| The Call of the Entrepreneur - 238 sec
The trailer for a new documentary being released by the Acton Institute that focuses on the stories of three entrepreneurs. A study of the call to create wealth and the benefit of business and free markets to society. Check out http://www.calloftheentrepreneur.com for information about premieres and related materials.
Auteur : actoninstitute
Tags:entrepreneur hong kong new york entrepreneurship market banking farming dairy china vocation wealth business documentary
 | | TiECon07 - The 13 year old Entrepreneur - 167 sec
Interview with Anshul Samar, the 13 year old CEO of Elementeo at TiECon 2007. More videos here http://youtube.com/results?search_query=TieCon07&search=Search
Auteur : TiEcon
Tags: tiecon tie Anshul Samar Elementeo Entrepreneurs tech silicon valley kids games neha dadbhawala
| | Arizona State University: University as Entrepreneur - 422 sec
ASU is transforming the role of the university through entrepreneurship.
Auteur : univinitiatives
Tags:ASU Arizona State University Entrepreneurship
| | Entrepreneur for Society - 347 sec
Preview for Bill Drayton: Entrepreneur for Society -- one of 16 DVDs created by Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka and a leader in the social entrepreneurship movement, shares his own story as a guide to creating widespread social change. To buy the films, visit dvd.ashoka.org.
Auteur : Ashokavideos
Tags:ashoka social entrepreneur entrepreneurship bill drayton citizen sector
| | GopherHaul 19 - Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Forum Show - 600 sec
Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 19 -- Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show.
In this episode we will be talking about
Please continue to submit your pictures for our outdoor holiday lighting contest. http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=6159;
Our lawn care business forum member of the month is Tim.
Tim has shared with us three new contracts including a lawn cutting contract, a full service lawn care maintenance and a snow plow contract. You can download them here
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=1&t=877&st=30&&#entry30713
I added a new link on the left side of the forum for our lawn care business forum member to submit books they have read. I also added a new business book of the month to our list. The book is Guerrilla Marketing Success Secrets by Jay Levinson.
Our friend Tony submitted this great marketing idea to the forum. He prints out stickers that include your business logo and then puts them on buckets of ice melt. He suggests handing these buckets out to your current customer base to help promote your snow removal services or you could use them as a marketing tool to hand out to homeowners in your area who you would like to service with snow removal and lawn care services next spring. If you live in a warmer climate you could also offer potted plants instead of ice melt. Review the post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=33;t=6541;st=0;r=1;&#entry30532
Our lawn care forum member Tim suggested buying poinsettia plants in bulk and handing them out to your current customers along with a holiday card. You could also give these out to potential clients you would like to provide snow plow or lawn care services to. Tim said he also sells the plants at a farmer's market booth. He purchases the flowers for $2 and resells them for $5. Great idea! Read more about this post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=6488;st=0;r=1;&#entry30090
Brian from Lawn & Garden Web Vision sent us this promotional video to show off his new website http://www.lawnandgardenwv.com Check out his site. It's full of many on demand education and training videos for the lawn and garden industry.
Forum member Tim posted that now is the time to send out letters to businesses asking them to put your company on their 2008 bid list. You can download the letter here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=1&t=1541&st=0&&#entry29810
Bob from Plan-it Graphics has posted a design challenge http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=23&t=6434&st=0&&#entry29599 There will be two winners chosen. Bob said "You do not have to do anything graphic wise. You can simply submit your ideas in text. If your idea is to have a guy riding his motorcycle with the caption, "This is much better better than lawn work!" then that's all you have to do. We are not looking for the best designer, we are looking for the best/unique way to market. Hopefully we can come up with ideas that are "outside the box" of the traditional lawn/landscape marketing material. It's my job to convert your idea into print form."
In the previous episode of GopherHaul 18, we talked about how you should stay off ladders as much as possible. One of our forum members posted a shop vac device that is a long extension pipe with a u bend at the end which allows you to suck leaves out of the gutter while safe and standing on the ground. Read this post for a product review http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=17;t=6603;st=0
I hope all these ideas have helped you expand and grow your business and mind. So until the next time, always remember to Dream it, Build it, Gopher it!
