I was so lucky to have a contract with an age care company that needed a lawn care service. I wasn’t able to do the hard work with marketing but I take my blessing. In my first year I do 10 jobs a day for 5 days a week and get 80 per job and made 192k in my first year After hiring 10 staff and being able to pay them the highest wage in lawn care. I’m officially over 2 million net profit a year in my 2nd year. But for those who are watching this, he is absolutely right! You can literally cut grass and become a millionaire with nothing but 10k capitol. Just don’t forget to treat your employees good and they will give you the lifestyle you dreamed of :)
Mike, it was amazing to meet you at EquipExposition! I was with The Ramp Rack. I'm hitting the ground running with my business in Spring 2023 and I've been watching your videos and listening to your podcasts religiously. You're one of my biggest idols, and those of us that are just starting out appreciate all your time and insight beyond measure. I'm hoping that following your advice and business practices will get me places, but whether it does or not I want to say thanks for taking time to try to help us entrepreneurs succeed.
@@codyhardin7851 hey man I started my business 6 months ago. I went from 2 to 63 residential customers in this current span. I have some questions about getting into commercial customers with an end goal to make more dinero lol. Thank you
@@tinytruckzrc Sorry you didn't have the skills to get to where he is at but it is definitely possible. Instead of commenting I'd use your time to get some more customers
That's something we are passionate about is making sure we do everything right because when somebody calls for a new account they always tell us I heard you do good work and that you are very thorough
Man, I started a months ago no advertising, now I have 5 regular clients from word of mouth. I'm definitely gonna use the door hanger, flyer and door knocking marketing. I know I need to get out of my comfort zone and face the reality if I need to grow up 👆. Let's do this baby, let's bring more money to pocket. Mike the man 👨. Gave me more clarity and vision on how to do it. Let's get it done 👍👍👍👍
Jumping in the deep end. That was me! Lol. I bought a truck for $2500 and a trailer for $800 and a mower for $1000 I bring in around $2100/m in revenue.
I’m working on starting up for Spring 2023. Just bought a nice used work truck for $7500 but it already had a Mow & Go ramp and a complete set of GreenTouch racks. Killer deal. Bought it on Labor Day. 😉 I just completed Landscape Business Course and about to watch the whole thing all over again, taking better notes and setting reminders this time through. Awesome content. This video brings it all together for me. I’ve watched it four or five times already and will refer back to it as I make progress in my first year. Thanks Mike. I know a while back you considered focusing more on growing established businesses but I’m so glad you came back around with this gem of a video. I can’t express how much I appreciate your help getting started. Let’s go!
I jumped big time. I was not going to be allowed to take my family camping trip we had planned for 6 months. Handed in my notice the day I was told that. Started with 3 lawns. Now up to 37 regular lawns and keep picking up other garden work. Thankfully my wife is working part-time so we were able to keep afloat when I started with 3 lawns
Giving this a shot. I’ve already got a truck. Got a mower. Trimmer and blower. Just Bought the door hanger template. Going to distribute door hangers and build while I’m working the day job. Following the blue print. Will update.
@@MikeAndes It is all good brother I wanted to do it anyway. It was that push that made me jump into it full time. Second year and I got a dump trailer, truck, zero turn, walk behind, all the trimmers and edgers. Ect. If you are serious about going up you will. Thanks
@Canelito I have a google page and website. I run google ads also have a location on google maps. I ask my clients to leave 5 star reviews. I post on Craigslist and Facebook. I have uniforms and logo with number on truck. Also try to do great work, listening to your clients carefully and having great communication. I believe this is a good way to get clients.
I’m one month in all is well have all the equipment just having a hard time trying to quote as some jobs I find undervaluing my service whereas others I charge too much and therefore loose potential jobs, how can I consistently quote knowing I won’t over or undercharge my service
I started with used crappy equipment till I was able to upgrade organically. The simple desire or will is plenty to get going. You can circumvent marketing by using apps for work. Larger cities usually have a good chance at multiple phone apps to work from. ;) I’m using your door hanger tactic the last week. The first 14 hangers got me immediate 2 feed backs! It felt good stepping out of my comfort zone and being uncomfortable.
Mike I love these content videos I wish something like this was out 23 years ago when I first started I made a ton of mistakes I'm working on fixing some of those I just went full time in my business in April I've been working non-stop a lot of stuff that you talk about in this video would have helped 23 years ago I think I would have been able to quit my job and go full time a long time ago thanks for the content keep up the good work
Thank you for all the great advice you give mike, I’m one of those channels that does the tall grass videos, but would prefer to just grow my mowing business. Mowing normal yards usually pays better than youtube. I see why other channels have quit, I gotta get an actual business going with employees before I get to old to be a solo operator.
I hand out 4 different color fliers. 1 color is a $35 lawn. 1 color is a $40 lawn. 1 color is a $45 lawn. 1 color is a $50 lawn. When they call, I just ask what color is your flier.
