Do you grade your commercial landscape clients? 

Well, in today's podcast interview, I talk with the director of sales from a company that does over 10 million in revenue about why they grade their clients A, B, and Cs, and then onboard all new employees, regardless of their prior experience, on the C accounts. Plus, they share how they create a healthy internal competition amongst their staff to advance on a clearly-communicated career ladder.

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/how-to-build-a-career-ladder-grade-your-clients

Join me on Wednesday, May 10th, for my live webinar with Team Engine, How to Write Killer Landscape Job Ads That Get a Response. Register online at landscapersguide.com/events.

In today's video podcast, I'm going to replay the Q&A from my live webinar Maximizing Profits With Mergers & Acquisitions for Snow + Landscape Companies with Christeen Era and Steve Bousquet from Green Profit Academy. 

The audience asked incredible questions all about how to run profitable mergers and acquisitions, including:

• How Do Vision, Mission, And Culture Impact Mergers and Acquisitions? 
• Can You Just Pay A Referral Fee When You're Buying A Company?
• Can Landscape Companies Buy/Sell Client Lists?
• How Do Potential Buyers Evaluate Each Division Of Your Business?
• How To Onboard Employees When Acquiring A New Company?
• And more!

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/top-eight-landscape-merger-and-acquisition-questions-answered

Join me on Wednesday, May 10th, for my live webinar with Team Engine, How to Write Killer Landscape Job Ads That Get a Response. Register online at landscapersguide.com/events.

Showing off your best landscape portfolio with professional photographs is a key part of attracting highly qualified leads to your lawn and landscape company, but should you take photos on your iPhone or use professional photographers? I actually recommend a combination of both. In fact, in this video podcast, I'm recording the intro right now on my iPhone, and the rest of the podcast, I shot with my DSLR camera. The key though is setting up a good shot and doing it well. 

Check out today's podcast, where I interview a professional landscape photographer Corey Kline who's going to give you tips on how to take excellent photos with your smartphone and what to look for when you're hiring a photographer so you end up getting the best results from your photography!

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/podcast/

If you're new to Ramblin Jackson and you'd like to have a marketing conversation to learn more about how we can help you design a marketing plan that generates more of your hell-yes customers, just reach out at landscapersguide.com/brainstorm to book your 15-minute marketing brainstorm. 

Have you ever wanted to market your landscape company to high-end architects and landscape designers who then refer your company for the actual installation and construction? 

While building those relationships can absolutely take time, check out today's podcast interview with guest, Ian McCarthy, who shares how he's shortened this process using a proven method with easy steps that helped him get to over $10 million in revenue in just under five years. 

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/how-to-build-relationships-with-new-designers-and-architects

Get the Landscaper's Marketing Field Guide, with some beef jerky at https://landscapersguide.com/toolbox 

Have you ever submitted a quote to Mrs. Jones for $43,000 and she says, "Well, I have $40,000," and you cave and take it only to realize that you essentially did the job for free? 

In today's podcast I interview Weston Zimmerman from SynkedUP, who shares two things that sabotage company profits and how to prevent them!

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/podcast/

Learn more about SynkedUP: https://synkedup.com/

Get the budgeting tool worksheet: https://synkedup.com/get-the-budgeting-tool/

Have you ever wondered how you can keep your best people on your team? 

I was on the ski hill where I interviewed one of my clients, one employee of mine who's worked with me for five years, and the account executive from a recruiting and retention software company. In today’s episode, we're going to share our top tips for retaining your employees, plus a review of the burger we had while we were up there.

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/podcast/

Check out Team Engine at landscapersguide.com/teamengine, you can get 30% off your first three months. It's incredible software. One of our clients literally filled their staff in February using it, and now they're using the text message function to do updates to their team, like a text message newsletter!

If you run a snow and landscape company or any small business for that matter, it's absolutely essential that you, the owner, have a strong grasp on your finances, your cash flow, and on your profitability. It can totally feel overwhelming. I know it was for me as I was growing and that's why I interviewed Christeen Era on today's podcast, the author of Profit First for Lawn Care and Landscape Businesses. 

Christeen's going to share actionable insights on cash flow management, pricing, marketing budgets, and a whole lot more.

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/podcast/

Join me on Christeen's webinar series where I'll be presenting the Tree of Good Fortune: The Landscapers Guide to Modern Sales & Marketing and doing some live Q&A with Christeen. Check that out at landscapersguide.com/events

If you run a snow and landscape company or any small business for that matter, it's absolutely essential that, you, the owner have a strong grasp on your finances, on your cash flow, and on your profitability. It can totally feel overwhelming. I know it was for me as I was growing and that's why I interviewed Christeen Era on today's podcast, the author of Profit First for Lawn Care and Landscape Businesses. 

Christeen's going to share actionable insights on cash flow management, pricing, marketing budgets, and a whole lot more.

Check out Part 2 of this interview, available as an audio-only podcast!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3n7SCvVXcwEtuIQ3DIx6Tt?si=TTDYBpA0TBezMYPKba1Agw
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intro-to-profit-first-for-lawn-care-and-landscape/id1503255039?i=1000604604105

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/intro-to-profit-first-for-lawn-care-and-landscape-businesses-with-christeen-era/

If you're listening to this before March 21st, join me on Christeen's webinar series where I'll be presenting the Tree of Good Fortune: The Landscapers Guide to Modern Sales & Marketing and doing some live Q&A with Christeen. Check that out at https://landscapersguide.com/events

Video produced by Ramblin Jackson, The Snow & Landscape Marketing Agency

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Landscape company owners and business people all over the country are talking about culture, how to create a culture. In today's interview with Jim Martin, we share how he's grown beyond just success into significance through creating scholarships for the employees of his company. 

Check out today's interview to learn more about how he did that and the one thing Jim always carries with him when he goes whitewater rafting all over the world.

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/podcast/

With only a few weeks until spring officially starts. I wanted to ask some of the top sales and marketing and operations experts in the green industry, what's your number one tip to get ready for spring in 2023? 

Check out today's episode, I'm going to interview some people about sales, marketing, recruiting for office positions with LinkedIn and personality assessments, and a whole lot more!

Watch the full episode + see the transcript at: https://landscapersguide.com/podcast/

We’re in the Time To Thrive and we have three key, NEW ideas  that you must learn THIS SPRING to kick the year off strong while retaining as many employees as possible, learn more at WinTheSpring.com