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Level Up: Passion Powers Pleasant Places, Inc.’s Growth

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Guy Artigues enjoys hard work. “I truly enjoy the sweat on your brow type thing and just the instant gratification of this industry that it provided,” Artigues says. “Back then, you were just doing little things […]

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Business Smarts: Tapping Into Property Managers’ Perspective When Selling

Property managers are the decision-makers for many commercial landscape accounts, so if you’re wondering how you can successfully impress them and close deals with them, take some time to step into their shoes.   One of the easiest ways to discover what matters most to property managers is to reflect on what causes a prospect […]

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Business Smarts: Aligning Your Landscape Company with Property Managers’ Needs and Preferences

Property managers have plenty of commercial landscape companies to choose from, so how do you stand out? It can be a hard market to break into, but it comes down to building strong relationships. Check out some of the ways to strengthen your relationship with property managers. Property Manager Preferences While communication is a priority […]

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Level Up: Sunrise Landscape Grows by Almost 300% in Three Years  

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. In 2019, Austin Ashmore acquired Sunrise Landscape, based in Tampa, Florida, along with some outside investors. He had contemplated starting his company from scratch when he missed the entrepreneurial environment of small business, but he says […]

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Level Up: Focal Pointe Is Creating Impactful Environments for People

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. In 1998, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the Bishop of the Belleville, Illinois Catholic Diocese at the time, encouraged John Munie to start his own business and was his first customer. When Munie brought up the idea of […]

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Level Up: Prescription Landscape Grows with a Portfolio of Preferred Clients

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Prescription Landscape, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is committed to maintaining commercial landscapes with healthy land management practices. The company serves commercial clients, including hospitals, banks, industrial campuses, large offices and retail spaces. “Their common trait […]

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Level Up: Koehn Outdoor Focuses on Becoming a Market Leader

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. “Business is full-time, not part-time.” David Koehn’s father told him this when he said he wanted to start his own landscaping business on the side. Koehn had grown up working for his father’s construction business in […]

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Level Up: Expanding Services Helps Nasim Landscape Double Their Growth

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Niwar Nasim was 10 years old when he moved to the U.S. along with his five siblings and parents as refugees from Kurdistan in Iraq. Nasim’s father was a veterinarian and wanted to get re-established, but […]

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Level Up: Rebranding Aids Aphix, LLC’s Expansion in the Southeast

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. From 2020 to 2022, Aphix, LLC, based in Frankfort, Kentucky, grew from a $9 million company to $18 million. They also experienced 80 percent growth from 2021 to 2022. Allen Sweeny, president and CEO of Aphix, […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Caring for ‘Baseball Heaven’

Located in St. Louis, Missouri, Busch Stadium is home to the Cardinals, and each spring, it receives millions of visitors. The client desires for the ballpark’s visitors to have an overall good experience each time they visit, and to do this, the atmosphere inside and outside of the park is taken into consideration. The client […]

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