Very smart! Another way you could be more precise if you want to order less colors get a three different colors and put 3 prices, such as 40$, 45$, 50$. Then you have a sharpie color over the other prices and circle the price you want in red sharpie. That way you can have anywhere from 40$-70$ for just 3 color fliers.
Thanks for EDDM CAMPAIGN I HAVE A HAUL AWAY Appliance business. And a full time job at the post office . And I’m starting a side hustle in the lawn mowing business…😊
In the process of watching this vid, had to. Comment. This is exactly how I’m am starting. 10k budget and no job. Did t buy a truck tho. Using current vehicle and bought a used trailer
I really like the content!. I can honestly say that if people did all that they would have a lot of work in less than 3 months probably more than they can handle. However based on my own experience and with the people that have talked to most of the people will skip at least one of these steps simply because they don't want it bad enough. Great info and great video. 👍
Wow this was awesome.. I’ve slowly grown for the past 2 years getting more equipment and customers, but plan to take it full time next spring with lawn care and landscaping. I know the hours put in won’t be easy but this helped me realize it’s possible. Thanks bro.💯💯
These are some great strategies! If I were growing my business, I would aim to be just under the big dogs in town. I will never call the top 2 on google because they are the ones with the most overhead and every time they are the most expensive! Not knocking em, by any means! They have earned that spot and price!
Where I live basically every property can be done with a push mower. Though having a good 21 inch commercial toro mower is really useful for mowing fast.
It’s been a tough year for a good bit of the country. So much drought cut my business down almost 40% in revenue this summer. Good thing the business is debt-free or I’d be stressing
Hey Mike I saw your ad before the video. Then another ad after that, but it was not yours. I'm starting my lawn care business this year. I've mower for other people about 15 years. Finally doing it on my own.
My model: Step 1 Knock Doors and Find As Many Customers As You Can Step 2 Service All Customers On Monday. Knock Tuesday-Saturday. Step 3 Fill Up Monday-Wednesday Step 4 Hire a 40 Hour Employee to Service. Knock Monday-Friday. Step 5 Fill Up Monday-Friday Route for Employee. Step 6 Fill Up Your Own Monday-Wednesday Route. Once that’s done, hire more help. Your gonna want two full time employees that way during summer alone you’ve got 250k coming in
I really like the color choice of your business and having such bright uniforms. Is this something I am allowed to mimic for my own lawn care landscaping business or is this not allowed ?
I'm in fl and I tell everyone I start at 40 per cut and goes up from there all my accounts are 160 to 240 a month try changing where your advertising push more for places where they love the yards to look good and allows you to upsell alot
You wont get any employee to match your work ethic because they do not own the company. But what you can do is pay them P4P and watch them start to want to work harder and more efficiently then they were before.
That is basic service (mow, trim, edge, blow.) My min is $60 per cut and I get them all the time. The key is Value!! Like Mike said. It works and people will pay. You also have to know your perfect aviator or customer. Do not market to just anyone. Know who you want to service and who can afford your service and value. There is so much money out there
I just quit my full time job after 5 years and ready to take this leap in starting a business. I got a truck already just need a trailer and nice mower. I hope it works put or I'm screwed.
im goin all in this winter on website/marketing/advertising. started a tree care company 2 years ago and just got to the point where i can quit my old job. jumping into general property management now. upsell upsell upsell. im always trying to tell my customers all the other outdoor services i offer. 1 30 dollar lawn can open the door to a 2000 dollar tree job.
Ahh finally figured out how to post a comment. Lol just started our lawn business in May this year 2022 that we are having a hard time finding part-time employee that’s bilingual Spanish English speaking. Also not making as much money as your videos show I work full-time and my husband does the landscaping part of the business while I do the admin part. Hard to help since I still have a job with another company. Any advice on how to handle the situation with juggling two jobs?
I'm glad I kept my full time job. I thought this year was gonna be great. People are really starting to cut back ,and also the drought. I feel like to compete with the competition you need a commercial lawn mower. The commercial mowers really do add to the finished product, and makes you stand out from someone using a cheap mower. But here's the problem the mowers are 15k+. Good luck everyone. I'm gonna take it slow . I want quality customers not a bunch of cheap ones.
I am from Denver Colorado USA I connected with her and she has helped me a lot,she makes so much profit for me she is a FINRA agent, the best I can invest with so far ever since I came across expert Mrs Angela Cole Carr, my bad turned out being good and profitable. She's made success earlier than we thought.
Hey Mike! Great content for this industry. I am starting a lawn care service and am super new to this industry, and from my past companies, I have learned how important a great busniess is to the company. I have a question that would really ampact the way we open our services these next two months. The equipment we have 3 fully equipment truck and trailer with all the mowing equipment. The marketing budget is built to enter our market as the company has been in service for some years, and also funds to fill Roles for the company. I would like to be a able to connect with you over a call or some other way to discuss the plans and where I would like to scale the company with built processes and be a process driven company, so that my time is not in the day to day and more allowing a team run the business by following the processes.