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Also please log onto our lawn care business forum and tell us about your business and if you have any business questions, please ask them.
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags: lawn care marketing entrepreneur GopherHaul home business landscaping guru advertising mower grass landscaper forum
| | John Sadowsky: From entrepreneur to leader - 557 sec
In June 2007, John Sadowsky gave a conference about the transition between an entrepreneur, a manager and a leaderto 50 Swiss entrepreneurs seleceted by the group Venture Labs. This fascinating conference was organized in partnership with the Swiss consulate of Boston: Share Boston.
Auteur : jjalouzet
Tags:John Sadowksy leadership entrepreneurs storytelling venture labs entrepreneurship jjalouzet julienj jalouzet
| | Jared the Entrepreneur - 115 sec
Jared is the Bill Gates of Bonanza City.
Auteur : mjd2525
Tags: Jared kid nation migle sophia kelsey
| | Jackie Chan as Entrepreneur (WorldBizWatch.com profiles) - 198 sec
How has Jackie Chan failed as an entrepreneur? And why doesn't he care? Farland Chang speaks with the legendary action movie star.
Auteur : noahstreet
Tags: Jackie Chan entrepreneur Farland Chang NBC CNN WorldBizWatch corporate video production China Hong Kong USA media train
| | Spotlight Entrepreneur - All About OCTANe - 353 sec
In the first episode of the "Spotlight Entrepreneur" series, hear from Gary Augusta, OCTANe President & CEO and Executive Director of the OCTANe Foundation for Innovation, about how and why OCTANe was started and what to expect from this series in '08.
Auteur : octaneoc
Tags: octane orange county entrepreneur technology biomedical gary augusta
| | GopherHaul 14 - Lawn Care Business Entrepreneur Show part 1. - 510 sec
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul!
If you don't start your business this year, you'll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
Thanks for watching.
Our lawn care entrepreneur business forum has just been jam packed with amazing business and marketing ideas since our last show and I am in no way going to be able to cover it all now but I do hope to cover a bunch of it. If you want to read more get on the forum at www.getgopher.com
In this episode we will be talking about:
* How you can make money in the fall with Halloween decorations.
* How to use myspace to market your lawn care business and your holiday decoration service.
* I put up a couple new free lawn care business door hanger templates you can download and edit to fit your needs.
* Advice on estimating leaf cleanups from our friend Keith of startalawncarebusiness.com
We will announce the winner of our previous shows Door Hanger and Postcard giveaway thanks to plan-itgraphics.com
* We will also be letting you know of a new free giveaway of vinyl signs from Tony of amw-graphics.com
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Always remember to dream it, build it, Gopher It!
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul advertising landscaping marketing advice mower software home grass small guru
| | GopherHaul 16 Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show - 592 sec
GopherHaul 16 Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul!
If you haven't started your business yet, what are you waiting for. If you don't start your business this year, you'll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
In this episode we will be talking about some new free downloads we have added to our lawn care business forum.
One is a flyer and the other is a lawn care business bid proposal template.
Next we will be talking about a new section we have added to the lawn care business forum called "Help me bid it." This is going to allow you to post specifics of a lawn care job you want to bid on and get feedback from other lawn care business owners as to what you should charge.
Then we talk about the concept of can you bid for too big of a job. Can such a job actually do more harm than good? Find out by watching the video.
Next we talk about how you can use a down turn in the real estate market to actually gain new customers. We added a new flyer on this marketing concept as well and you are welcome to download it from our lawn care business forum.
Lastly we discuss search engine optimization tips that will help you rank higher in searches. Why should you pay for internet advertising when we can tell you how to get in the top results of searches for lawn care businesses in your area!
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Also please log onto our lawn care business forum and tell us about your business and if you have any business questions, please ask them.
Always remember to dream it, build it, Gopher It!
