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Starting a lawn care business

It's the dead of winter. What is your lawn care business doing? If you're in most parts of the south and east the answer is, just about anything you want. The winter months have started out among the warmest on record and that bodes well for the lawncare industry. If it gets colder maybe we can bring the snow plows and shovels out..

If you're thinking about starting a lawn care business you've come to the right place. We're always adding new ideas for marketing and operations to help you run the business like an old pro.

At the bottom of this page are a few links to lawn care software companies. These businesses specialize in creating software that makes it easier to run your lawn care business.

Thinking about starting a lawn care business?

Read our step by step guide to starting a business. We'll help you through the entire process and even give you useful links and information no matter what state you're in. This article is not specific to starting a lawn care business, but starting a small business in general. Everything you need to construct and plan your business will be here.
Read starting a lawn care business step by step

A few tips to get you started.
Advice and tips to get you off on the right foot. Starting a lawn care business doesn't need to cost thousands of dollars. We'll give you some great ideas to save money at the start, and help you make more money faster.
Read all the starting your lawn care business tips.

More marketing ideas for starting a lawn care business
A web site is a great marketing tool when starting a lawn care busienss. But there are hundreds of ways you can market your business. As with any business the key to getting sales through marketing is an effective message targeted to the right audience. Sending a letter to people who live in an apartment complex is not the right audience for a lawn care business. This article offers five great tips for a successful mailing campaign.

Lawn Care business marketing tips

Don't have a web site? Don't need one? Think again.
Every day more and more people are looking for services on the internet. That means you have to get a web site up. If you don't your missing new business opportunities.We'll show you how to get one going and make sure customers can find it. Starting a lawn care business without a good web site is a lot harder than it has to be.
Creating a lawn care business web site

Lawn care business software.

Gopher Lawn care business billing and scheduling software
They've got a free 30 day trial and you can run a version on your palm pilot. If you have the expertise this might be the package for you. One of the keys to starting a lawn care business is keeping yourself organized and creating an efficient route. Gopher is a great way to do that.

Groundskeeper pro lawn care software
Another nice package that also allows you to try it out first. Specialized for lawn care and snow removal businesses. Also includes a free trial version. .

Clip
Nice On-line tutorial. Demo CD can be mailed to you. This lawn care business management software has different levels of pricing depending on the size of your business. Integrates with Quickbooks.

Turftree Gold lawn care busienss management software
Free Demo. Includes support at no cost for 3 months. Web-site is a bit dated and they have no on-line support other than a small FAQ section.

A few more resources for starting a lawn care business.

Landscape Management magazine.

Landcare network

IBIS Land Scape section

Get business quick when starting your lawn care business
You sign up and potential customers come to you for business. Another great way of getting business for your lawn care company.

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