This is very informative, but we also have put taxes into play. You have payroll taxes and every quarter sales tax. I would recommend to make yourself a check, so that you have have owe taxes at the end of the year, and make your estimated tax payments every 3 months. So, Uncle Sam is happy.
Im at 10k a month and looking to increase i dont even do any advertising. All word of mouth and customers referalls . Bad part is i dont do snow and its winter for at least 4 months here in central Ontario Canada. That may be the biggest thing holding me back other than hiring good employees.
How do I use Lawn Care Media? trying to get the door handers, however on their website does not have an option to edit the door hangers, I dont want a strange guy on my door hangers
Hi Carlos, when you purchase you will get access to the PDF, JPG and Photoshop files. You can make any and all changes using the PSD file. You can use the JPG file and edit on Vistaprint, PostcardMania, etc
Thanks for the clarification about the stamp for the EDDM I didn’t know about it and just printed postcards only to have the post office tell me I needed to have the stamp printed and most places that do the stamp won’t do it unless they print the postcards for you
Anyone that is following the business course or following your videos just needs to buy your media package. You will save yourself headaches. Any one that has doubts just know we have no affiliation with Augusta. So all of the information and services Mike is providing will save you from making some mistakes which in turn is time and money. BTW mailers do work in our failed mailer attempt I sent out 20 of the 2000 post cards I had made just to do a field test on the results. I did a Zillow search of recently sold homes in our town. I had 3 people call in and one turned in to a recurring customer. That customer had us re landscape their front yard and next year we will be redesigning their back yard for a landscaping project in conjunction with a pool. So in Mikes words “Let’s Go”
Hey Mike! Great video. I have a full time job that’s 6am- 2pm Monday-Friday. It’s a township job so the benefits are good. Currently I have 30-35 cuts, mostly bi weekly, with about 7 weekly cuts. How can I grow my business to be in and around $100,000 - $300,000 a year, while still maintaining my full time job and a family?
After watching this again, I find it silly to even offer landscaping until your doing 250k+ in revenue. Probably higher. If a customer wants is, sub it out to a guy who does strictly landscaping. You want your guys to be super proficient at one thing. Lawn care. Hire a guy to service the 32 clients with you, while repeating the direct marketing campaign. Now you’ve got a 100k/year business. Do it one more time, get off the truck at 150k, and focus strictly on marketing/hiring/sales. Do this and you’ll be at 250k by end of year 1…. I would recommend staying there while you accumulate more cash. Offer landscaping after doing 1 mil per year in strictly lawn care. Open your own landscaping division, to specialize in that.
I pretty much agree with everything you said, but I dont believe the last part is gonna work where you raised prices on existing customers by 50%. Taking a lawn that is $50 and making it $75 after 6 months just because you have a website. You didn't get those with a website, so why do they care and they aren't gonna pay the premium. I do believe that is when you can start charging the new customers the premium though. Also this is gonna be working from sun up to sun down with this much work and only a 21 inch mower and you are gonna be physically exhausted. Time to invest in commercial equipment that is more productive at that point. I really like how you break everything down in this video though. Good video. Wish I would of had this info 20 years ago.
He mentioned 60 customers for a cut. Only using 21" Honda. These lawns only 1k sq.ft? Otherwise, 1/4 or 1/2 acre mows would between 2 to 5 hours, each. There is only 167 hours in a week.
I have lawns I mow for over $200 a cut. My hourly rate is $80, which is my minimum of $40 a cut times 2, because I average 2 lawns an hour solo. I don't have a website or wear even a t shirt with a logo. I wear standard t shirts, usually yellow or orange to be visible to traffic and dickies work pants khaki or olive drab. I like to think my work clothes present a professional appearance. Give a quality service and the customer will pay, and if they want to be cheap. Then get rid of them.
I wasn't with my husband Mikey when he first got started in 2006 but what I do know is he started with nothing but push mower and a broom for a blower and a weedeater brand Walmart weed eater
Mike, the correct phrase is, “I COULDN’T care less.” That means you have absolutely no degree of caring about that topic. Saying, “I COULD care less” implies you have some degree of caring, and you could even care less.
If your only goal is to make money. And let me be clear IT IS. Wouldnt it be more profitable to turn those lawns into herb gardens? Or at least small parts.
@@TooTRUEtoBeG00D it's not a recurring service that needs done. And homeowners don't want to maintain in the majority of them... that's the reason they are hiring lawn care.
I’m all about business too. I don’t care about being a technician minded person, im profit minded. That doesn’t mean i skimp out on great services and so on…. I watch videos of other trades because im always looking to invest elsewhere and/or learn new tactics.