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:GopherHaul lawn care entrepreneur business landscaping guru marketing advertising mowing software grass turf promotion
| | Entrepreneur Hall of Fame - 494 sec
Jim Dunn, along with his wife Ann Marie, founded J.R. Dunn Jewelers and has been recognized in the community of South Florida numerous times. Being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Nova Southeastern University will be an honor he will remember. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Jim and Ann Marie Dunn opened their first jewelry store, the House of Gems in Hanover, Massachusetts in 1969. This was the beginning of what would become 2 retail jewelry stores known as J.R. Dunn Jewelers. Today, J.R. Dunn Jewelers is a 8,000 square foot store in Lighthouse Point and another store on the world renowned Las Olas Boulevard. The Las Olas location received special recognition by being awarded the "Store of the Year" in 2002 by the Institute of Store Planners.
Jim Dunn's honor came as a complete surprise even though in 2002 he was honored with the Sun-Sentinel's Excalibur Award for "Small Business Leader". Jim is actively involved in numerous charitable organizations and dedicates a lot of his time to the Boys' and Girls' Club of Broward County. In 1996, Jim organized "Dunn's Run" and over the past 11 years has raised over $1 million for the Boys' and Girls' Club.
Auteur : jrdunndotcom
Tags:jrdunn j.r. dunn jewelry biography entrepreneur jeweler diamonds watches business award
| | The Most Important Lessons Learned as An Entrepreneur - 466 sec
Response #2... Entrepreneur Ryan Allis answers questions sent in by aspiring entrepreneurs. This is the second response is a series. The question: What Are the Most Important Lessons You've Learned as An Entrepreneur?
Auteur : ryanallis
Tags:entrepreneurial lessons core motivation bias toward action entrepreneurship
| | GopherHaul 14 - Lawn Care Business Entrepreneur Show part 2. - 487 sec
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul!
If you don't start your business this year, you'll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
Thanks for watching.
Our lawn care entrepreneur business forum has just been jam packed with amazing business and marketing ideas since our last show and I am in no way going to be able to cover it all now but I do hope to cover a bunch of it. If you want to read more get on the forum at www.getgopher.com
In this episode we will be talking about: * How you can make money in the fall with Halloween decorations. * How to use myspace to market your lawn care business and your holiday decoration service. * I put up a couple new free lawn care business door hanger templates you can download and edit to fit your needs. * Advice on estimating leaf cleanups from our friend Keith of startalawncarebusiness.com We will announce the winner of our previous shows Door Hanger and Postcard giveaway thanks to plan-itgraphics.com * We will also be letting you know of a new free giveaway of vinyl signs from Tony of amw-graphics.com
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Always remember to dream it, build it, Gopher It!
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul door hanger landscaping marketing mower software home aeration dethatching
| | First Person: The fat fuel entrepreneur - 09 Dec 07 - 137 sec
Rob Del Bueno, an American businessman whose company converts leftover cooking oil into biofuel for cars and lorries, speaks to Al Jazeera.
Auteur : AlJazeeraEnglish
Tags: al jazeera Aljazeera first person biofuel oil environment eco
| | GopherHaul 15 - Lawn Care Business Entrepreneur Show - 599 sec
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul!
If you haven't started your business yet, what are you waiting for. If you don't start your business this year, you'll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
Thanks for watching.
Our lawn care entrepreneur business forum has just been jam packed with amazing business and marketing ideas since our last show and I am in no way going to be able to cover it all now but I do hope to cover a bunch of it. If you want to read more get on the forum at www.getgopher.com
In this episode we will be talking about:
* Our friend Teresa. She is the owner and operator of a lawn care business, a single mom and is going through a divorce. We get a chance to talk with her and come up with unique marketing ideas to help her push her business forwards and help her find continued success.
* We talk about some more marketing techniques for Halloween. One idea includes setting up a Halloween scene in your front yard involving a mower and using it as an example to talk about mower safety. We also see how you can get custom printed m&m's to promote your lawn care business.
* I put up a couple new free lawn care flyer templates you can download and edit to fit your needs. This one is designed for you to use in the fall when business is slow and you want to offer mower winterization services.
* We also announce the winners of our free lawn care business sign giveaway compliments of Tony from amw-graphics.com
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Also please log onto our lawn care business forum and tell us about your business and if you have any business questions, please ask them.
Always remember to dream it, build it, Gopher It!
