Podcast Archives - Lawn Care Millionaire

Lawn Care Goal Check-In

Jonathan: It’s nearly the end of January. Have you accomplished the things that you said you were going to get done this month or the things that you said you were going to get started with right away at the...

Lawn Care Business Burnout

Jonathan: Hey, how are you doing? So, I’m sitting in Boston in a hotel. I’ll be here about seven days. I’m here for a number of meetings, but I’m also here with the business group for about four days, hanging out...

Money WON’T Solve Your Lawn Care Business Problems

Jonathan: What’s up? So I’m in Baja, Mexico with a whole bunch of friends and by the end of today, we’ll have gone over 600 miles. Right now we’ve got an issue, I actually don’t even know what it is. This...

The Profits Left on the Table in Your Lawn Care Business

Jonathan: Hey, I hope you’re doing really well. I wanna show you some data to make a point. But before I do, let me set this up for you. I think this is one of the most important things to understand...

How to Build Your 2019 Lawn Care Marketing Plan Part 2

Jonathan: This is part two about how to put together your marketing plan. In the first video, I was talking about pulling together some data. Let’s talk about your marketing plan. Your marketing plan is going to start with building out...

How to Build Your 2019 Lawn Care Marketing Plan – Part 1

Jonathan: Hey, I’m going to give you some ideas for a marketing plan. I’m going to do this video in two parts. So the first part is I’m going to tell you about some data that you might want to pull...

Should I Make an End of Year Equipment Purchase for Tax Reasons

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Copying Others wont Grow Your Lawn Care Business

Jonathan: How’s it going? I hope you’re doing great. I’m going to show you my screen and I’m going to show you several things. But before I do, I want you to imagine a situation where you have copied someone else’s...

3 Takeaways from GIE 2018

Jonathan: Hey. What’s up? I hope you’re doing great. Hey, I’m gonna give you three takeaways from my time at GIE in October. If you don’t care about GIE, you weren’t there, don’t let me lose you here on this video...

When Will I Feel Like Ive Finally Arrived

Jonathan: The question is: When will I feel like I’ve finally arrived? I feel like I’ve answered this question previously, but I have no idea where I might have talked about it, but I got a feeling I have. I’m going...

How to Solve Problems by Going Deep

Jonathan: Recently based on several YouTube requests, I did a video on books that I would recommend you consider reading and then I did a video on podcasts that I personally like. So this is not a question, I’d like to...

BEST Podcasts to Grow as a Business Owner

Jonathan: I get asked all the time what do I read. So I’ve done a couple videos over time about some books that I recommend. I do read quite a bit. I’ve made a concerted effort to read a little bit...

How Do I Pay My Team Through the Winter

Jonathan: How’s it going? I got my computer in front of me here, I’m gonna look down at my notes a bit. So here’s the question. It’s actually really simple, I barely need to look at it. How do I pay...

The Worst Kind of Marketing

Jonathan: The question is, what are the absolute worst types of marketing? What should I not be doing? I’m gonna give you three, kind of off the top of my mind. The first would be, have you ever had that experience where...

A Quick Invitation to Dallas

Jonathan: How’s it going? So this is a little different Lawn Care Millionaire video. I’d love to invite you to SA5. It’s our conference. And I want to tell you just a little bit about it before I lose you here...

What You Should Read Before the End of the Year

Jonathan: How’s it going? So this is a little different Lawn Care Millionaire video. I’d love to invite you to SA5. It’s our conference. And I want to tell you just a little bit about it before I lose you here...

Would You Sleep Soundly through a Sales Tax Audit?

Jonathan: At Service Autopilot, we are in the middle of a tax sales audit, and I’m personally dealing with it. It got me thinking, this would make for a great video. The reason for that is over the years, I’ve had...

Keep your Company Forever? Or Build to Sell?

Will you ever get out of the field?

How are you doing? Below one of my videos in the comments, someone asked the question, I’m going to read it to you like I always do, “If you start a business with no capital, but grow a bunch of...

Bigger Business, Less Money?

If when you started your business, you grew it, and you were doing about 100,000 in revenue, and you were making money, and you start to run the numbers, and you said, “Man, if I just triple this business and...

How to Get Out of the Field

How are you doing? Below one of my videos in the comments, someone asked the question, I’m going to read it to you like I always do, “If you start a business with no capital but grow a bunch of...

You’ll Never Make It (without a system)

If you’re like me, you’ve got a bunch of goals. You want to grow your company, you want to improve the quality of the service offering, you want to continue to hire great team members that can take more off...

Why You Don’t Yet Know You Are Getting Your Butt Kicked

Jonathan: I’d like to share with you a thought. This does not come from a specific question, rather it comes from a lot of conversations that I’ve had. Most likely with smaller companies … I’m going to call it a smaller...

Why You’ll Be Burned Out Before the End of the Season

Jonathan: The vast majority of companies, their owners burn out whether it’s a guy in a truck with a couple individuals helping him, an individual’s that’s doing about 400,000 a year and is right at that plateau where they just can’t...

Should I ‘Share Profits’ with a Stud Employee?

Jonathan: Going to read a question to you. This question is really old, like as in years ago, but I have probably a thousand questions saved up that, just can’t get to them all. I’ve responded to ton in writing and...

Does Your Marketing Matter after Spring?

Jonathan: This question is in regards to someone asking about some successful marketing last year. As an example, they went through the spring months … It’s a long email to me. They went through the spring months. They did a lot...