Great video but flyers and door knocking looks like you’re begging for work. You’re only going to get very low end clients that fizzle out fast if you get paid at all.
Why did you choose the dog for your mascott? I would like to see you talk about that at some point if you haven't. When I think of dogs, I think of land mines all over the yard, and that turns me off. Why do you think the dog works for you, because it obviously has.
Lol this guy shilling all his stuff with this - His design stuff for flyers, his insurance company, and his 400 dollar per month web site. Im sure there are much much cheaper options..
Happy to stand behind any of the products I sell. I don't have any sponsors and have demonetized my channel because I can't say the same things about 3rd parties.
@@MikeAndes You know what... Getting people to use your overpriced services to keep your competition broke seems pretty low. Keep your competition broke by selling them stuff they dont need with ideas that dont work. You are a good salesman, but what you are doing will only hurt a new business owner. Meanwhile, your lawn service still running strong, and the money from your competition is the gravy on top.
Feel free to talk to anyone that has purchased my products and services and see if the value and impact on their business wasn’t greater than what they paid. Have a great Sunday 👍🏻✅
@@MikeAndes Thanks for that. I appreciate your permission to feel free to talk to people about your "products" that you are selling. You have any references?
Been watching him for a while now. I’m Not in the business but he gives lots of value in his videos that apply to other industries. Mike, keep doing good! Appreciated here.
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I was so lucky to have a contract with an age care company that needed a lawn care service. I wasn’t able to do the hard work with marketing but I take my blessing. In my first year I do 10 jobs a day for 5 days a week and get 80 per job and made 192k in my first year
After hiring 10 staff and being able to pay them the highest wage in lawn care. I’m officially over 2 million net profit a year in my 2nd year. But for those who are watching this, he is absolutely right! You can literally cut grass and become a millionaire with nothing but 10k capitol. Just don’t forget to treat your employees good and they will give you the lifestyle you dreamed of :)
Everything I've learned about Lawn business is from you in the last 16 months. Currently at $52.50 per lawn and I only have 2 over 0.5 acres.
Need to charge more , about 1$ per minute
Ok. Now I’m ready for part 2. The enthusiasm in this is on point! Especially at the end!
How is it going .?
Mike, it was amazing to meet you at EquipExposition! I was with The Ramp Rack. I'm hitting the ground running with my business in Spring 2023 and I've been watching your videos and listening to your podcasts religiously. You're one of my biggest idols, and those of us that are just starting out appreciate all your time and insight beyond measure. I'm hoping that following your advice and business practices will get me places, but whether it does or not I want to say thanks for taking time to try to help us entrepreneurs succeed.
@@codyhardin7851 I'd love to man!
@@codyhardin7851 hey man I started my business 6 months ago. I went from 2 to 63 residential customers in this current span. I have some questions about getting into commercial customers with an end goal to make more dinero lol.
Thank you
This is my first year and I'm solo as of right now sitting at 130k want to build to 1 mil or 3/4 mil in under 5 years
Yea right
Keep mowing lawns bucko. I’ve done this for years and there is just no way.
Congrats ✂️💯…stay focused and grind
You may have a business but there is no way you are making 130k in your first year.
@@tinytruckzrc Sorry you didn't have the skills to get to where he is at but it is definitely possible. Instead of commenting I'd use your time to get some more customers
I’m 27 years old & this coming year I’m going all in & starting my own lawn business thanks for all the tips !
Same for me bro. Have you started yet?
did you start
I was 40 minutes in before I realized I was watching a sales pitch. That's amazing. BRAVO.
That's something we are passionate about is making sure we do everything right because when somebody calls for a new account they always tell us I heard you do good work and that you are very thorough
Man, I started a months ago no advertising, now I have 5 regular clients from word of mouth. I'm definitely gonna use the door hanger, flyer and door knocking marketing. I know I need to get out of my comfort zone and face the reality if I need to grow up 👆. Let's do this baby, let's bring more money to pocket. Mike the man 👨. Gave me more clarity and vision on how to do it. Let's get it done 👍👍👍👍
Jumping in the deep end. That was me! Lol. I bought a truck for $2500 and a trailer for $800 and a mower for $1000 I bring in around $2100/m in revenue.
How do you eat?
@@muddyguns he's probably a high school kid
I’m working on starting up for Spring 2023. Just bought a nice used work truck for $7500 but it already had a Mow & Go ramp and a complete set of GreenTouch racks. Killer deal. Bought it on Labor Day. 😉
I just completed Landscape Business Course and about to watch the whole thing all over again, taking better notes and setting reminders this time through. Awesome content.
This video brings it all together for me. I’ve watched it four or five times already and will refer back to it as I make progress in my first year.
Thanks Mike. I know a while back you considered focusing more on growing established businesses but I’m so glad you came back around with this gem of a video.
I can’t express how much I appreciate your help getting started. Let’s go!
