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http://www.gopherforum.com - Have you had difficulties landing commercial snow plowing accounts? It can be difficult to break through a companies layer of insulation before you get to the person in charge of making such decisions. Persistance seems to be a big part of the key to success. Let’s look into this discussion that took place on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. A new member wrote “landing a large commercial account is not the easiest thing to do but once you have them you can keep them for a very long time provided you are doing a professional job. And the amount of money you can generate for your company is great.Author: Gopher-Lawn-Care-Software Tags: lawn care business marketing entrepreneur GopherHaul landscaping advertising mower forum software grass yard snow plowing landscaper service mowing Gopher tree sales pressure washi Posted: 21 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

http://www.gopherforum.com - This is a very interesting topic. Lawn care business owners are always looking for ways to land commercial lawn care bids. But whats the best way to do it? There are many ways to go about getting close with property managers to win bids but there is nothing like hearing the inside scoop straight from a property manager himself. That is what we were lucky enough to hear in this discussion. A lawn care business owner had asked on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum this, my question is how to get commercial properties? Everyone tells me I have to go to them, they wont come to me. Before we get into this I would like to tell you about my business. I started my lawn care business four or five years ago with about four accounts my first season and second season I got up to about ten. Thats all I had for the next two seasons. So for this season I advertised with signs and that got me up to about twenty five accounts give or take. I now moved up from a 21 in push mower to a 36 in commercial walk behind. What my question is, is that I would like to expand into commercial businesses in my area because all Ive been doing is residential yards. Im wondering when to start looking for these commercial properties for next season and how to land them? Great question and here is some insight shared with us from a property manager. He responded Hello, I am a property manager of 2 million sq ft. I was reading this and thought I would throw in a few thoughts. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com 0 views | 0 comments Click here to watch the video (08:05) Submitted By: Team Gopher Tags: Lawn Care Business Marketing Logo Entrepreneur GopherHaul Landscaping Advertising Mower Forum Software Grass Yard Snow Plowing Landscaper Service Mowing Gopher Trees Sales Pressure Washing Power Equipment Upsells Squeeze Page Websites Insurance Trimmer Bl Categories: How To

Great question and here is some insight shared with us from a property manager. He responded “Hello, I am a property manager of 2 million sq ft. I was reading this and thought I would throw in a few thoughts.If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.comAuthor: Gopher-Lawn-Care-Software Tags: lawn care business marketing logo entrepreneur GopherHaul landscaping advertising mower forum software grass yard snow plowing landscaper service mowing Gopher tree sales pressure Posted: 02 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

http://www.gopherforum.com - There are plenty of things you can do to market your lawn care business in the Fall. What if you decorated a local store that has high foot traffic. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.comAuthor: Gopher-Lawn-Care-Software Tags: lawn care business marketing logo entrepreneur GopherHaul landscaping advertising mower forum software grass yard snow plowing landscaper service mowing Gopher tree sales pressure washing power Posted: 23 October 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

http://www.gopherforum.com - When the leaves fall and you are hired to clean them up, a lot of times you are not only fighting with trying to collect wet leaves but with wind! How do you collect the leaves when the wind is blowing them all over? That is a question asked on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.comAuthor: Gopher-Lawn-Care-Software Tags: lawn care business marketing logo entrepreneur GopherHaul landscaping advertising mower forum software grass yard snow plowing landscaper service mowing Posted: 15 October 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

http://www.gopherforum.com - Buying used outdoor power equipment can be a great way to save money but it can also open a can of worms and end up costing if repairs are needed. How do you know if a used lawn mower is going to be a good deal?If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.comAuthor: Gopher-Lawn-Care-Software Tags: lawn care business marketing logo entrepreneur GopherHaul landscaping advertising mower forum software grass yard snow plowing landscaper service mowing Gopher tree sales pressure Posted: 16 September 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

