Susan’s Lawn Gardens is pleased to feature this article from today’s guest author, PATRICK CASH. He is an expert on lawn care businesses, so we feel very comfortable recommending his work to our visitors.

Marketing Your Lawn Care Business
By Patrick Cash

Lawn Care Marketing

Marketing your lawn care business is one of the most crucial components for success besides having the right equipment or the job. For some lawn care service owners, marketing is their least favorite part of the business. They’d rather be out working than drumming up business. But your lawn care business is dead without a good marketing system in place.

Let your marketing slack and you are sure to feel the burn soon after. Lawn care marketing doesn’t have to be a chore if you lay out some good habits and stick to your plan.

First, you need to get a good lawn care business name and logo. Read the rest of this entry »

There are millions of acres of lawns in just the USA, and all of them have to be mowed! Starting a lawn care business sounds like a no-brainer doesn’t it? Or does it?

Consider the downside to starting a lawn care business:

• 90% of all new businesses fail within the first year… that’s 9 out of 10 businesses!
• It’s seasonal
• You’re outside during the hottest time of the year
• It’s dirty, physically hard work
• Oh yeah… you sweat a lot!  Read the rest of this entry »

So, you want to start a lawn care business? Keep in mind that nearly 70% of American homeowners use a lawn care service.

Then there are the business parks, malls, apartment complexes, and hospitals that also use these services. Should you be discouraged?

No, not at all! A huge number of these services just do a quick mowing, blow the debris into the street, and take off. And they get paid for it! Read the rest of this entry »