Run Your Own Yard Work Business

How to Start a Landscaping Business By Keith Kalfas is a Classic Struggle to victory story on how to overcome fear and self-doubt. This book is for someone stuck in a dead-end job and looking to venture out into they're first small business.

How to estimate; how to gain commercial customers; tips and tricks to make your business more profitable; add-on services to make you more money.

"A start up guide with ideas and various suggestions on starting your own lawncare and landscaping business"--

Lawn Care Services Generate Plenty of "Green." Here's How You Can Reap the Rewards. The Lawn care business of today is a far cry from the days of the kid down the block with a push mower. In fact, the lawn care market is a $17 billion industry. With all the homes, business parks, apartment complexes, shopping malls and hospitals that need landscaping. It's easy to see why this is one business where you can really rake in the green. Your business can be as simple as mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves, and clipping hedges to applying chemical and fertilizers. Our book will tell you everything you need to know to get started in the lawn care business. Topics covered include: How to target your market What equipment you'll need How to hire and manage employees Record-keeping and accounting Where to find working capital How to estimate jobs And more If you like working outdoors, you owe it to yourself to buy this step-by-step guide and start building your own successful lawn service business.

A yard work business is perfect for any young people who are hard working and not afraid to get a little dirty. This title stresses the importance of advertising, attention to detail, and fair pricing to ensure that new businesspeople get repeat customers. The types of supplies that are needed and other tips for a successful yard care business are covered as well.

A yard work business is perfect for any young people who are hard working and not afraid to get a little dirty. This title stresses the importance of advertising, attention to detail, and fair pricing to ensure that new businesspeople get repeat customers. The types of supplies that are needed and other tips for a successful yard care business are covered as well.

This is a complete guide for those who are interested in starting up their own small lawn care business or for those who have one and want some helpful tips. With eight chapters and many sub chapters, this book deals with this seemingly simple topic holistically and in-depth. My hope is to give readers some helpful tips and guide them along so they can smoothly get a small lawn care business up and running successfully. This will allow them to escape working for someone else while making more money and having more flexibility in their lives. One chapter is devoted to telling you what this business is really like, so interested people can get a feel if it's something they want to pursue. Also, there's a chapter that talks about off-season ideas for work, which may help those who are already working the business too. All-together, this is the culmination of my four years of experience with having three different successful lawn care businesses. The third business I'm still working. Although I'm not an expert at gardening or landscaping, I've been able to replace the "real jobs" out there with something better. If you're interested in starting a small lawn care business, want some help getting it started the right way, and want to make sure you have success, then you can't go wrong with this complete guide for starting your small lawn care business book.

Whether you're an experienced landscaper or new to the trade, Mowbiz give you the tools you need to start your own landscaping business and make it a success. This no-nonsense guide reveals the techniques professionals use to keep landscapes looking their best. And it clearly explains the nuts and bolts of running your own profitable business. Each topic has been extensively researched, so your work will be backed by university findings, not guesswork. By pass the trial-and-error school of landscaping, and learn the right way to do things...from the start.--COVER.