http://www.gopherforum.com A landscaping and lawn care debt collection letter that works. Do you have a lawn care customer or customers that are telling you repeatedly that the check is in the mail? Maybe they have even go so far as to tell you they aren t going to pay you. One of our Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum Members had to deal with this issue until she sent out a letter that got her dead beat lawn care customer to pay up. Amy: Thanks for the sample collection letter in the Gopher Forum, because of it I was paid. That s one deadbeat down and 1 to go! It was a small victory and a boost to my self esteem. Steve: That is great news! Tell us what you did to get paid. I am sure a lot of new lawn care business owners are reading this, wondering what steps you took to get success. Amy: First, I called the Small Claims Court in my County and gathered information on starting a small court claim. How much to file, how much for the Sheriff to serve papers, etc. Then, I gathered my information regarding my deadbeat client; like the dates we performed lawn hoping she didn t put a stop payment on it! Accompanying her check was a little nasty note stating that she was the one who fired us, but that doesn t excuse her nonpayment. Here s the lawn care business debt collection letter format that I used. I removed the personal information and others who use it can just fill in the blanks appropriately. Dear deadbeat: You had hired ABC Company on (insert date) to perform garden maintenance at 3 week intervals, starting this day. At the same time, you hired us for lawn maintenance at an agreed price of $$, starting this day. Since then, I ve performed garden maintenance per our contract on this day and lawn maintenance was performed on the following dates. Payment terms per our contract are due upon completion. Payments for the services listed above are now due immediately. Despite several phone calls to you to collect payment, you have stated on 3 seperate occasions that your payment is in the mail. Since I have not received payment to date, your services were terminated by ABC Company on said date, due to theft of services. As per our contract, I am requesting to be paid $$$ for our services To read the rest of this letter and download it in it s entirety visit the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum free marketing templates section. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com

http://www.gopherforum.com - Where your phone number should appear in your lawn care website. You would think by the title of this article, the story below would be so simple you didn t even have to read it but that is certainly not the case. Most lawn care business owners don t put much time into where their phone number should appear. Just ask yourself where does your phone number appear? One of our forum members had some great information to share in this post at the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. He said You want your phone number PROMINENTLY displayed. You want to make sure you edit your html meta tag description to include your phone number first so your search engine listing will display your lawn care business like this. http://www.your-lawn-care-business.com - 111-222-3333 Joe s lawn care blah blah blah blah blah lawn care in Your City blah blah blah blah blah . For those that don t know, I asked him what is the importance of having your phone number in that location? Why is it so important? He responded by saying Let s say you lawn care services in Somewhere, Arkansas. Your would want to make your web TITLE to read Somewhere Arkansas Lawn Care Service Your DESCRIPTION would be (assuming this is your website name): http://www.SomewhereLawnCare.com 111-222-3333 Somewhere Arkansas lawn care? We are the lawn service leaders in Somewhere Arkansas. We specialize in landscaping, lawn care, landscape lighting and sprinkler systems in the Somewhere Arkansas area. The phone number will show up in the link desciption on the search engine (depending on the link.) Meaning they may not even visit your site first, because they found what they want, a phone number. The easier you make it to have people contact you, the more contacts you will get. This is great information and I do hope this gets you thinking on how to alter your lawn care business website to display your phone number and contact information. Marketing your lawn care business only with lawn care business cards? Brandon wrote Well these last few weeks I have been completely covered with work. I have picked up several new yard accounts, plus 6 tree removal jobs at about $700 each (average). I have picked up 3 brush clearing jobs. One at $600, one at $1,900, and another at $4,250. That is great news! Can you give us your advice on how you stay busy? What should other lawn care business owners be doing or thinking about in order to get back on track? Especially if they recently got started? Brandon replied Well, Most of my work comes from repeat business and referrals. Most of my new business comes from craigslist. I have never spent any money on advertising, except business cards. I have a theory that once you start paying for advertising, you will need to keep paying to keep the work flow coming, so I ve tried to avoid it from day one. I would suggest just putting yourself out there, and never turn down an opportunity to talk about work with someone. I have started up conversations with MANY people about what I do, and the next thing I knew I was giving a bid to them, or someone they knew. So I guess, talk, talk, talk, and put yourself out there. Let everyone know what you are doing, and don t be afraid to ask someone if they need something done. A lot of the same things you have been saying on the forum.

