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Reality Check: How a Strong Mid-Year Review Can Save Your Season

Time flies when you’re busy executing work. Yet it’s essential to pause and review if you are on track to reach your goals before the end of the year. Ideally, you should be checking on your company’s performance at least on a quarterly basis, if not monthly or weekly. However, a mid-year check-in specifically can […]

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Boosting Your Business: Forecasting for Growth – Why Every Landscape Company Needs a Budget

Your client always has a budget, and you should, too. While you can operate without one, the sooner you start creating an annual budget, the better. Brian Mark, partner and president of Chris Mark and Sons, Inc., based in Pocasset, Massachusetts, says they’ve been budgeting for the last 10 years and over the past five […]

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Common Stalling Points and Solutions For Closing Sales with Design-Build Customers

If you frequently deal with clients who reach the end of the sales process but can’t seem to sign the dotted line, this can significantly impact your work pipeline. Having a poor closing rate can be due to a number of different factors. Some reasons can be out of your control, but others you can […]

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If Your Clients Are a Couple – Balance Can Be Tricky in Landscape Design

Understanding both your clients’ desires and concerns is critical, not only to close a sale but to ensure you can create a landscape design they’ll ultimately be pleased with. Melding a couple’s different styles can be a challenge, but finding the balance between their budget and their wish list is another aspect you have to […]

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