It’s been a busy season, and now that winter is here you’re ready to store your equipment away for the upcoming seasons. Before you do so, it’s vital to remember to winterize your equipment. Although maintenance may be the last thing you had in mind, it will save you time and money in the long run. Taking the extra time …
Best Marketing Tips of 2019
2019 is coming to an end, and 2020 is right around the corner. It’s an important time to look back at what drove success. This will help you successfully plan for 2020. Below is a recap of this year’s top marketing articles that will help you make sure you stay ahead of your competitor. Start the New Year off right …
Best of 2019: Top Turf Resources + Articles You Might Have Missed
With 2020 just around the corner, it’s a great opportunity to take a look back at the best turf resources and articles of 2019. If these resources are new to you or you missed the articles during the recent season, now is the perfect time to review them and prepare for 2020! We’ve connected with our turf experts, Anthony Pignataro …
A Look Back: Top Irrigation Resources + Articles from 2019
With 2020 just around the corner, it’s a great opportunity to take a look back at the best irrigation resources and articles of 2019. If these resources are new to you or you missed the articles during the recent season, now is the perfect time to review them and prepare for 2020! We’ve connected with our irrigation experts, Shane Kries …
6 Easy Steps for Pump Winterization
Winterization season is here… are you fully prepared? Irrigation system winterization and blow outs are already a big portion of your end-of-season work, but are you also winterizing your customers’ pumps? An irrigation pump is a substantial investment, and one that homeowners and businesses are interested in preserving. Since you are already onsite for winterization and blowouts, offering a pump …
3 Tips for Effective Bidding & Estimating
How is it that some contactors can look at an irrigation design and say, “That will cost $10,000 dollars to install.” Where does that number come from? Did they just pull it out of the air or is there a systematic process to it? Some contractors can throw numbers out like that on a regular basis to bid a job …
Winter Marketing Project:
Google My Business – 3 Ways to Optimize Your Listing
We get it, finding new customers can be a challenge. In the past it was easy. You could simply place an ad in the Yellow Pages or in the local newspaper or penny saver. That was enough to get the ball rolling for your business. That’s not the case anymore. You must embrace the online space and its tools. And, …
4 Marketing Strategies That Won’t Break the Bank
Marketing is challenging and expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. Once upon a time, marketing used to be fairly simple… take out an ad in the newspaper and phone book, send out a few postcards—and boom, sales! Once the internet took over it was, have a website and send out an email—bam, sales! Now, there is social media and …
7 Benefits: Driving Profit With Aeration
After a long summer of hot sunshine, even the best irrigated and cared for lawns may have brown patches, withered grass, and compacted soil. Now that fall has arrived, it’s time to renew your customer’s lawn by preparing their soil and roots for the upcoming seasons with aeration. It’s best to aerate two times a season, once in the spring …
4 Tips for Efficient and Profitable Irrigation Retrofits
As you prepare for irrigation winterization, now is a great time to evaluate your customers’ systems and look for opportunities to upgrade outdated equipment and add-on new technology and services for the coming year. Technology is moving at warp speed. Beyond that, our industry has seen a huge push for sustainability and water efficiency. Because of this, the opportunity to …