Understand the Business Shift from Lawn Maintenance to Landscaping

you know what we're going to do today we're going to talk about changing from La maintenance to Landscaping we're going to talk about allowing your company to grow by taking on bigger projects and the Natural Evolution of a company as it grows one of the things that I want to focus on today is bigger projects mean bigger problems but it also means bigger profits um and one of the things that I noticed right away that if you're in lawn maintenance and you're looking at getting into Landscaping go for it do it but I want you to understand there is a fundamental difference between lawn maintenance and Landscaping that goes beyond the work you do and it's in the pricing structure now with lawn maintenance itself it's a very Cutthroat business it's about the bottom dollar people don't like to spend a lot of money to have their lawns cut their grass looking green they want to try to save every pinch every penny but when it comes to Landscaping the exact opposite is the truth you see this staircase I built behind me this is a great example where a customer will pay extra to make sure that they're in good hands they want to feel comfortable about the who they're hiring to do the job we're going to go we're going to run through the gamut I'm going to show you some pretty big projects today I'm going to walk you through it it's a I know it's a long video but it's going to be well worth it and in the end I want you to understand I want you to find the right fit for your company this job here this is my own house but this is a great example I want you to understand that a lot of times I try not to be the lowest bidder in fact I've lost more jobs than I can count because I was a low bidder a lot of times a customer doesn't feel comfortable with that in fact uh city government offices don't feel comfortable with the low bidder that's why they have on all their bids they