How To Start A Lawn Care Service That Makes Money!
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Summary: The following article is designed to be a starting point for people interested in developing a lawn mowing service. I have a university degree in marketing and have and created a lawn mowing service to help me finance my university education. The following article gives insight into how I marketed my lawn mowing service well enough to pay for my college education and shares the high insight that I now have after working in marketing for several years. Specifically, this article is designed to give you ideas about how to effectively market and brand your business in order to become successful.
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Creating demand for a lawn care and snow removal service begins with having a strong marketing strategy. I always recommend advertising in the following places:
1) Door to Door Flyers (Door to Door Flyers are fantastic because they allow you to target the specific neighborhoods that you wish to target and give you more control over the areas you work in. I personally have found that I gain about 1 customer per 50 flyers that I hand out. So if I am looking to gain 100 new customers, I know that I will need to hand out at least 5,000 flyers. Additionally, I have produced better results handing out flyers to the same homes each time I distribute flyers vs. new homes. For whatever reason, people seem to be more responsive to the ads after they have seen them a time or two
2) Asking for referrals: asking for referrals is another great way to build your lawn mowing service. I generally offer my clients a discount; say $15 off their next cut, per referral that they give.
3) Business cards and magnet car signs: having a business card on hand is great because you never know when a neighbor may approach you and ask you whether you can cut their grass beginning in a few weeks. Having a card to give them will make you look professional and increase the likelihood of your being called. Additionally, having magnetic car signs that state your business service and phone number are another great way of reaching people because they go with you everywhere you go and make it clear to neighbors that you can cut their lawn if they ask you.
4) In the most popular local newspaper in your area (by advertising in your local newspaper you will advertise in a place where people traditionally and often go to find a lawn mowing service. In my experience, I have had much better results when I made the advertisement very clear like this:
Downers Grove Lawn Mowing Service
-Locally owned & operated
-Most Lawns $35 per cut
-Call Now: 630-XXX-XXXX
Please note: the advertisement is easy to understand and clearly states what you do (Lawn Mowing) and what you want the reader to do (Call Now). The newspaper is far to cluttered by ads that really don’t say anything about the company they’re suppose to describe and you can differentiate yourself by making your ad easily understandable
5) Building a Website & Utilizing Google Ad Words: Building a website and using Google Ad Words is one of the most effective ways to market a lawn mowing a snow removal service because by having a website, you get the information out there that you exist, and by using Google adwords you can target the people you are looking for by the keywords that they type in. For example, if someone types in Naperville Lawn Mowing Service, you can pay Google to make your ad one of the 1st that shows up. By doing this you are only getting quality traffic to your website. One month, I gained over 20 new weekly customers as a result of using Google ad words.
In summary, I hope you learned a few more things about marketing that you can apply to your business.Naperville Landscaping Company
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Summary: The following article is designed to be a starting point for people interested in developing a lawn mowing service. I have a university degree in marketing and have and created a lawn mowing service to help me finance my university education. The following article gives insight into how I marketed my lawn mowing service well enough to pay for my college education and shares the high insight that I now have after working in marketing for several years. Specifically, this article is designed to give you ideas about how to effectively market and brand your business in order to become successful.
Body
Creating demand for a lawn care and snow removal service begins with having a strong marketing strategy. I always recommend advertising in the following places:
1) Door to Door Flyers (Door to Door Flyers are fantastic because they allow you to target the specific neighborhoods that you wish to target and give you more control over the areas you work in. I personally have found that I gain about 1 customer per 50 flyers that I hand out. So if I am looking to gain 100 new customers, I know that I will need to hand out at least 5,000 flyers. Additionally, I have produced better results handing out flyers to the same homes each time I distribute flyers vs. new homes. For whatever reason, people seem to be more responsive to the ads after they have seen them a time or two
2) Asking for referrals: asking for referrals is another great way to build your lawn mowing service. I generally offer my clients a discount; say $15 off their next cut, per referral that they give.
3) Business cards and magnet car signs: having a business card on hand is great because you never know when a neighbor may approach you and ask you whether you can cut their grass beginning in a few weeks. Having a card to give them will make you look professional and increase the likelihood of your being called. Additionally, having magnetic car signs that state your business service and phone number are another great way of reaching people because they go with you everywhere you go and make it clear to neighbors that you can cut their lawn if they ask you.
4) In the most popular local newspaper in your area (by advertising in your local newspaper you will advertise in a place where people traditionally and often go to find a lawn mowing service. In my experience, I have had much better results when I made the advertisement very clear like this:
Downers Grove Lawn Mowing Service
-Locally owned & operated
-Most Lawns $35 per cut
-Call Now: 630-XXX-XXXX
Please note: the advertisement is easy to understand and clearly states what you do (Lawn Mowing) and what you want the reader to do (Call Now). The newspaper is far to cluttered by ads that really don’t say anything about the company they’re suppose to describe and you can differentiate yourself by making your ad easily understandable
5) Building a Website & Utilizing Google Ad Words: Building a website and using Google Ad Words is one of the most effective ways to market a lawn mowing a snow removal service because by having a website, you get the information out there that you exist, and by using Google adwords you can target the people you are looking for by the keywords that they type in. For example, if someone types in Naperville Lawn Mowing Service, you can pay Google to make your ad one of the 1st that shows up. By doing this you are only getting quality traffic to your website. One month, I gained over 20 new weekly customers as a result of using Google ad words.
In summary, I hope you learned a few more things about marketing that you can apply to your business.Naperville Landscaping Company
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