Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
We all know it's a lot cheaper to keep customers than it is to go out and find new ones. Customer loyalty is a tenuous…
"Green" or "sustainability" or whatever term you want to give to this new era of resource preservation and ecological regeneration is resulting in some far-fetched…
Word comes that some Canadians are buying pesticides online or crossing into the United States to get weed killers and insecticides. The authorities have been…
Rarely do we feature products on this blog. The LM staff's postings are not for sale. Our criteria for posting is simple — helping readers…
John Levonsky, JK Landscaping, speaking to WINK News in southwest Florida, referred to the thieves that hit his company as “being like ghosts.” They cut…
The Ohio State University turf team has put together a very nice digital publication, “The Benefits of Turf.” This is something you may want to…
$175.3 billion. That's serious cash money. That was the estimated total economic contribution (revenue) for the U.S. Green Industry in 2007. Landscaping services contributed $86.6…
A tip of the hat and hearty “well done” to the staff at The Lawn Institute for a very creative series of video vignettes to…
Given the choice, would you willingly spend 100% or more for one product over another essentially identical product, all other things being equal —quality, service…
Thinking about participating in PLANET Day of Service April 22 but haven't made up your mind yet?My late father, bless his heart, had a saying…
CHILLICOTHE, IL — Remember that jaw-tightening screech that chalk made when your 8th-grade English teacher diagrammed a sentence on the blackboard.Stop! Pleeeseeee Stop!Well, that screech…
The days of the uneducated customer are over. Kaput. Done. Finished. Extinct. History. Evaporated.That's what Tim Miles, partner in Wizard of Ads, told an audience…
Can you spare two minutes to find out what really motivates your front-line employees? Money? Nope, says Mel Kleiman, the one-time owner of three different…
Tom Oyler, hobbled with an injured leg, nevertheless was at his animated best in sharing some of his sales and marketing thunder at the Next…
LM Staff and LM StaffJul 30, 2018
Improve revenue and expand profits while retaining and building a more affluent client base with these dynamic businesses. Christmas Decor better positions you for new…
Consider subscribing to the Purdue University TurfTip enewsletter. It always contains great information. Here's the latest post by Purdue's Bruce Erickson, of the university's agricultural…
LM StaffAug 15, 2023
By Nicole Wisniewski I remember my first months in the landscape industry very well. In addition to writing about the state of the industry, crew…
This blog is especially for those of you in the lawn care business. After you read it click on Barrett Ersek's 9.5 Secrets to Growing…
Those of us in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes are out plowing snow or planning for the coming season. A storm walloped us this…
Casey PaytonAug 14, 2023
Joel Korte’s business was strong but depended heavily on only a few major accounts. When he lost one of them — and 30% of his…
A gift card to Sears for dad? Nah . . .Wouldn't a gift card for professional lawn service be more appreciated?That's what Gerry Okimi, owner…
In November, ServiceMaster's board of directors said it's exploring strategic alternatives designed to maximize value to shareholders. To that end, it's working with Morgan Stanley…
It seems like we don't hear as much about global warming these days in the mainstream media because the economy continues to dominate the nightly…
It’s difficult to predict just how New York’s “Be Green Organic Yards NY” initiative will change the professional lawn application business in the State .…
