hello everyone, my name is josh, and i have been in the automotive collision repair industry for fifteen years, am burnt out, so i am determined to go this route, but i am strugglig, so advice and help would all be greatly appreciated.
thanks for your time!

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Hey Josh it is hard but it pays off man dont give up!!! One thing to try is purposely working on weekends ( I know it sucks) but that is when new possible clients will see you working and approach you. Another is to work later in the day such as dont start till 4 ( this also sucks but it works) it will save money on advertising and start building up clientell so that you can begin to advertise. Another BIG thing is no matter what you are doing if someone approaches you stop everything and give them undivided attention and be as helpful as you possibly can.
I just had to restart my business in a new location due to a divorse. I started 3 years ago and now I work my butt off, have one guy with me (by choice) all my other friends in the biz says I should hire at least 2 more. But at the end of the year Im already pulling in a little over 85,000 net. Keep your head up this is a great place to get help, I only get to check this every once in a great while but I will check on you in a couple of weeks and see how your doing. I have a ton of ideas i can share with you when I have a little more time. Good luck and just do quality work and it will pay off!!!!!


Tim Matlock

Hey Josh,
Dont give up on ur business as long as you keep ur head up high and do a good job you will get more business. Just be patient and customers will come to you and as long as you keep lookin on here you will find alot of good advice and help you are looking for to build a sucessful business. Well buddy if you need any advice I will see what i can do to help ya. Goodluck and dont give up.

Jake

Hello there Josh,
I to agree with the other comments made.I have been in my own lawn maintenance business now for 10 months and found it quite competitive to begin with.Once I had scored a few lawns people would see the quality I produced and are now requesting my service.I do not go into a new lawn and under quote to win the lawn or garden I am probably 10% dearer than my rivals.With my clients I coach them through the different seasons (not giving away to much).Enjoying what you are doing is very important,walking onto a job site with a smile and leaving satisfied is very important.If you are satisfied and the customer are satisfied new lawns will come.Worry about the job not the money as the money will come later.
Good luck
Lindsay From New zealand

lawncares pretty fun. it pays well, but is a lot of hard work getting started. it pays off to be detailed and up on maintenance and bookwork though seems like you can easily get by without a lot of it. pick your customers wisely, and don't make price your only selling point. if they just want someone cheaper, they'll fire you when someone else comes along. gtg, i'm finishing a 30 pg lawncare business paper 4 DECA. (lots of bs-ing going on in it, bummer i couldn't make it all professional though) (procrastination sucks and costs you a lot! get out and cut the grass in the season rather than worrying how you can find a job in the winter at $7 an hour versus 20net with your equipment you already own.)

guys im just starting out myself and im in canada so its a seasonal job for me and its good to here there are alot of positive people on this forum cause it really makes me feel confident about what i have chose to go in to thanks for all the positive coments guys