Landscape Entrepreneur Podcast

Debbie is a virtual assistant and online office manager. She helps those specifically in the landscape industry grow their business. Think of her as an OFFSHOOT of your business. Many in this industry aren’t big enough to employ a full-time office manager. That’s where she has found her niche. She can assist you with office help virtually and with her flexible hours make your job less hectic. Her background in business, horticulture, customer service, and sales makes her a good fit. she loves the details and she loves making businesses like yours grow and be profitable!

About Wendy: If you're a lawn care owner-operator, landscape design company, manufacturer or contractor, you need blogs and other content on your website that brings the right customers to you. At the Landscape Writer, I provide all of my customers with localized, relevant content whether it's for web pages, landing pages, blog posts or other digital marketing content.Web designers & digital marketers, if you need an SME to write copy for your green industry or home service clients, then you've come to the right place. I have extensive experience working with digital marketing agencies providing expert copy for them. And when your clients' websites have the appropriate keyword phrases and localized areas on their website and blogs, they'll see an uptick in sales prospects.I provide long-form blogs, social media copy, and other digital marketing writing.

Sometimes the goals we set are doomed for failure the moment the ink dries. In this video I share a three simple questions you can use to test your goals before you go after them. 

In this tip I talk about the second step in achieving your goals. Creating a plan. A set of action items you can use to drive you to achieve the outcomes you are after. 

Frank Bourque is a Consultant, Speaker and Writer, he is passionate about coaching, entrepreneurial ventures and working with Entrepreneurs, Executives, Sales Leaders, and Professionals who want to empower and engage teams for greater performance.His main areas of expertise are motivation, efficiency, entrepreneurial growth, sales skills improvement, customer service and innovation. With a focus on building high performing individuals and companies, he is committed to creating fulfillment and positive change.His vision is to coach individuals and organizations, to have purpose, passion and possibility in everything they do. 

In this episode I share with you the first step I use when creating your annual strategic plan, establishing your Foundation of Facts, aka where you business is now. Before we start creating plans to implement we must first determine our starting point. In this episode I share with you the simple two step process I use to establish the foundation of facts. For more information on how to create your annual strategic plan go to: https://bit.ly/le-free

In this episode I share with you the five parts of a simplified annual strategic plan. For more business growth tools and resources register for your free Landscape Entrepreneur membership account go to: https://bit.ly/le-free

In this episode we discuss the 7 reasons why you should create an annual strategic plan for your business for 2020. To get access to a free course titled: Strategic Planning For Success register for your free membership to Landscape Entrepreneur where you will have access to live training, business development courses, private business growth forum, peer to peer connections and more. Go to: https://bit.ly/le-free and sign up today. 

In today's episode I spoke to Kody Ketterling of KJ Ketterling Enterprises. Kody is a veteran of the Green Industry as both a landscape contractor and now as an inventor and problem solver with his K-It line of irrigation products. Kody provided a lot of valuable insights into his success and his core beliefs. Kody shared stories of the benefits of diversification of service offerings and how it has allowed him to survive tough times and scale his business faster. Kody also shared his beliefs on how he nurtures both his existing and past customers and never burns a relationship. 

In this episode Darren Gruner from Turf's Up Radio shares stories from his entrepreneurial journey and talks about how his success is attributed to connecting with people. He shares stories from his early days as a young kid breaking into this business, to building a large design-build business and moving into his newest venture Turf's Up Radio. Darren is definitely a people person who enjoys connecting with and supporting his peers and Turf's Up Radio is an extension of his desire to help others. Turf's Up Radio is the only radio station dedicated to the Green Industry with a variety of programs designed to help Green Industry professionals improve their business. 

Reactive vs Proactive BusinessSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

These Simple Actions Will Make The Most Impact On Your BusinessSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

Sequential Marketing CampaignsSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews.  https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

DifferentiationSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

Additional Profit CentersSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

Irresistible OfferSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

Education Based SellingSubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

AccountabilitySubscribe to the podcast for daily business tips and interviews. https://mhudsonconsulting.com/podcast-subscribe/

In this episode you will learn simple but very effective strategies to recruit, select and retain high quality hourly employees. Mel Klieman, from Humetrics, is an expert at the hiring process and he shares his "uncommon common sense" approach that has been working for over four decades. Mel makes a very frustrating and often times challenging aspect of being a landscape entrepreneur, hiring and retaining quality employees, much easier with his practical and easy to follow advice. I really enjoyed talking with Mel in this podcast. I could have talked with him for hours on this subject. I am confident that if you apply what Mel teaches in this episode you will develop a winning strategy to attract, hire and retain the best possible workforce in your market. For more information about Mel Klieman's service contact him at: Phone: 713-771-4401Website: http://humetrics.com/

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Martinez from Cappsure. Mike is an accomplished entrepreneur and we spent the first part of this interview talking about how we was able to scale his business from $1m - $8m and successfully exit. Mike was generous with his knowledge and experiences and provided a lot of very valuable insights that I know you will find useful and applicable for your business. Next we reviewed the benefits of Cappsure. Cappsure is a mobile field reporting app for landscape contractors. It allows your field managers to easily record and document work completed, send reports to the office or directly to the customer, create work orders and even create onsite proposals for immediate approval. Cappsure creates a competitive advantage for your landscape company because you are able to keep the client updated in real time on the services you are providing. Your field crew managers can keep your customers informed and help avoid problems caused by communication proble