved His Business
Mark Brotton had always been driven to achieve. As a high school student in Michigan, he and a friend formed a successful lawn care company, which often had as many as 50 clients. It was so successful that when he decided to enter the military he was able to sell the company.
November 13, 2014
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Trends, tips & options for improving Christmas lighting services
Sparkling icicles, glowing trees and rooflines that can be seen for streets can really light up clientsā€™ faces. But how can landscapers continue to impress their clients with glowing designs each year? And what are ways they can find success in this niche market?
November 13, 2014
McKay Landscape Lighting installed three LED cherry blossom trees and one 16-foot and two 8-foot trees that rotate through the RGB color wheel. They also added 24-inch LED red, green and blue starbursts hanging in the crabapple trees with LED white minis wrapped around the trunk. On the house, they hung a 5-foot LED multi-color wreath.
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Lightcraft Outdoor Environments Releases Series of LED Transformers
Lightcraft Outdoor Environments released a series of LED transformers. The series will operate 12vDC and most 12vAC/DC LED lamps and fixtures.
November 12, 2014
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Rain Bird Goes Back to Basics with ESP-LX Basic Controller
Rain Bird has introduced the latest controller to is ESP-LX Series. The ESP-LX Basic allows landscapers to truly go back to the basics. The controller is designed for crews that have employees who speak English and Spanish. The technology makes it possible to switch the controllerā€™s language with a turn of a dial.
November 12, 2014
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What Toro Acquiring Boss Means for You
For those running Boss equipment, you might have noticed a slight change in ownership in the headlines lately. The Toro Company recently acquired the Boss Professional Snow and Ice management business.
November 12, 2014
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Total Landscape Care's coverage moving to EquipmentWorld.com
On Oct. 1, Fusable will cease production of Total Landscape Care as a stand-alone website and newsletter and will migrate the brandā€™s existing coverage of the landscaping industry to sister brand Equipment World.
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