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul advertising landscaping marketing advice mower software home grass small guru
| | GopherHaul 11 - Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show - 600 sec
Hello everyone and welcome to GopherHaul
In each episode we discuss lawn care industry issues.
We also Talk about different tips and tricks to improve your lawn care business
This show's goal is to get you excited about running your business
and excited about life.
If you haven't started your own business yet, what are you waiting for?
To paraphrase Warren Miller, If you don't start your business this year,
You'll be at least one year older when you do.
So get started today!
In this episode we are going to be talking about:
Lee, the winner of our help a veteran marketing campaign
He also happens to run a bikini lawn care service
We are going to see new ways to distribute flyers from your vehicle
What's the biggest trend emerging in the lawn care industry?
Its going electric, we will learn more about that
A new lawn care business owner wrote us to figure out why he hasn't been able to get enough new customers
We'll find out why and these reasons will help your business too.
We are also going to meet an entrepreneur who manufactures electric powered mowers
plus much much more
Now Let's get to work!
Do you like to read?
Well as a business owner you should always be reading.
It will help you and your business grow
If you are a business owner you know that running a business can be a monster.
This monster can take over your life and destroy everything.
It can make you bankrupt.
You can lose your family.
You can even lose your mind at times.
Which leads me to this episode book of the month
Written by Joe Berlinger, the book is called Metallica, This Monster Lives.
This book gives you behind the scenes insight into the filming of Metallica's movie, Some Kind Of Monster.
The movie follows the band going through counseling and rehab for substance abuse after their bass player left in 2000.
If you or someone you know is suffering from alcohol or drug abuse, please get help or get them help.
It's tough enough trying to start and run your own business when you are healthy,
If you are going to have any chance at all of finding success, you need to live a clean lifestyle.
In this book, It is really is amazing to see that such a huge band with so many resources at their finger tips,
still deals with the same issues you and I deal with in our lives.
I hope reading this book will leave you with this thought.
Whatever is bothering you in your life,
whatever difficulties you find yourself in
whether they be substance abuse, financial issues, family issues or whatever
it is important for you to talk about them.
Don't hold it in.
It's important for you to talk.
We all care about your well being.
If you haven't seen the movie, go out and rent it and read this book.
I think you will find their journey to be inspirational.
In our last episode of GopherHaul, we ask the lawn care business owners viewing this show to go out into your community and help a veteran with their lawn care.
Send in your photos and we would pick a winner to receive some magenetic truck signs from amw-graphics and a lawn care business training package from summer 101.
Thanks for your submissions.
The purpose of the promotion was to teach you how to create goodwill between your business and your community.
The more goodwill you create,
the higher your business will be looked upon and thought of when your community needs lawn service.
Our business challenge winner is Lee Cathey and his staff at Tiger Time Lawn Care.
They were really up to the challenge and assisted veteran Ed Debarry.
Ed, who is a widower and no longer able to care for his property, is a veteran of WWII.
Lee said he was able to meet Ed Debarry through a friend
and was able to cut Ed's lawn and redo his flower beds to create more curb appeal.
Lee sent in some great pictures.
Another interesting business item about Tiger Time Lawn Care is a they recently began experimenting with a bikini Lawn Care service.
If you remember, we had discussed another lawn care operator utilizing this marketing concept in a previous GopherHaul episode.
Seeing Lee's staff wear a bikini as they mow lawns has really gotten people to talk about his business and it is growing by leaps and bounds.
Will these marketing gimmicks last?
Who knows, business is all about experimentation.
Sometimes such outrageous marketing concepts can really bring a lot of attention to your business and that can help push it to a new level.
Just today Lee posted on our forum that
A local radio station, Rock 103 called and asked about the bikini cut service.
Lee said he was floored.
They put him on live radio and talked about it
A lot of good promotion came from it he said
Have you thought of some wild and outrageous marketing concepts?
Have you experimented with them?
If you have, send us some pictures of what you did.
If you haven't, what are you waiting for?
Try them out today!
Congratulations again to Lee and his staff.
I look forwards to seeing your pictures with your new truck signs.
Next up is Flyer distribution.
