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Troy Casey asks: Why become an entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurs are their own bosses. They make the decisions. They choose whom to do business with and what work they will do. They decide what hours to work, as well as what to pay and whether to take vacations.
Greater possibility of achieving significant financial rewards than working for someone else.
Entrepreneurship creates an opportunity for a person to make a contribution. Most new entrepreneurs help the local economy. A few through their innovations contribute to society as a whole. One example is entrepreneur Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple in 1976, and ignited the subsequent revolution in desktop computers.
FREEDOM…very AMERICAN!
it’s creative!
Its COOL! Entrepreneurs will literally save the planet.
Why network marketing?
Low investment
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Its organic: -A person shares a valuable product with another. This is clean and pure.
-A person shares a business idea with another the foundation of all business.
Its Democratic: anyone can SUCCEED
Its Fair: performance determines RESULTS
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Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 22 – Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show
In this episode we will be talking about
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Inspirational Story:
A new member of our forum, wrote us a story about how they got their lawn care business started. I hope Jared, story inspires you to get your lawn care business started as well.
Join in on his post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=26;t=7090;st=0;r=1;&#entry34107
Election Day Lawn Care Business Marketing Idea:
One of our friends and fellow forum members, Fernando, wrote to us about this great lawn care business election marketing idea. With the presidential primaries going on now in many states and the elections going on this fall, Fernando made a post wondering how he could jump on this to create a marketing opportunity for himself and his business. What we all came up with on the forum was that he should get some lawn signs made that say Vote For Fernando. And then say somewhere on the sign that he is running for the Lawn Party. Then he should insert a web domain like www.voteforfernando.com and create a website that looks like a political campaign website. I thought this was a fantastic idea.
Read more about this post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=7155;st=10;r=1;&#entry34750
Business Question:
Is it a good idea to offer a discount for a full season pre-payment or prepay?
Read more about this post here:
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=9;t=7229;
Spring Lawn Care Business Marketing Idea.
Spring is coming and what better way to meet your neighbors and promote your lawn care business for cheap, than to get your neighbors involved in a spring neighborhood garage sale. We created a free flyer template you can download from the link below. Get the flyer and edit it. Hand it out all over town and knock on all your neighbor’s doors to let them know you will be hosting a neighborhood yard sale. On a certain date they should bring out their tables and sell their wares. Then you can go out and mix and mingle with people in your town and promote your lawn care business. Put on the flyers that you are promoting this and if anyone has any questions, to contact you at your business line or visit your website for further information.
Get involved with the post here:
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=8&t=7180&st=&&#entry34739
Book of the Month:
This month’s business book of the month is Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.”
If our show or forum has helped you, or if you have any business questions, please let us know and send an email or make a post about your experience! 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 lawn care 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.
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More and more people today are wanting to get ahead financially and they realize that in order to do that, they must be in business for themselves. Robert Kiyosaki explains in his book “The Cash Flow Quadrant” how we need to move from “employee” and “self-employed” on the left side of the quadrant, to “business-owner” and “investor” on the right side of the quadrant in order to leverage time and money to get ahead financially. I created this video series to give a brief overview of some of the choices you have if first going into business for yourself, and some of the considerations. I talk about tradition brick-and-mortar business, franchises, bringing to market your own product, providing consultant or other services, eBay and affiliate marketing, mlm (multilevel) and network marketing, direct sales, and even cash gifting. This is by no means exhaustive, and I encourage you to do thorough research before you decide in which direction to move forward. Subscribe to my channel to keep up with the series.
About me:
I’m Susan Wood, and after working too many hours for too many years for too little money at a large Boston law firm, this Manager of Training made a decision to do things differently. I spent a year traveling, first in Europe, then across the US from Massachusetts to California. Determined to change my life in every way I settled on the gorgeous Central Coast of California and took a part time waitressing job to give me time to open my life to new possibilities. I spent my free time hiking, painting, drawing and making friends. I got certified as a life coach, and shortly after also started my venture into the world of home business, direct sales. I am now happily occupied in my coaching and home businesses, learning and growing on a path to more abundance in all areas of my life.
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GopherHaul 24- Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show
Business Question:
A member of our Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, Michelle asked about buying a lawn care business. How much should she be paying?