http://www.gopherforum.com Which lawn care business logo would you choose? At first glance, you would think choosing a lawn care business logo would be easy. Just pick the one that for whatever reason, stands out to you. Maybe the color, maybe the boldness, maybe the way it looks on your truck. But as we will see in this discussion there is more to choosing a lawn care business logo than just those issues. Lawn guy wrote on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum opinions please, there is one lawn care business logo I like the best but I want to get a general opinion on this thanks. Tom wrote I like the smiley face logo one the best. The smiling face says I m confident and want to be a friend of the customer. You will be as happy with the results as I am producing them. Lawn guy responded I like that one also. I live in a very rural country area were everyone is kind of scared/shy of big businesses so I think it kinda shows a home town feel too. I am not exactly sure why, but its just different. It s more personal and associated rather than an industrial or high tech style logo. Does that make any sense? Tom: It does to me! Seek friendship and indicate your desire to help solve their problems. I like the idea as well. I do feel it conveys friendliness and fun. It makes me think the owner would be approachable and easy to work with. You could have business cards that say Steve The Lawn Guy. And then you could become known in your area as the lawn guy. You could make promotional videos that teach viewers about lawns and lawn care. The more you become the go to guy for lawns the more you will be able to sell your lawn care services! Great points everyone and I am very glad to see how much thought goes into choosing the best lawn care business logo for your area. If you would like to join in on this discussion further, visit the post at the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Top voted lawn care equipment. Spring is in the air and many lawn care businesses are looking to buy new lawn care equipment. But before you go out and buy it, check the Gopher Forum equipment review section. There you can review what equipment other lawn care business owners are using. What they recommend and what they won t buy again. You can also see a listing of deals on new and used lawn mowers, line trimmers, leaf blowers plus many other categories. Let s take a look at a pie chart that shows the voting for lawn mowers. As you can see, the top three lawn mowers voted by the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum are the Exmark Lazer Z, the Walker Model MT and Toro s model 74901. Consider these mowers when you are looking to equip your lawn care business. Next up is the most voted for line trimmers. The top models chosen are the Echo SRM 2305, the Stihl FS90R, and the Tanaka TBC 225. Make sure you get on the Gopher Forum to submit your vote and product reviews of your favorite lawn care equipment. Last but not least is the most voted for back pack leaf blowers. The most voted for leaf blower is the Husqvarna 150BT. That model is followed up by the Stihl BR 550. Lastly the Troy Bilt 269580 blower wraps up the top 3 list. Many reasons can effect why a leaf blower, line trimmer or mower make the top of the list. It could be price, durability or functionality. Each one of these products seem to have just what the members of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum were looking for to help keep their lawn care businesses running at full speed. Remember your vote counts, so get on the Gopher Forum today and tell us which equipment you liked and which you didnt! If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com

