Posted on Tuesday, 28th April 2009 by admin
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I am 18 and I’m getting into lawn care with two other guys. None of us have much money and between us we have a couple of mowers, a couple of blowers, and a few weedeaters. We don’t even have a trailer to haul all of this around so to start out we will have to stay local. We do have 600 business cards that we will be passing out soon though and ten clients all within our local residential area.
I am 18 and I’m getting into lawn care with two other guys. None of us have much money and between us we have a couple of mowers, a couple of blowers, and a few weedeaters. We don’t even have a trailer to haul all of this around so to start out we will have to stay local. We do have 600 business cards that we will be passing out soon though and ten clients all within our local residential area.
Help me out. What kind of things should I do?
Dolphin Hosting
Tags: Business Cards, Start Business, Weedeaters
Posted in Garden & Landscape | Comments (5)
April 30th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Low pricing is one approach but it can be hard to raise prices when customers are used to low rates.
I’d start off pricing at market rates but try to offer a premium service.
Put time into branding and marketing rather than working cheap and build up some quality clientelle rather than bargain hunters. Look into Craigslist advertising and other free methods.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:31 am
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do a good job and start with a low rate, you will soon have all the work you need ,
after you establish plenty of work than you can start slowly raising your rate to be more inline with your competition.
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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Make sure you and your partners make up a formula for a quote on someone’s lawn.
For instance, a certain price per square yard. Do this for every type of job, and decide whether you need to consider the size of the job or whether it will be flat rate.
Open your options. If a customer asks you to do some type of work that you haven’t done before, give it a shot. Keeping them satisfied is the key to success.
Also, if a customer wants their lawn cut every thursday, be there every thursday. Friday will not do.
If you don’t have a trailer I wish you the best of luck, traveling from client to client will be tough.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
New York City Job Listings
ok here is what you do. you have the stuff cards and a truck i hope. but do you have bags to bag the grass. or a work permit? if yes than you just need to get a trailer and try to cut for wealthy people. make sure your a descent cutter, have money to replace broken parts and youll need gass. so have fun. from one weed wacker to another
May 6th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
As you are only at eighteen , It’s a good idea to start a good one, and at low rate, You have a lot to study in the business field, Don’t expect a big success at first.