Great job! Can’t wait to see you execute ✅👏🏻🔥
For landscaping do you need a state permit?
I jumped big time. I was not going to be allowed to take my family camping trip we had planned for 6 months. Handed in my notice the day I was told that.
Started with 3 lawns. Now up to 37 regular lawns and keep picking up other garden work.
Thankfully my wife is working part-time so we were able to keep afloat when I started with 3 lawns
Giving this a shot. I’ve already got a truck. Got a mower. Trimmer and blower. Just Bought the door hanger template. Going to distribute door hangers and build while I’m working the day job. Following the blue print. Will update.
It's a tough business, I've been doing it my entire life and still not wealthy
My boss was yelling at me so I walked off the job site and started my own business. Best decision ever
Sorry u had to go through that.
@@MikeAndes It is all good brother I wanted to do it anyway. It was that push that made me jump into it full time. Second year and I got a dump trailer, truck, zero turn, walk behind, all the trimmers and edgers. Ect. If you are serious about going up you will. Thanks
@Canelito I have a google page and website. I run google ads also have a location on google maps. I ask my clients to leave 5 star reviews. I post on Craigslist and Facebook. I have uniforms and logo with number on truck. Also try to do great work, listening to your clients carefully and having great communication. I believe this is a good way to get clients.
Love the video.. loved the add even more!! Keep going and congrats on all your success! 🙏🏽
I’m one month in all is well have all the equipment just having a hard time trying to quote as some jobs I find undervaluing my service whereas others I charge too much and therefore loose potential jobs, how can I consistently quote knowing I won’t over or undercharge my service
I started with used crappy equipment till I was able to upgrade organically.
The simple desire or will is plenty to get going. You can circumvent marketing by using apps for work. Larger cities usually have a good chance at multiple phone apps to work from. ;)
I’m using your door hanger tactic the last week. The first 14 hangers got me immediate 2 feed backs! It felt good stepping out of my comfort zone and being uncomfortable.
Very smart. Love it.
Thank you! Cheers!
Mike I love these content videos I wish something like this was out 23 years ago when I first started I made a ton of mistakes I'm working on fixing some of those I just went full time in my business in April I've been working non-stop a lot of stuff that you talk about in this video would have helped 23 years ago I think I would have been able to quit my job and go full time a long time ago thanks for the content keep up the good work
Thank you for all the great advice you give mike, I’m one of those channels that does the tall grass videos, but would prefer to just grow my mowing business. Mowing normal yards usually pays better than youtube. I see why other channels have quit, I gotta get an actual business going with employees before I get to old to be a solo operator.
I hand out 4 different color fliers. 1 color is a $35 lawn. 1 color is a $40 lawn. 1 color is a $45 lawn. 1 color is a $50 lawn. When they call, I just ask what color is your flier.
That’s so smart
Very smart! Another way you could be more precise if you want to order less colors get a three different colors and put 3 prices, such as 40$, 45$, 50$. Then you have a sharpie color over the other prices and circle the price you want in red sharpie. That way you can have anywhere from 40$-70$ for just 3 color fliers.
Thanks for EDDM CAMPAIGN I HAVE A HAUL AWAY Appliance business. And a full time job at the post office . And I’m starting a side hustle in the lawn mowing business…😊
In the process of watching this vid, had to. Comment. This is exactly how I’m am starting. 10k budget and no job. Did t buy a truck tho. Using current vehicle and bought a used trailer
I really like the content!. I can honestly say that if people did all that they would have a lot of work in less than 3 months probably more than they can handle. However based on my own experience and with the people that have talked to most of the people will skip at least one of these steps simply because they don't want it bad enough. Great info and great video. 👍
im fucking excited. ive done tons of sales and been looking for a business i can start with a low entry price. YOUR A BAD ASS!!!!
Wow this was awesome.. I’ve slowly grown for the past 2 years getting more equipment and customers, but plan to take it full time next spring with lawn care and landscaping. I know the hours put in won’t be easy but this helped me realize it’s possible. Thanks bro.💯💯
I started with way less 10 years ago salvaging equipment to use and finally got my truck this year
These are some great strategies! If I were growing my business, I would aim to be just under the big dogs in town. I will never call the top 2 on google because they are the ones with the most overhead and every time they are the most expensive! Not knocking em, by any means! They have earned that spot and price!
Where I live basically every property can be done with a push mower. Though having a good 21 inch commercial toro mower is really useful for mowing fast.
Thank you mike . I really appreciate giving this info
This is a really good video. No excuses 💪 you’re the man Mike
Does this work for stump grinding, tree trimming ? Tree removal ? Never been interinterested in landscaping until now . Please send me feedback thanks
Stay positive
It’s been a tough year for a good bit of the country. So much drought cut my business down almost 40% in revenue this summer. Good thing the business is debt-free or I’d be stressing
Great video for starting. I think you should do a video of 100k-500k and a separate on for 500k-1mil.