Reclaim Lost Crew Time with a 3rd Party Contractor

Jonathan: Hello. Answering another question and the question is, “What do you think of TaskEasy for filling up extra downtime for mowing crews? I’m not referring to HomeAdvisor as they charge for leads, but TaskEasy seems like a nice option for...

Are You Focused on What is Most Important

Jonathan: Hey, it’s been a little while since I’ve done a Lawn Care Millionaire video. It’s January and my guess is that you spent the holidays and the end of the year thinking about all the ways that you’re going to...

Is your LLC or SCorp Really Protecting You

Jonathan: Tonight, a good friend of mine, Jason Cupp, was co-hosting one of our Service Auto Pilot Academy monthly training sessions, and he did a four-hour training session tonight on exactly what you want to be thinking about and working on...

Recommendation: New Profit Roadmap Podcast

Jonathan: Hey, the software company that I co-founded, Service Autopilot just released a podcast. It’s called Profit Roadmap. It’s hosted by Bear and Cody, two fellows on our team. One in the marketing department, one fellow in the sales department. Both...

How To Manage Interruptions So You Can Work On Your Business

Jonathan: Got a quick and simple question. I’m trying to follow a schedule and time management system but I constantly fail. I’m always reacting. What can I do differently? This challenge with following a schedule, time management is one I describe...

How Do I Determine The Profit of My Business

Jonathan: Howdy, answering another question. So the question is this, can you explain how I determine what profit is? It’s really simple, profit is nothing more than all the money coming into your business called revenue minus all the money going...

How Do I Get “Do It Yourself” Homeowners To Buy Lawn Care

Jonathan: Got a long question for you. I’m actually just going to answer part of it. Just reading the way that this individual wrote the email I can tell that he is quite thoughtful, he’s very articulate. I’m going to assume...

Should I Spend $1000 on a Salesperson, Door Hangers or Mailers?

Jonathan: The question is “I’m a new company, and I’ve got a website in place.” I’ve got to read this to you. I don’t know if the individual asking the question is the owner. “The owner is not the very best...

Asset Utilization Explained

Jonathan: The question is, can you please explain what asset utilization is? It must be something I’ve mentioned in several of my videos, so it’s really quite simple. It’s the idea of … Well, there are several ways to think about...

Why You’re Totally Wrong About What You Can Achieve

Jonathan: I remember when I graduated high school, freshman year of college. I remember having a conversation, the conversation was, “Man if I could just make 90 grand a year.” That’s probably equivalent to about 130 now. With 90 grand a...

How to Find Employees for your Lawn Care Business

Jonathan: The question is, “I’ve been in business for six years now. I had an employee in the past, but he did not work out, because he was not interested in working by himself, in other words, without me in the...

What Color Should I Paint my Lawn Care Trucks?

Jonathan: This is the shortest question I’ve gotten in awhile, which is awesome. I don’t even really need to read it to you. So regarding painting your trucks, what’s the best color. I did make some notes, so I am going...

YouTubers Should Tell The Truth About The Lawn Care Business

Jonathan: How’s it going? If you watch YouTube videos from individuals like me and others, talking about the business and talking about how you can turn your business into something interesting, or you can get started in the business and it...

5 Money Tips That Will Change Your Business

Jonathan: I’ve got another piece of wisdom for you from Greg Crabtree. The advice that Greg’s about to give you is the exact plan that I followed in the lawn care business and in the software business. It won’t let you...

Questions to Ask before Opening a Branch Location

Jonathan: Hey, what’s up? Hope you’re doing great. Going to read you a question that I got, and the question is this, “I am thinking about starting a second location. Is this a good idea?” I’ve been asked this quite a few...

Number 1 Thing that Fixes Cash Flow Problems

Jonathan: We all struggle with cash flow in our business at one point or another. If you’re in the phase where you’re still struggling with cash flow or you’d like your cash flow to be even better, you’ll enjoy the rest...

Are You Offering Too Many Services

Jonathan: Question, I have a business in the 450,000 and climbing range. I used to be a property management or in property management, and I saw a need for a one stop shop type service for commercial customers. Wanting to fill...

How to Compete in a Low Price Market

Jonathan: I’m going to read you a question I received. “I’m from Oklahoma and just moved to Keller, Texas. For six months now, and is currently serving,” he’s saying I’m currently serving Keller, Colleyville, and Southlake. “My question is how would...

Explained: Why Your Lawn Care Business Is Probably Your Best Investment

Jonathan: Last week, I shared with you an idea from Greg Crabtree on why it’s really important to get clear on what your salary is, versus profit. And separate the two, so that you have a firm understanding of how your...

How to Report Profit vs Salary – Greg Crabtree

Jonathan: Hey, how’s it going? I’d like to share with you an idea, it comes from Greg Crabtree. He’s the author of “Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!” He’s looked at thousands of businesses, and he knows how to make...

How To Get Paid Faster

Learn how accepting credit cards will help you get paid faster. What is it in your business you think you can’t do that maybe you just haven’t tried or haven’t tested? We have all these assumptions about how business works and how...

How Much Should You Pay Yourself?

Do you pay yourself too much or too little to run your lawn care & landscape business? And… what is the maximum salary you should pay yourself? Watch the video above and find out. This is a good question from Tony. How much should...

Should I Be Doing Email Marketing?