Lawn Care Accelerator Podcast

This one was a great discussion with Garrett Smith, a franchise owner of Augusta Lawn Care Services of Glendale, CO. He had a great lesson learned early this spring with an acquisition of another company for aeration services. Hear from him a beginner's tip if you are thinking of starting a new lawn care company in 2023. Garrett is young (20 years old!) and he is going places with massive help from  @MikeAndes   and the  @augustalawncareservices5539   brand! Reach out to him and ask him questions about being a new franchisee of Augusta Lawn Care Services, whether you are thinking of going with Augusta or starting out on your own. His plans for fall and winter are Christmas lights. He will be a valuable resource for me as that is something I am thinking of offering to my customers in 2023. Thanks for sitting down with me, Garrett!

Visit his website to see how he is able to get such great SEO and the layout:
AugustaLawnCareServices.com/Glendale

Email him if you have any questions about getting into the Augusta franchise or if you are thinking of starting from scratch:
[email protected] 

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You DO NOT want to miss our 50-minute interview with a great young man who is doing awesome in his SECOND FULL YEAR as a lawn care owner, Chris Hagerman! He owns  @nomowworrieslawncare in Aurora, CO.

Listen how he transformed his life from thinking he was a victim to his personal development and having the mindset of a successful business owner... All in less than 3 years!

He talks about how he worked for a guy mowing lawns and saw the demand all around him for consistent, professional and great, weekly lawn mowing service that his current employer kept turning down. Losing quite a bit of his customers to 'the cheaper guy' this spring, he's now at around 60 weekly customers! And he started the year at 20! That's what happens when you do great work, sell yourself and your service and spend maybe $100 on targeted advertising on Nextdoor.com! Give his Instagram a follow and head over to his Tik Tok and YouTube channels. I'm sure he'd love to talk with you and give you any advice you may have about getting customers and growing a successful lawn care business!

No Mow Worries on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRyj1gje/
No Mow Worries on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomowworriesco/
No Mow Worries on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4bvNdn7C4D8LVYi9ZQH6lQ
Now Mow Worries Website: https://nomowworriesco.com/

Links to Chris's favorite books/podcasts YOU NEED TO READ:
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612681131/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TKTTVL8P85DL&keywords=rich+dad+poor+dad&qid=1661749962&sprefix=rich+dad%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1
How To Win Friends & Influence People: https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XHP3TEH5FRCK&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people&qid=1661750049&sprefix=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1
The E-Myth Revisited: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About-ebook/dp/B000RO9VJK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CTHRUXEAD1T7&keywords=e+myth&qid=1661750086&sprefix=e+myth%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1
Think & Grow Rich: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=think+and+grow+rich&crid=2ZZTL1B0OOII7&sprefix=think+and+grow%2Caps%2C120&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_14
Podcasts:
Bigger Pockets Real Estate Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-biggerpockets-real-estate-30935689/
Work The System: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-work-the-system-31158634/

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Welcome to the first official Lawn Care Accelerator Podcast Series! In this first episode, we sit down and chat with Eamon Giboo, owner of Giboo Lawn Services. Serving the Castle Rock, CO area, and a former USPS mail carrier, he went from part-time in 2021 while still working his mail job and made it to full-time in 2022! Listen as he talks about his setup. He got the Ramp Rack Sport this past April and loves it after seeing  @MikeAndes and  @keith-kalfas show it off. He uses a Toro TimeMaster and EGO Trimmer and EGO Blower. He's had some issues with the equipment he is using, from broken belts and bolts to shorted out batteries. But it works for him and his 45 residential accounts!

Listen to his plans for winter as he just purchased a Toro 821 R-C. He goes over his pricing for snow removal and possibly offering a zero-tolerance for those customers who want it. I would feel weird going out in the middle of the night and having my customers and their neighbors her the loud engine my Toro 821 R-C.

Head over to his Instagram and give him a follow! If you are thinking of starting a lawn care business, or maybe you are a part-time person doing it on the weekends, if you have any questions about how he got to his 45 customers and able to leave his 'secure' mail carrier job ask Eamon over on Instagram. I am sure he would love to share his knowledge with you! Thanks Eamon! And thanks to  @brandviva for hosting us in your studio!

Eamon Giboo-Giboo Lawn Services:
https://www.instagram.com/giboolawnservices

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Listen to industry newcomers and seasoned lawn care owners as we discuss the lawn care industry, business aspects and pricing information with Lawn Care Accelerator! 

In this first episode filmed July 28, 2022, in Centennial, CO we will hear from Quinton Hudson from Lawn Care Ninja. He has over 18 years' experience in the industry and 3 years as an owner. Listen as he shares some ideas and thoughts and how he has increased his 2022 revenue by 21% over the previous year.

Next, we hear from Erik Zamora with Grass Monkey Lawn Service (who drove over an hour to meet with us!). Going on 3 years of being in business, he is eager to learn and expand his skills and provide more services to his customers and make more money! He has some great things to say about quality over quantity. You know someone is serious about learning when they are taking notes.

Also, Eamon Giboo from Giboo Lawn Services. He is in Castle Rock, and this is his first full year in business. Listen how he started with 13 weekly lawns to start 2022 and is now up to 48 weekly lawn customers! He left his corporate job last year and is a full-time lawn care business owner with massive growth in 2022!

We will also hear from Garrett Smith from Augusta Lawn Care-Glendale. Listen to him as he tells us how he almost gave up the Augusta franchise after ALL of his equipment got stolen and a very poor June revenue-wise. Not to be outdone by having a MASSIVE revenue haul in July after talking with Thomas Salazar (who he had never met in person prior to the incident) telling him to stick with it and sending potential employees his way. This is what vulnerability and building relationships is all about!

Finally, we hear from Thomas Salazar with Augusta Lawn Care of Littleton. When he heard Mike Andes was going to be doing franchises of Augusta Lawn Care, Thomas KNEW he had to follow Mike and be the very first franchise in the universe (his words)! Listen how he has gone from just over $100,000 in revenue his first year to well over $300,000 his 3rd year. He talks about his goals of getting to $1,000,000 in the next few years! That is an awesome goal and something all of us in this industry are capable of!

20% OFF MARKETING MATERIALS! Proud to offer my first affiliate link! Want to market your services this spring? Or better yet, all year round? Either buy the template(s) you need or buy the whole bundle for $399. Follow the link below AND USE CODE NINJA, you can save 20% off your order! Door hangers work. I picked up about $1000 in cleanups this past fall (2022) after hanging around 150 on neighborhood doors! Check the link out below and don't forget to use code NINJA!

https://lawncaremedia.com/ninja

If you are in the Denver Metro Area, send us a DM on Instagram so we can spotlight you and invite you to Lawn Care Accelerator!
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Don't forget to use code NINJA at checkout to save $25 off your purchase of The Green Guard!
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