Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
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 .…
Landscape Management visited many booths at the GIE+EXPO Oct. 28-30 in Louisville, KY, to obtain the latest industry news and trends and gather some education…
A tip of the hat and a "nice job" to all of the landscapers and other small businesses across the nation that promoted this year's…
ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, CANADA — Please don’t accuse us of picking on this landscape company; we’re not. Indeed, we’re genuinely sorry the following tragedy, one…
None of us, and especially those of us in the turf health business, want to see fertilizer prices spike like they did a couple of…
LOUISVILLE, KY — The GIE + EXPO is staying here at least through 2014 and Hardscape North America is returning for 2011, reported Bill Harley,…
Here’s a heads up about a neat new contest from the folks at Rain Bird. You’re getting the news here before it’s released to the…
Paperwork.The very word sends a shutter through folks in almost every profession who after long, tiring days must succumb to the job that's not quite…