How often are you trying to come up with a way to drive through your neighborhood
and distribute your flyers as fast as possible?
Have you come up with some crazy ideas on how to do it?
Well, we have seen the best way to do it is usually the most time consuming.
That is going door to door and meeting people as you hand out your flyers.
If you are not going to do that and you don't want to mail your flyers,
Please what ever you do, don't do this.
Here is a flyer that was thrown from a passing truck.
It is enclosed in a sandwhich bag and weighted down with some small stones.
When we were talking about this on the forum, the point that came up is how mad it makes people.
Home owners consider this littering and not very earth friendly.
If you get your potential customers mad at you, they are not going to call you for service.
If you insist on throwing flyers out of your truck as you drive down the street
how about stapling a small bag of grass seed to it?
It's a unique marketing concept and the grass seed is a free gift from you to help the homeowner grow grass on bare spots.
If you need a free flyer template visit our site at www.gophersoftware.com and click on the flyer link at the top of the page.
The next big thing in lawn care is quiet.
Have you heard of whispercut?
Check out there site at whispercut.com
The company was started by Richard Evans who once worked at a hedge fund in Delray Beach, Fl.
On his weekends, he looked forward to sleeping in on the weekends. But every Saturday morning, the sound of neighborhood cutting crews woke him up like a blaring alarm clock.
The screeches of leaf blowers drove him out of bed an hour after sunrise.
One Saturday, he decided to do something about all the noise.
He started Whispercut.
A lawn care service that "quietly runs on the sun."
Electric powered equipment.
A new wave of electric powered lawn care equipment is on it's way.
Check out this video our friend jon from Global Neighbor Inc sent us.
Jon and his company have been featured in many national publications.
Remember, if you have an idea for a product, why not experiment and bring the idea to life?
Jon did.
Now let's check out his product.
When you are trying to come up with a marketing angle that will help you stand out from competitors
why not consider electric powered equipment.
It's quiet and it's earth friendly.
Can you imagine how much you could work that angle to gain customers?
You could become a local hero in your town by being the first to do this.
Next up - here is a section we call "Ask Team Gopher"
A question came in from our forum member Darrin .
He wrote, you said "If your business could use a GopherHaul, please email us." so, I'm contacting you.
I have seen your flyers and such on your web site/forum.
I have been in the business part time since 2005.
I made my own flyers based on what I saw on those web sites.
The first year I had 8 customers, This year I spent $3,300 on new equipment and repairs and advertising.
Put out about 1500 flyers so far this year (I'll include them) and only got about 3 calls.
I really need help BUT, I don't think I can afford it.
Anything you guys can do would be greatly appreciated.
The "free lawn service 4" flyer was put out once, about 200 of them in one area, I got 2 calls, no jobs.
The coupon flyer was put out in another area at about 100, no calls.
Purrfection flyer 4 has been put out at about 1000 houses, 1 call.
As you can see by the numbers, something is wrong, VERY wrong.
I did not expect any jobs out of the flyers but, more than 2 calls would have been nice.
Thanks in advance
Darrin
Here is my take.
First off I really like what you are doing.
I think your flyers are creative and being creative is a good thing.
Since you said you aren't getting a good response,
I think I would get rid of having the customer need to sign a contract.
That might be scaring people away.
When you are just getting your lawn care business started,
you really want to put as few barriers between you and your potential customer, as possible.
Don't make them jump through hoops.
Keep things simple until you start getting a feel for what your customers want
Then experiment with different marketing elements to see what works and what doesn't.
Above and beyond all that, think about,
What else are you doing to network?
Flyers are a just a part in your marketing campaign.
What else are you doing to build buzz?
Are you handing out business cards to everyone you know?
Are you talking with your neighbors?
Are you using community bulletin boards in local stores?
Are you doing anything to get media attention in your area?
Performing good deeds to others is a great way to accomplish this.
Do you have truck or trailer signs?
Another important step in flyer distribution is are you simply putting the flyer in the home owners door
or are you knocking first and talking to the homeowner?
Our Forum member "Littles" pointed this out and said
He knocked on about 200 doors and left business cards with the people that answered,
He left the business card at the door if no one answered.
