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Comment on Lawn Care Business Advertising Tips by admin

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:26:01 +0000

That will all depend on the website and what it is your advertising. If you are selling a product, or even a service that is not location restricted (ie: software support, help desk, etc.), then I believe it deffinately is worth investing some advertising dollars into.

On the otherhand, if you are running a local lawn care business and the website in question is one of the large national landscaping forums, or other large national website, then you would probably be throwing money away.

If your range of service is limited to lets say 40 miles, and you are advertising on a national website which has a user base of perhaps 1/10th of 1 percent local residents, then your return on investment is not going to be enough to justify the investment.

There are some local regional websites, such as local classifieds that can deffinately pay off. But these are dependent on your location and what is available in your area.

Comment on Lawn Care Business Overhead Cost Estimating by admin

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:15:49 +0000

There was nothing fancy about the fuel cost estimations. That came from doing some large jobs which keep a crew going steady for hours and just figuring up how many gallons of fuel you used per piece of equipment and then dividing it by the number of hours it operated.

I’m sure that some ace mechanic could give you some calculation of the amount of fuel that a certain small engine uses during normal operation, but I just never felt that would work for me. For starters, those calculations are based on a new machine running in optimum conditions and that is no where close to the way our equipment is ran. The average trimmer probably has 400 hours on it, and the guy using it is running it like he stole it.

Comment on Lawn Care Business Advertising Tips by Steve

Steve — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:38:26 +0000

This is good info, Thanks! What’s your opinion on the value of websites for advertising?

Comment on Lawn Care Business Overhead Cost Estimating by Adam

Adam — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:08:44 +0000

Great spreadsheet. Very helpful. How did you figure your fuel cost for your equiptment?

Comment on Sod Installation Pricing Guide by Robert

Robert — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:54:33 +0000

thanks for the info. its been a while since i priced out sod. prices have definitely shot up. valve repair backflow sprayers rotors drip systems

Comment on Lawn Care Business Overhead Cost Estimating by Jill

Jill — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:04:24 +0000

My husband and I run a small lawn care company with 2 other employees. Though the equipment and pay scales are different here, your spread sheet was able to point out some of our accounts that we deffinately were undercharging. Thanks again for all the free info on lawn care you offer with your site.

Jill,
Dallas, Tx

Comment on Texas Lawn Care Business Sales Tax Requirements by Ann Lawn

Ann Lawn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:20:13 +0000

We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently.

Can’t wait for snow blower season to start.

Thanks for the post.

Comment on Texas Lawn Care Business Sales Tax Requirements by Ann Lawn

Ann Lawn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:48:49 +0000

Interesting.

Times are a changing.

I remember when you could still buy a Lawn Boy 2 cycle that made a cloud of blue smoke.

Thanks for posting.

Comment on How To Offer Landscape Financing To Your Customers by tyrone davidson

tyrone davidson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:31:10 +0000

I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE THE LANDSCAPING I NEED ON MY NEW HOME
IN WEST HEMPSTEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM, SOD AND A FENCE.
IF I COULD GET THIS DONE AND PAY BETWEEN 250 AND 400 DOLLARS A MONTH THAT WOULD BE GREAT

Comment on The First Steps In Starting A Lawn Care Business by Bob Hendricks

Bob Hendricks — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:12:04 +0000

The informtion you provided is fantastic and very helpful. Have you had the opportunity to publish the other topics?
The Employees, Income Diversification, Equipment purchasing. This is interesting, but it is difficult to see how a decent profit is possible at $30.00 per yard. Could you enlighten me on this?
Thanks