In response a member wrote:
“General rule of thumb for buying customers is that they are worth about 1 month revenue. If they are commercial you’ll pay a little more and if there is a signed multi-year agreement in place ( which you said there is ) then this will push the price up too. So it could be worth as much as 2 or 3 months revenue depending on the situation.”
Mike then joined the discussion and talked about how many customers would stay with him after he bought their accounts.
“I did lose a few here and there, but I only paid 2.5 times the mowing price, and usually got at least 3 mows before they quit me.”
“Have you checked some of his accounts to make sure they are priced in accordance with what you would charge?
One of the lawn companies I bought out was considerably higher in pricing than mine, so I ended up raising all my original customers up to that standard.”
Read more or join this post here:
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=29;t=7525;st=0;r=1;&#entry36897
Should you offer to buy lawn care accounts on craigslist?
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=7521;
Fernando joined the discussion and said he posts ads in free online sites in which he offers to buy lawn care customer accounts. Here is the ad he posted in craigslist. Check out the full ad on our forum.
“-Too Tired over the Summer? …or can’t keep up during the hot season?
-Too Hard to work from Sunrise to Sundown?
-Too busy to take care of ALL of your accounts during the “Crunch Time”?
-Customers complaining about not cutting the lawn on time?
I am willing to buy Lawn Accounts”
All this information is great if you are interested in knowing how to buy lawn care accounts but what about selling them? How do you sell lawn care accounts? This poster wants to sell his accounts. How much and how should he do it.
One Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum member made a post about how best to make the transition when you sell lawn care accounts to a new lawn care business. “I bought out 3 lawn companies, and all we did was send a letter to the customers, describing what happened(a new lawn company would be taking care of your yard)
If you want to meet each and everyone of them, then do it.
The new lawn care business owner may want you to sign a non-compete clause so you can’t compete to take the customers back.”
Read more about this post and join in on the discussion here:
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=34;t=7567;st=0;r=1;&#entry37074
Product Promotion
Kenneth LaVoie III wrote a book and starting a lawn care business entitled “How to start a lawn care business a whole NEW way.” One of the many fascinating things he discusses in the book is about pruning customers once a year. If there are customers that you find yourself clashing with, he suggests not to raise their price but to simply cancel service for them and replace them with newer clients you do work well with.
Read more about this post here
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=7635;r=1
Also Ken was kind enough to offer 50% off his book if you purchase his book from his site http://www.lawnguru.net. When ordering, use coupon code C7815 to receive your discount.
Read more about his book and this great offer here
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=NW;f=36;t=7605
If our show or forum has helped you, or if you have any business questions, please let us know and send an email or make a post about your experience! 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 lawn care 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.
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Perry Belcher was the guest speaker for the Austin Internet Marketing Entrepreneur Network (AIMEN) Party in March 2009. The entire presentation was nearly forty minutes in length.
This is a teaser.
The entire content will be available soon at InternetMarketingParty.com in it’s full glorious original color and full of Perry’s glorious and “colorful” brand of Edutainment!
video: @jwaltersiv
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In this video I show you how an quick an easy way to start generating more ideas.
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A fun and completely unscientific test to see if you have the entrepreneurial spirit and are ready to start a home based business of your own.
If you are, contact me! I want to work with you and show you how to get started quickly and successfully, no matter what your network marketing budget or experience level is.
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Video from our FREE Online Business Course
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Session 12 Opening and Marketing
Question:
“Tell us about your first store and your decision to start a chain?”
Phil Holland
Founder, My Own Business
Topics covered in this video:
Starting a business, chain businesses, franchises, expanding a business, business planning, experience
Transcript:
Before I opened the first Yum Yum shop, I had clearly in mind that my long term objective was to start a chain of donut shops, not just operate one store. The beginning store therefore became very important because the success of the future chain depended a great deal on how that store succeeded. Very fortunately when I opened the first Yum Yum, it was in a great location. And I had an experienced crew who taught me everything there was to know about running that donut shop.
I benefited a great deal from running that first store myself for a full year. I did everything. I made the donuts, I took out trash, I washed the windows and from that experience I developed a pilot plan operation that became successful. The future of that chain of Yum Yum stores was therefore kind of a cookie cutter operation. We simply duplicated the success and the methods that were used in the first store. Another benefit from personally running that first store was that, as the company grew, no one could fool me on how to run a donut shop.
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