Will do. Good point
Hey Mike I saw your ad before the video. Then another ad after that, but it was not yours.
I'm starting my lawn care business this year. I've mower for other people about 15 years. Finally doing it on my own.
My model:
Step 1 Knock Doors and Find As Many Customers As You Can
Step 2 Service All Customers On Monday. Knock Tuesday-Saturday.
Step 3 Fill Up Monday-Wednesday
Step 4 Hire a 40 Hour Employee to Service. Knock Monday-Friday.
Step 5 Fill Up Monday-Friday Route for Employee.
Step 6 Fill Up Your Own Monday-Wednesday Route. Once that’s done, hire more help. Your gonna want two full time employees that way during summer alone you’ve got 250k coming in
Who’s yard are we putting these signs in?
I really like the color choice of your business and having such bright uniforms. Is this something I am allowed to mimic for my own lawn care landscaping business or is this not allowed ?
in florida we need to mow weekly and no one is paying 200 per month!!! any suggestions
Focus on VALUE... uniforms, brand, website, CRM, auto pay, phone answered.... this will allow for a premium price.
I'm in fl and I tell everyone I start at 40 per cut and goes up from there all my accounts are 160 to 240 a month try changing where your advertising push more for places where they love the yards to look good and allows you to upsell alot
Find clients with sprinklers… try to do treatments as well… also everything Mike said
In my 3rd year Mike, I have all of that in place just missing an employee to match my work ethic
You wont get any employee to match your work ethic because they do not own the company. But what you can do is pay them P4P and watch them start to want to work harder and more efficiently then they were before.
Is that 50 a now just mow and go, or do you include that all natural weed control to that?
Mow, trim and blow
That is basic service (mow, trim, edge, blow.) My min is $60 per cut and I get them all the time. The key is Value!! Like Mike said. It works and people will pay. You also have to know your perfect aviator or customer. Do not market to just anyone. Know who you want to service and who can afford your service and value. There is so much money out there
when he said you know what it is, my respect for this man increased 10 fold lmao
When do efficiencies start to matter?
1:15 doesn't this stuff matter for reducing operational expenses?
I just quit my full time job after 5 years and ready to take this leap in starting a business. I got a truck already just need a trailer and nice mower. I hope it works put or I'm screwed.
I’m 17 I started 5 months ago doing all organic marketing besides yard signs need more clients any tips?
Try to upsell your existing clients more. Checkout LawnCareMedia.com for upsell doorhangers and other services to sell
What’s a realistic number if I work full time 6-2pm
What about the yard signs? I’m my areas many of the neighborhoods are hoa and will not allow them…
Roadside outside the HOAs is sometimes an option
@mikeandes what CRM do you like to use?
We use Copilot CRM. I am super biased since I am the founder of the software.
How can you put out yard signs on other grass covers when other company already cut it?
im goin all in this winter on website/marketing/advertising. started a tree care company 2 years ago and just got to the point where i can quit my old job. jumping into general property management now. upsell upsell upsell. im always trying to tell my customers all the other outdoor services i offer. 1 30 dollar lawn can open the door to a 2000 dollar tree job.
Love the strategy!
What about living expenses
What about medical/dental/vision insurance for your family? Putting money into an IRA etc?
What is the NET PROFIT after all expenses.
After expeses, cogs, gross sales, what is the pure profit percentage earned? Thanks
I'm just getting started with an organic ecological land care business organic pest and soil care. do you offer launch packages???
I really wish miike came out with this video a few years ago when I started Beyond Green Property Care
Do you have any locations in the greater Charleston area
Ahh finally figured out how to post a comment. Lol just started our lawn business in May this year 2022 that we are having a hard time finding part-time employee that’s bilingual Spanish English speaking. Also not making as much money as your videos show
I work full-time and my husband does the landscaping part of the business while I do the admin part. Hard to help since I still have a job with another company. Any advice on how to handle the situation with juggling two jobs?
Hello do you know how to register business? Or license? Idk how to do it. And I heard you also need insurance
I'm glad I kept my full time job. I thought this year was gonna be great. People are really starting to cut back ,and also the drought. I feel like to compete with the competition you need a commercial lawn mower. The commercial mowers really do add to the finished product, and makes you stand out from someone using a cheap mower. But here's the problem the mowers are 15k+. Good luck everyone. I'm gonna take it slow . I want quality customers not a bunch of cheap ones.
$5000 zero turns aren’t bad at all. A serious upgrade compared to residential ones and not ridiculously expensive like top end brands
Quality used COMMERCIAL equipment has always worked for me. Saving thousands
Despite the fluctuation in the economy, I’m so excited I’ve been earning $45,000 from my $10,000 investment everyday 10days.
Wow! How’s that possible please I’ll appreciate your assistance on how to go about it.
I’ve heard a lot about trading and investing with Mrs Angela Cole Carr and how good she is.
