If you run a landscaping company and you're looking for a fun game to play at your company barbecue or employee appreciation event, check out today's video to learn how to play the Stump Game. Now, there's a lot of different variations out there and in today's episode, I'm going to show you how you can win the version that we're going to be playing at my book launch party at the GIE Expo, including:

• All the materials you’ll need to play
• How you can play at your own team building event
• And how to get an invite to play the Stump Game with the Ramblin Jackson team

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Check out the full show notes at https://ramblinjackson.com/employee-team-building-with-the-tree-stump-game

If you'd like to enjoy a greater abundance in your landscaping company where you're spending more time with quality customers, generating a profit, doing the work that you love doing, and less time driving around creating estimates for unqualified leads, watch today's episode where you’ll hear more on:

• The Tree Of Good Fortune, the concept behind my upcoming book: The Tree Of Good Fortune: The Landscaper's Guide To Modern Sales And Marketing
  
  
• Marketing tactics that you can implement right away
  
  
• You’ll also hear from real landscapers who are implementing The Tree Of Good Fortune and how it has improved their business

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Check out the full show notes at https://ramblinjackson.com/what-the-heck-is-the-tree-of-good-fortune

What challenges are you facing right now and how are you growing through them? Well, I just returned from my annual hunting trip and came back with some really relevant insights about overcoming challenges… Whether that involves the capacity of leading a business, or even something more personal, such as your health, you’ll want to check out today’s podcast episode where I share a little perspective from 11,680 ft. elevation, including:

• Insights into how you can conquer fear and injuries (and how I did just that in preparation for my annual elk hunting trip)
• How to gain a strength mindset
• Ways to challenge yourself and expand your capacity in business and in your personal life

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Check out the full episode show notes at  https://www.ramblinjackson.com/what-happened-when-a-former-professional-football-player-asked-me-are-you-getting-stronger-or-not

Do you ever have customers fill out the form on your website, and then you find out what they really are looking for is completely different from the information you read in their form response? In today’s episode I chat with Nate Fetig, our client from Alpine Gardens, who shares:

• A story of how one client’s lilac planting project turned out to be a quarter of a million dollar landscaping project
• Why the Qualifying Sales Phone Call is a vital part of Alpine Gardens’ sales process
• And… How your website can aide in the qualification process and make the buying experience for your customers even smoother than before

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Check out the full show notes at https://www.ramblinjackson.com/from-a-few-lilacs-to-250000-the-value-of-the-qualifying-sale-phone-call

Are you having trouble hiring laborers at your landscaping company or other positions like foreman or even office staff? Well, you're not alone. And it could be that the wages you're offering are from like 10 years ago! Check out today’s podcast episode where I’ll share:

• An interview with a successful landscape company in Colorado 
• How they actually increased their wages 30% for their existing staff so they could also afford to pay new employees at the current market rate
• And... How did it work out for them? What was the impact?

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Check out the full show notes at https://www.ramblinjackson.com/how-one-landscaper-increased-labor-wages-30-percent-to-attract-new-talent-and-retain-key-team-members

Could you take three consecutive weeks off of your business for a vacation? I didn't believe that I could, but then I did. In today's episode, I'm going to share with you:

• How I took a three week vacation this summer with my family AND didn't work
• Some tips for you to consider if you’re trying to take a vacation from your business
• And, the three worst things that happened while I was gone

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Check out the full show notes at https://www.ramblinjackson.com/how-to-take-a-3-week-vacation-from-your-business

What are three reasons that you're worth paying more than someone else? If you, the owner, don't know, what do you think the person answering your phone says? "Oh, we charge more. I'm not really sure." If you're losing on price, it's your fault. In today's episode, I'm going to share with you:

• Some footage from my recent talk at the Nursery Landscape Expo in San Antonio, Texas
• A copywriting formula to create Three Reasons To Buy from your landscaping company
• Why using this can help you finally stop losing on price, and start winning the customers that you actually want

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Check out the full show notes at https://www.ramblinjackson.com/landscapers-stop-losing-on-price

What do you do when you get so many qualified leads coming in that you can't handle all of it? Well, in today's episode I'm going to share with you:

• A fantastic interview with our Senior Landscape Marketing Strategist, Robert Felton
• Two key things that you can do when you're getting so many quality leads that you can barely handle it...
• And, yes, how to get so many qualified leads that you even have this problem!

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Check out the full show notes at  https://www.ramblinjackson.com/todays-changing-landscaping-customer-expectations

What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were only 17 or 18 years old? I asked that question to Josh, who's now 23 and running a Design Build Landscaping company that he started as a side hustle doing leaf cleanup when he was only 17. Check out today’s episode to hear:

• A fascinating interview with Josh and Max from Odd Jobs, LLC, in Michigan
• How they're using social media to grow their brand and acquire new customers
• And... how they're using video for not only marketing, but also account management!

Follow Josh and Max on social media:

Instagram: @oddjobs.mi

Facebook: Odd Jobs, LLC

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Check out the full show notes at https://www.ramblinjackson.com/how-two-landscapers-used-social-media-to-grow-from-side-hustle-to-thriving-design-build-firm

I'm excited to announce I'm launching my new book, The Tree of Good Fortune | The Landscapers Guide to Modern Sales and Marketing on Wednesday, October 20th at a Book Launch Party at the GIE Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. You can pre-order the book and register for that event at treeofgoodfortune.com. Check out today’s episode to learn more about the book and the October Book Launch Party!

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Check out the full episode at https://www.ramblinjackson.com/pre-order-our-new-book-and-register-for-our-book-launch-party-at-gie-expo