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Business Advice & Stories

Leading with Mindfulness: Key Tools for Success

This information came from a session during the 2024 ELEVATE conference and expo. Don’t miss ELEVATE in Phoenix, Arizona, on Nov. 2-5, 2025. As you lead your lawn care or landscape company, you will face both successes and failures. The good news is that it is up to you how you handle these times in your life. […]

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Two Major Industry Trends for 2025

If you had to sum up landscape companies’ main focuses heading into the new year two words that capture their goals well are: efficiency and growth. Many owners are upping their technology budgets as they explore innovations that will benefit their operations’ productivity. Also, landscape businesses are buckling down on implementing strategies to recruit and […]

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Missed Calls Equal Missed Profits: Why a Call Answering Service Is a Game-Changer for Landscapers

If you’re just getting your landscape business off the ground, it’s common for all business calls to come directly to your cell phone. However, if you are unable to answer these calls, you can miss out on work opportunities. ā€œPeople have a short attention span these days, and they expect immediate gratification and immediate answers,ā€ […]

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How I Do It: Streamlining Afternoon Fleet Tasks

In the afternoons, it’s easy for crews to go about their responsibilities to prepare for the next day’s work in an inefficient manner. Chris Lee, president of EarthWorks, based in Lillian, Texas, says 15 years ago he initially created a dedicated crew for these afternoon tasks in an effort to get their employees off the clock […]

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Cultivating Quality: How Myatt Landscaping’s Horticulture Team Sets Them Apart

What started as a specific hire to help with a unique project in 2022 has evolved into the development of a new horticulture team for Myatt Landscaping & Construction, based in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. When Myatt Landscaping was hired to install landscape architect Max Cohen’s design at Raleigh Iron Works, they brought on Kate Watts […]

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Industry Optimism: What Challenges and Opportunities 2025 Holds

When landscape professionals headed into 2024, there were concerns surrounding the election and talk of a recession. Now, with 2025 on the horizon, businesses are optimistic about their growth next year. ā€œThe landscape industry has a good mix of technology coupled with a continuing need for customer service provided by actual people,ā€ says Nada Duna, […]

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Selecting Your Fleet and Equipment Acquisition Strategy

Do you have a strategy for how you go about buying, renting and leasing your trucks and equipment or is it simply haphazard improvisation? Each of these options has valuable benefits for your landscape business, which is why it’s important to think through some of the different considerations for each approach. Short-Term Versus Long-Term Needs […]

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Business Smarts: Managing Cash Flow Through the Slow Season

The song might claim it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but if you’re not prepared for the slow season, it can be the most stressful time of the year for your business. ā€œThe offseason can be a challenging time,ā€ says Austin Zakow, CEO of Outerland, based in Mashpee, Massachusetts. ā€œThere is not much […]

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The Power of Knowing Your Numbers: Harnessing Data to Drive Success

When you consider all of the data at your fingertips that come from running a lawn or landscape company, it can be truly overwhelming. However, you shouldn’t let analysis paralysis keep your business from digging into these valuable insights. These numbers can tell a significant story about your business and help you make more informed […]

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Buy, Lease, or Rent? Choosing the Right Equipment Strategy For Your Landscape Business

To buy or not to buy…that is the question. Or perhaps the question is to buy, to lease, or to rent? When it comes to your fleet and the equipment needed to get the job done, the decision to buy, lease or rent will vary greatly based on various factors Below are some of the […]

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