Of the 200 doors he knocked on,
he got about 10 customers.
It took about 2 weeks for all the calls to come in.
Darrin then replied he wasn't knocking on doors
What have we learned from this, knocking on doors and talking to home owners
is a very important step
don't forget to do this.
Around the time Darrin wrote us, a friend emailed a very simple lawn care flyer to us.
In the email he said he signed up with this particular lawn care operator.
The flyer is painfully simple.
At the top it says MOWING,
followed by edging and blowing, free estimates
and the name and phone number of the lawn care operator.
As the lawn care operator was servicing this lawn,
a neighbor walked over and asked him to mow his lawn too.
Two clients were landed in that one day!
Now that is keeping it simple.
When you are just getting started, keep your marketing simple.
If you need more suggestions download our free e-book, be a lawn care business rebel from gophergraphics.com.
Also if you need business advice, please either post your question on our forum
or email us at support@gophersoftware.com
Do you need more viewers to your site? Post our show on your forum, blog, or website and we will promote it in a future gopherhaul episode
GopherHaul audio version is now available for FREE through Apple's iTunes.
We are also on myspace at www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
If you are on there as well, send us a friend request!
I'd like to send a thanks out to Lee for promoting our GopherHaul show on his site at
tigertimelawncare.com
Can you help us promote our show?
Post our show on your site or forum and we will promote your site in a future show.
Send to support@gophersoftware.com
Download our new free lawn care business book - Be a Lawn Care Business Rebel
Lastly don't re-create the wheel, use the lawn care business software, professional lawn care business owners have been using for the past decade.
Gopher Billing & Scheduling Software will help you schedule your jobs and get your bills out on time. You will be amazed how much easier the right tool can help your business grow.
We offer great add on modules as well. Such as the Gopher Palm Software and Barcode reader. Did you know Gopher also links with Quickbooks?
With our software currently on sale starting at just $99.95 and a free 30 day trial download, we make it easy for you to take the hassle out of billing and scheduling.
Visit www.getgopher.com for your free download.
There are also free lawn care contracts, flyer, door hanger and web templates all ready to download as well.
Thanks everyone for watching the show.
Keep learning and keep making your dreams come true.
Remember always to dream it, build it, Gopher It!
Check out http://www.gophersoftware.com for more information and download the free trial of our lawn care business software.
Also check out our FREE lawn care / landscaping / landscaper business contracts, door hanger, flyer and web templates available for free download at http://www.gophergraphics.com
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul bikini landscaping flyer distribution advice mower software trimmer tree mow
| | GopherHaul 12 - Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show - 600 sec
Hello everyone and welcome to GopherHaul. GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
A few nights ago I got a phone call from a friend who's father had just died.
He had worked for 35 years and dreamed of his retirement.
When he retired he suffered a heart attack.
Declining health followed for two years before his body finally gave out.
He had dreams of going on a cruise to Alaska with his wife.
He had dreams of fishing on his favorite lake.
All these dreams are now gone.
My message to you today is to make your dreams happen today.
There may not be a tomorrow.
Do it today.
Enjoy your life today.
Don't wait until you retire to have fun.
Time is fleeting!
Have fun and get your business started today!
Now let's get started with the show.
What's the big story of the month?
Our friend Lee Cathey of Tiger Time Lawn Care has really done it.
He has managed to attract international media coverage for his lawn care business.
I can't ever remember any lawn care business being able to get so much advertising for free.
How did he do it?
Bikinis.
He was mentioned in China, India, Australia.
On the front page of CNN's site, on Fox & Friends, The New York Times and even in the monologue of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
If you have been active in our business forum, you probably already know how just 3 months ago, Lee left his job and decided to start a lawn care business.
He posted on the Gopher lawn care business forum that he was looking for ways to attract customers.
After going through a few ideas, he decided to go with the bikini lawn care service.