Same here I earn $13,000 a week. GOD bless Angela Cole Carr, she has been a blessing to my family.
I am from Denver Colorado USA I connected with her and she has helped me a lot,she makes so much profit for me she is a FINRA agent, the best I can invest with so far ever since I came across expert Mrs Angela Cole Carr, my bad turned out being good and profitable. She's made success earlier than we thought.
Oh yeah She is always active on whats-app APK 🇺🇲
It can be done. I started a six figure pressure washing business for 7500. This year I’m trying to go from 150 to 250k.
Would you mind sending breakdown of where the 7500 went in the initial startup? good to hear
@@antonioponce2570 4500 equipment, 1000 website, 200 LLC, 300 GL, 300 yard signs, 200 flyers, 1000 misc and working capital.
I seen your ad before this and also next insurance add.
Let’s goooooo
Watch this monthly. Lets GO
Teach me your ways man
Hey Mike! Great content for this industry. I am starting a lawn care service and am super new to this industry, and from my past companies, I have learned how important a great busniess is to the company. I have a question that would really ampact the way we open our services these next two months. The equipment we have 3 fully equipment truck and trailer with all the mowing equipment. The marketing budget is built to enter our market as the company has been in service for some years, and also funds to fill Roles for the company. I would like to be a able to connect with you over a call or some other way to discuss the plans and where I would like to scale the company with built processes and be a process driven company, so that my time is not in the day to day and more allowing a team run the business by following the processes.
This is very informative, but we also have put taxes into play. You have payroll taxes and every quarter sales tax. I would recommend to make yourself a check, so that you have have owe taxes at the end of the year, and make your estimated tax payments every 3 months. So, Uncle Sam is happy.
fantastic video
Im at 10k a month and looking to increase i dont even do any advertising. All word of mouth and customers referalls . Bad part is i dont do snow and its winter for at least 4 months here in central Ontario Canada. That may be the biggest thing holding me back other than hiring good employees.
Good for you bud and your word of mouth. Maybe just scrap all advertising together for everything, it not as effective as word of mouth.
Thank you for this video. You did a great job!!! What's the methods of charging if they don't have cash? Also making schedule? Jobber? Thanknyou
What happened to the 3k down payment you used for the truck ?
How do I use Lawn Care Media? trying to get the door handers, however on their website does not have an option to edit the door hangers, I dont want a strange guy on my door hangers
Hi Carlos, when you purchase you will get access to the PDF, JPG and Photoshop files. You can make any and all changes using the PSD file. You can use the JPG file and edit on Vistaprint, PostcardMania, etc
@@MikeAndes Thank you so much. So basically, I am buying from them, only the design so I can print in another place, right? Makes sense.
@@MikeAndes do u have any recommendations for personalized uniform online?
This guy kind of reminds me of that kid seen in the stands of a sporting event or something pickup up his shirt stick out his tongue and dance
Thanks for the clarification about the stamp for the EDDM I didn’t know about it and just printed postcards only to have the post office tell me I needed to have the stamp printed and most places that do the stamp won’t do it unless they print the postcards for you
You can buy the EDDM stickers separately if worse comes to worse
Anyone that is following the business course or following your videos just needs to buy your media package. You will save yourself headaches. Any one that has doubts just know we have no affiliation with Augusta. So all of the information and services Mike is providing will save you from making some mistakes which in turn is time and money. BTW mailers do work in our failed mailer attempt I sent out 20 of the 2000 post cards I had made just to do a field test on the results. I did a Zillow search of recently sold homes in our town. I had 3 people call in and one turned in to a recurring customer. That customer had us re landscape their front yard and next year we will be redesigning their back yard for a landscaping project in conjunction with a pool. So in Mikes words “Let’s Go”
Aren't you glad you don't have to spray the whiteboard to clean it? 😂
Hey Mike! Great video. I have a full time job that’s 6am- 2pm Monday-Friday. It’s a township job so the benefits are good.
Currently I have 30-35 cuts, mostly bi weekly, with about 7 weekly cuts.
How can I grow my business to be in and around $100,000 - $300,000 a year, while still maintaining my full time job and a family?
Easy. Just gotta be in two or three places at once.
After watching this again, I find it silly to even offer landscaping until your doing 250k+ in revenue. Probably higher. If a customer wants is, sub it out to a guy who does strictly landscaping. You want your guys to be super proficient at one thing. Lawn care. Hire a guy to service the 32 clients with you, while repeating the direct marketing campaign. Now you’ve got a 100k/year business. Do it one more time, get off the truck at 150k, and focus strictly on marketing/hiring/sales. Do this and you’ll be at 250k by end of year 1…. I would recommend staying there while you accumulate more cash. Offer landscaping after doing 1 mil per year in strictly lawn care. Open your own landscaping division, to specialize in that.
I went all in right after high school
Where can i do good uniforms and hats?
