Ball Park Quotes - Will it be a home run or strike out for you?

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Ball Park Quotes - Will it be a home run or strike out for you?

If you are a home owner, please don’t ask your landscape contractor for a ball park price.  If you aren’t willing to take the time to meet with him or her and show them your project, let them measure and study the site, then you probably aren’t serious about doing the project.

A ball park is never accurate and will usually be substantially lower or higher than the actual cost to do the project.  It also depends on the contractor who provides you with this ball park.

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How to make your landscape stand out in a subdivision

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How to make your landscape stand out in a subdivision

Have you ever wanted to make your landscape stand out among the crowd?  You have a beautiful home that is not the same as the other ones, but your landscape, well, it kinda is.

Today we are gonna talk about some things you can do to break the mold and turn your "builderscape" into a custom landscape that you absolutely love.

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Things Your Landscaper Wants to Tell You But Doesn't

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Things Your Landscaper Wants to Tell You But Doesn't

...fast forward a couple hours later and the "how'd it go" convo ensues.  While ninety nine percent of our clients fall in to the BEST CLIENTS IN THE WORLD (sending y'all a virtual hug), on occasion Carson tells me about encounters where he'd love to tell some people what he's really thinking...so, I asked him to give y'all a fun look inside the mind of a landscaper when he wants to tell ya what he's thinking but doesn't.

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What you MUST do for your landscape in 2018 PART II.

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What you MUST do for your landscape in 2018 PART II.

Be frank with your landscape contractor if he or she asks what your budget is.  There are usually multiple different ways to fix or improve your landscape and none of them cost the same.

Being upfront with your budget eliminates wasted time and work for both the homeowner and contractor.  It saves you time reviewing proposals that are outside of your budget and saves the contractor time in generating detailed proposals that will never turn into reality.  It streamlines everything.

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What you MUST do for your landscape in 2018 Part I

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What you MUST do for your landscape in 2018 Part I

We have SIX BIG TIPS that you must do for your landscape in 2018 and today we are sharing the first three.  We really want to help you make your landscape a priority for 2018.

I mean, let's be real...we know you want to have a little something extra special to smile about when you pull up in your driveway or have family and friends over, right?!?!  Let's get started.

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Mistakes You Don't Want To Make When Hiring A Contractor

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Mistakes You Don't Want To Make When Hiring A Contractor

In my 20 plus years of entrepreneurship, it still leaves me baffled when I meet with a new client and they tell me that they have called 3 other landscape companies before me and I was the only one that answered the phone or called them back.

I think, wow, how can someone run a business that is totally dependent on a steady flow of leads and not call those leads back.  (Well, actually, the first thing I think about is, dang, I really need to improve my marketing since I was the 4th company they found, but that’s a topic for another day).

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