http://www.gopherforum.com We had a great conversation on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum that I wanted to share with you. Feel free to jump on it and offer your views as well. Luna joined up on the forum and wrote Hello! Just joined here and was looking to get opinions on a couple of truck magnets I designed for my significant other s lawn care business. I pretty much handle his marketing/advertising and recently noticed some local business putting out specials/adverts using the down economy angle. My boyfriend is currently/interchangeably displaying one on the back of his tailgate above his website address and opposite his regular business magnet. The concern is that he s a little worried the magnets may seem a little political/controversial. Personally, I think they will draw attention to the business/website because everyone can relate in this current economic climate and the text doesn t force an opinion per se (but I could be wrong). We didn t vote for Obama (but didn t promote our vote/politics on his truck with a McCain/Palin sticker). I am aiming for potential conservative, liberal and indifferent customers appreciating the magnets in a (hopefully) neutral and humorous way. I want to increase the website traffic while being more noticed and seen as distinctly different amongst the current competition around town. He just started the business in May 2008 after a layoff and is 30 accounts strong right now just by himself. We ve babystepped everything, pretty much in a methodical/grassroots/DIY level from the beginning. I have attached the magnet layouts. Both can also be seen on the website s Main and Promo/Specials page. I d love to hear what you think. Steve: I can totally understand his point but you know, to me that s what marketing is all about. It s all about being different. If it can be controversial, even better. You want people to be talking about your marketing and if it isn t different, if it doesn t stand out, then you aren t going to get attention. One of the things that I have been amazed with is that it takes soooo much energy to get a business started and running and you have to really be different from the average person to even attempt it. But why do the same people who are the adventurers, the crazy ones, those with enough energy to start a business then decide they have to keep things tame in their marketing? Why do they not want to stand out? What makes people so afraid to stand out? To be different? To gain attention? Especially when that attention can get you more work? Take for instance, Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin empire, such as Virgin airways. Here he is promoting his airline dressed in drag. Guess what. He got media attention and here we are talking about it. If you don t do something different, you can only at best expect the same results everyone else gets. So for all this, I applaud you for being creative! Luna: Thanks for your comments! Regarding the Obama marketing magnet angle, my boyfriend was uncomfortable with it on his truck and removed it about a week ago. I kept the picture of it on the website, however, but with the lead-in tag line above it that says: DON T COUNT ON BIG GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ECONOMIC STIMULUS, SAVE MORE GREEN SO YOU CAN SPEND MORE GREEN WITH BLADEMASTER MOWING! I think I will create a new magnet along those lines, but without the Obama pic. Next time around, perhaps with dollars signs swirling about and/or superimposed in the background. As far as the Bail-Out special and 10% off on prepays 3 or more months, more people have utilized the 10% off prepay promotion so far. Although we just recently created the Bail-Out special. I think by next month s billing cycle we will know if our monthly customers will be taking advantage of the 5% discount. We don t advertise/push promotions yet to existing customers by emailing or snail-mailing them notifications. Although they are always encouraged to check the website for updated promotions and specials when they sign up and we note the Refer-A-Friend savings prominently on their invoices. Right now it a customer s responsibility to check our website on their own. Our plan, sometime this year, is to send periodic postcards/emails to existing customers (quarterly or so) to remind them of updated/new specials and offer them (suggestive upsell) tips. We could do monthly tip, etc. emailing, but it would be annoying and spam-like in my opinion. We currently have about 6-7 solid prepaid accounts. It was a bit hard to do prepays in the beginning due to it not generating regular cash flow. However, the couple of ones that we had in the beginning did help to fund some start-up equipment purchases. Once we established over 20 accounts (and we hit 35 officially this week!), prepays have been a nice chunk of change when the payments comes due. A prepayment on a new account today just helped us purchase a new Echo backpack blower! I am definitely all about interrupting the mind with different types of marketing a la Mr. Branson. I am actually thinking about investing in a flourescent green bear mascot suit in time and holding a very prominent/succint advertising sign for the business (with the website, of course) and dancing a VERY animated jig on the side of major roads just to see what kind of response it gets. It s also a bit of a sideline experiment to see if I can make it work for the lawn business and launch my own side gig for other businesses. No kidding here. Anyhow, when my boyfriend goes out on an estimate call and meets with customers he often tells me about the positive feedback he gets regarding our doorhangers and website, most especially. We offer a lot on our promotions and specials page, all things we will honor in a heartbeat, but not as many people take advantage as you d think (so we re not losing our butts per se). The general consensus seems to be people do NOTICE our marketing attempts/specials and do respond positively without being prompted. My speculation is that they feel that they seem to be getting more with BladeMaster Mowing versus with the general competition and consider us a more value-added option, if only psychologically . Again, thank you so much for your comments! I love this website! I ll keep posting on successes and misses. Steve: Why not prompt them though? For instance, why not come up with a special say spring flowers planted in your yard for $X9.95, but hurry and contact us by XX/XX/XX date. We need to get your order into our supplier to be able to offer you that discounted price. Then a week before the date, send one last reminder email maybe upping the ante. Offer some additional option if they call you by that date. The world goes by pretty fast and I like getting updates on sales when it s something I am interested in. I think others do as well. Do you? Luna: I like, and can see, your point about using more direct and active prompting with the way you presented that Spring flower special example. I just may try something like that and perhaps show a sample before and after picture pre/post-flowers, tree trimming or mulching via email or postcard to add a nice visual. Thanks for opening me up to the possibilities! Delivering more than a customer will normally expect and providing a great first impression is more the guide for my speculation . Be it onsite, online, in advertising or on the phone, etc. it translates to more bang and service for the buck, which they definitely get in reality. So keep all this in mind when you are experimenting with your lawn care business marketing and join in on the discussions at the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com

http://www.gopherforum.com When most landscapers start up their business, they tend to start with a truck only. Then later they may add an open trailer. At a certain point you may be asking yourself what s better to have, an open or enclosed trailer and why? That s the question one of our new forum members asked and he quite a few responses I think will help you make up your mind as well. Brandon: Hi everyone my name is Brandon and I am the president of my own landscape Keith: I can think of a few pros and cons of the top of my head. Pros: - Ability to lock. - Protection from rain. - Larger area to put name/logo/phone number. - Looks more professional. - Possible increased slipstreaming giving better gas milage (offset by weight, I m sure). - Ability to put shelves/storage areas. - Protects cargo from rocks kicked up by your truck. - Winter storage. Cons: - Increased cost. - Increased axle and tongue weight. - Inability to load from top (leaves, mulch, dirt). This is the biggest negative I can think of. - Doesn t air out well when mower has wet grass or fuel fumes. - Reduced freedom of movement when you are quickly grabbing a trimmer, etc. Chuck: I run enclosed trailers currently. It is added weight, s like dragging an 8 wall behind you so fuel economy suffers a bit. But I think the added security, Oh yeah, I ve seen you guys all over town you stay pretty busy huh? The fact that they recognize the rig ve been around a while adds instant credibility. So many guys run trucks with no decals or only little magnets s damn hot. So when we run these machines for 8-11 minutes at a time they don t really get to cool down. an open trailer would at least let air blow past them. I have offset this by running full synthetic oil in all my mowers to add some protection against the added heat I think it depends on where you currently store your trailer. If you park your trailer on your driveway at home and need to unload all of your equipment each night into a garage, that is going to take a big bite of time to load it in the morning and unload it at night. So consider these all of these factors. Constantly strive to make your business more streamlined and profitable. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com