Here is Lee giving a plug to us on Fox & Friends
Lee is now franchising his Tiger Time Lawn Care business. If you are thinking about getting into the lawn care industry but have no idea how to get started, why not contact Lee and get started in a Tiger Time Franchise. Lee was kind enough to allow us to give away 3 free franchises. Normally there would be an initial franchise fee of thousands of dollars to get started. If you contact Lee and mention you saw the free franchise deal you saw here on the GopherHaul show, you might be one of the lucky 3 who get a free franchise. Lee also wanted me to make note he would love to see people within a 200 miles radius of Memphis Tennessee contact him, but ultimately he will be choosing those applicants who are the most enthusiastic to make their franchise grow.
What can we learn from the experience of GopherHauling Lee's lawn care business? If you are going to go into business, you need to stand out. Ask yourself, how do you differ from your competitors? What makes your business unique? What unique services can you offer that will generate media buzz about your company?
If your business could use a GopherHaul and you need new ideas how to make your business grow send us an email at support@gophersoftware.com
Who knows maybe some of the ideas will help your business grow as much if not more than the international media attention Tiger Time Lawn Care was able to achieve from the brain storming that went on for his GopherHaul.
We have a new sponsor for our lawn care business forum and GopherHaul show. It's Fluid Film.
We have 50 free samples of fluid film to send out. All you need to do to get your free sample is to visit our forum and click on the fluid film link. This is an amazing product. It keeps your green industry equipment lubricated and rust free. If you'd like a free sample of this product while supplies last, send an email to Dan Williams at dwilliams@eurekafluidfilm.com and tell him you saw Fluid Film on the GopherHaul show and you would like a free sample sent to you.
Another neat thing we have recently added to our site was new bumper stickers and t-shirts. Visit our lawn care business forum where you can see the latest "Honk if you watch GopherHaul." If you purchase a bumper sticker, please send us a photo of where you put it.
The GopherHaul business book of the month is L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon. In this book we see how L.L.'s first attempt at getting into business was when he created a new hunting boot. He borrowed money from his family to send out ads to residents with hunting and fishing licenses. He was amazed to find that he sold 100 pairs of boots! Within a short period of time 90 boots were sent back because they were defective. This could have sunk his business and he might have never tried another business again. What did he do? He refunded those 90 sales and reengineered his boot and tried again.
What's the business lesson we can learn from LL Bean? NEVER GIVE UP! If you fail at one attempt, review what happened and learn from your mistakes. Then give it another go and try to make it better the second time and the third time and the forth! Everyone makes mistakes but not everyone learns from their mistakes and tries again.
If you are going to be in business, don't ever give up.
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul bikini landscaping flyer marketing advice mower software trimmer tree
| | GopherHaul 9 - Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show - 600 sec
GopherHaul is a show for lawn care operators, small business owners and entrepreneurs. In this episode we are going to be talking about:
How to improve your negotiation skills with customers to maximize your profit potential.
We are going to learn some marketing tricks from Tiger Time Lawn Care's marketing makeover
We will see how a Lawn Care operator invented a new Tiller and patented it
Check out the GopherHaul toy of the month to help you enjoy yourself more
And talk about our new free lawn care business book - Be a Lawn Care Business Rebel.
Check out http://www.gophersoftware.com for more information and download the free trial of our lawn care business software.
Also check out our FREE lawn care / landscaping / landscaper business contracts, door hanger, flyer and web templates available for free download at http://www.gophergraphics.com
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:Gopherhaul lawn care landscaping business entrepreneur landscaper mower marketing irrigation software
| | GopherHaul 13 - Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show - 600 sec
Hello everyone and welcome to GopherHaul. GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
In this episode we are going to be talking about:
- Tiger Time Bikini Lawn Care gets new uniforms for their staff. Check this out!
- We see a new business start up success story. We see how an Army Veteran started his business called Landscape Warrior without even owning a lawn mower!
- We have free postcard and door hangers to give away.
- Also we have Free Fluid Film samples.
- We talk about how you can use an autodialer to market your business. This is a device that makes outgoing calls from a computer while you are out working. Then when you get back you can listen to the messages of people who want an estimate.
- We talk about the difference between an 'estimate' and a '21 point lawn care analysis.'
If you are going to be in business, don't ever give up.
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Auteur : TeamGopher
Tags:lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul advertising landscaping flyer marketing advice mower software home tree sales
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