franz_floyd for
landscaper
what makes the money
The property you already maintain, signed up again for the next season, and the neighbour who watched you work and asked who you were. Repeat ground and word of mouth carry a landscaping business; one-off jobs do not.
what comes off your plate
Quotes stop sitting in your truck overnight. The walk-round turns into a priced job that goes out while the customer still remembers you standing in their garden, so fewer jobs go cold.
Renewals and seasonal work stop depending on you remembering. Every property you maintain gets asked again at the right point in the year, which makes more of the work that repeats.
The review and referral ask stops being awkward and stops being skipped. Finished jobs get asked, and the neighbours who noticed get a reason to call, which makes more work on streets you already serve.
your part
A few minutes between jobs: you look at what is ready, you say yes, it sends. Nothing reaches a customer without you.
two more blocks
what comes off your plate
your part
- the rest.
- your own trade is free: type it in the box below. this one was written for someone else. a phone or handle opens blocks 2 and 3, and every other kept answer, for thirty days.
another trade
written for your trade, on the spot. the trade is logged, you are not.