http://www.gopherforum.com Welcome to the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business School. This FREE course the "Class 1 - Lawn Care Business Operator's Certificate" is designed to give the new lawn care business owner a knowledge base to draw from and build a successful lawn care business. To sign up and enroll, visit the Gopher Forum. There are a total of 69 lessons to this course with 193 multiple choice questions. Each lesson has on average 3 multiple choice questions for you to answer after reading. The total time to complete this course depends on how much you read per sitting. I would suggest pacing yourself and reading 3 lessons per sitting, which would take you 23 days to complete. I do feel if you spend the time to focus and learn the content within this class, you will have a competitive advantage over other start up lawn care business owners. Don't re-create the wheel when you don't have too. The lessons in here pull from years of discussions with thousands of lawn care business owners on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Now take an important step in the growth of your business and start your education today. When you are finished, please click the apply for graduation button and if you pass the course requirements, you will receive a certificate to prove you have indeed graduated. I do look forwards to your feedback on this class. Lecture Title #1: Getting started. Don't make it a big deal. How do you get started? Just by starting. Keep it simple. Get some business cards made or make them on your computer and start handing them out to your friends, neighbors and family. Let everyone know you are in business. Knock on your neighbors' doors and offer them your lawn care business services. Do they need lawn cutting, yard cleanup, gutter cleaning or any other services? Ask them how you can help out and then do it. You don't need any fancy equipment. A simple mower, trimmer and blower will probably do wonders for you. Don't go into debt to get started. Most new business owners I have talked to usually experiment with trying to find some business and cut some lawns before they go and register a business. A big problem most people face when looking to start a business is they put everything else in front of actually doing the simple things like cutting a lawn and making money. By worrying about everything else you can make a simple concept so complex that you get nothing done. So remember keep it simple. Start very simply. Take small steps and grow. Now review these test questions and take the test at http://www.gopherforum.com and click on the school link at top. Test Question: What is the best way to get your lawn care business started? - Go out and buy your dream lawn mower. - Use your current lawn mower. - Buy a brand new truck. - Get an enclosed trailer. - I don't know. Test Question: Who should you let know you are starting your lawn care business? - Friends. - Family members. - Neighbors. - Everyone I know and even those I don't. - I don't know. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com

Have you ever wanted to make your own animated banner ad to promote your lawn care or snow plowing services and found it difficult if not impossible to do so? Well here is a simple online service that allows you to enter your lawn care business contact information and creates an animated banner quickly, easily and the best part for FREE! Try out the lawn care business banner ad designer at http://www.gopherforum.com . The online lawn care banner ad creator allows you to choose a font, font color and position of your lawn care business contact information as you want it to appear within your animated banner ad. You can also choose other types of banner ads to create. Such as a snow plow animated banner ad, a grub control banner, winterizing your lawn and landscape lighting. Having a tough time designing a logo for your lawn care business? Try this new lawn care logo designer program. It s FREE to use! Coming up with a logo design for your lawn care business can be a daunting challenge. Not everyone is artistically inclined or has the time to spend trying to create a logo. Well this new lawn care designer program is here to help. What do you need to do to create your new lawn care business logo? Simply load up the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Logo Designer you can find it at my blog http://www.lawnchat.com or the Gopher Forum at http://www.gopherforum.com then choose from hundreds of premade lawn care business logo background designs. Add your business name, choose the size, position and font. Then add your tag line and your phone number. Once you have your logo looking just the way you want it to, save the image to your computer and you are finished! Congratulations you have just created your own lawn care business logo without having to be artistic! We all know the importance of having a logo and branding our business and this new web site allows you to harness that power. I have included a few lawn care logo examples I created using this tool from the GopherHaul lawn care business forum to help get you started with some ideas. I hope you like it and I hope it inspires you to create your own. If you are in need of free lawn care marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts, estimate and proposal forms. Download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. Check out my lawn care business blog at http://www.lawnchat.com and my lawn care business forum at http://www.gopherforum.com

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