I pretty much agree with everything you said, but I dont believe the last part is gonna work where you raised prices on existing customers by 50%. Taking a lawn that is $50 and making it $75 after 6 months just because you have a website. You didn't get those with a website, so why do they care and they aren't gonna pay the premium. I do believe that is when you can start charging the new customers the premium though. Also this is gonna be working from sun up to sun down with this much work and only a 21 inch mower and you are gonna be physically exhausted. Time to invest in commercial equipment that is more productive at that point. I really like how you break everything down in this video though. Good video. Wish I would of had this info 20 years ago.
He mentioned 60 customers for a cut. Only using 21" Honda. These lawns only 1k sq.ft? Otherwise, 1/4 or 1/2 acre mows would between 2 to 5 hours, each. There is only 167 hours in a week.
You raised prices on customer from $50 to $75? I think every customer would drop me. Just an opinion. Great video.
I have lawns I mow for over $200 a cut. My hourly rate is $80, which is my minimum of $40 a cut times 2, because I average 2 lawns an hour solo. I don't have a website or wear even a t shirt with a logo.
I wear standard t shirts, usually yellow or orange to be visible to traffic and dickies work pants khaki or olive drab. I like to think my work clothes present a professional appearance.
Give a quality service and the customer will pay, and if they want to be cheap. Then get rid of them.
I wasn't with my husband Mikey when he first got started in 2006 but what I do know is he started with nothing but push mower and a broom for a blower and a weedeater brand Walmart weed eater
Good video, however 400 a month on a website is very expensive.
Depends on size of business you are building. One of my businesses we pay $5K/month
Mike, the correct phrase is, “I COULDN’T care less.” That means you have absolutely no degree of caring about that topic. Saying, “I COULD care less” implies you have some degree of caring, and you could even care less.
Wayyy to go, Joe!!!!😒
Very positive attitude but I think you forgot the most important thing to explain to every new business owner is TAXES.
I just bought 2 yard signs off vista print for $100 😬 and 2 truck door magnets for $165 😬 😳
The problem is finding people who are willing to pay $300 to mow their lawns.
He said $300 including doing side jobs, which are much more expensive than the mow
@@jamesp1979 That's true
If your only goal is to make money.
And let me be clear IT IS.
Wouldnt it be more profitable to turn those lawns into herb gardens? Or at least small parts.
The market for herb gardens is very small compared to grass cutting.
@@MikeAndes Every single person uses herbs in food. What small market are you talking about?
@@TooTRUEtoBeG00D it's not a recurring service that needs done. And homeowners don't want to maintain in the majority of them... that's the reason they are hiring lawn care.
@@BTLawnCare What a bullshit reason.
I’m all about business too. I don’t care about being a technician minded person, im profit minded.
That doesn’t mean i skimp out on great services and so on….
I watch videos of other trades because im always looking to invest elsewhere and/or learn new tactics.
Can’t make money cutting bi weekly yards
I have 4 customers. Annual gross is $100k... i may be doing this wrong.
Great video but flyers and door knocking looks like you’re begging for work. You’re only going to get very low end clients that fizzle out fast if you get paid at all.
Why did you choose the dog for your mascott? I would like to see you talk about that at some point if you haven't. When I think of dogs, I think of land mines all over the yard, and that turns me off. Why do you think the dog works for you, because it obviously has.
Golden retriever is almost universally recognized and liked (especially by females - our target audience)
Is that first sentence you really beed to state how much profit that 100k a yr business will make from that initial 10k investment.
I’m not seeing you subtract taxes and all that
WHATS IN THE BOOOOOOOOOOX!!!!!
-Brad pit
Quite literally involves handing out or posting lots of, what ends up being, trash :/
Less than $500 a month in gas? Maybe in the 1950s...
People don’t wanna pay people the right amount to cut their grass with a push mower
Ooof on next dont recommend them
Lol this guy shilling all his stuff with this - His design stuff for flyers, his insurance company, and his 400 dollar per month web site. Im sure there are much much cheaper options..
Happy to stand behind any of the products I sell. I don't have any sponsors and have demonetized my channel because I can't say the same things about 3rd parties.
@@MikeAndes You know what... Getting people to use your overpriced services to keep your competition broke seems pretty low. Keep your competition broke by selling them stuff they dont need with ideas that dont work. You are a good salesman, but what you are doing will only hurt a new business owner. Meanwhile, your lawn service still running strong, and the money from your competition is the gravy on top.
Feel free to talk to anyone that has purchased my products and services and see if the value and impact on their business wasn’t greater than what they paid.
Have a great Sunday 👍🏻✅
@@MikeAndes Thanks for that. I appreciate your permission to feel free to talk to people about your "products" that you are selling.
You have any references?
Been watching him for a while now. I’m Not in the business but he gives lots of value in his videos that apply to other industries. Mike, keep doing good! Appreciated here.