A friend of mine got into the snow removal and landscaping business 4 years ago.He was going in and under bidding jobs,lowballing his prices to get business for his 2 person outfit that ran 2 plows in Upstate NY.It worked for a bit,but his "overhead" was hardly payed for.
Come springtime he got part time job in addition to his landscape/lawncare startup business.2 years later he has 5 people full time including himself doing landscaping and snow removal and some sidework as a Housing Rehab Hauler.
He admitted to me a few months ago that he started out making bad decisions,lowballing on his jobs because nobody had a reputation for his work.He also told me that a load of junk he took out of my basement 2 years ago has one of my old sales training manuals from Motorola titled " Negotiating To Win" that I had leftover from years ago classes I took from Motorola Radio Company.
He said he learned to " walk away" from lowball customers,bad payers or potential customers who wanted to devalue his time and reputation by insisting on the LOWEST prices for his services.
Now he has a reputation as someone who does good work,offers duality services and is worth every dime he is paid.
I found this site and email link of it to him,also link to the business package that is offered in the business section of the forum site.
Just wanted to share this that is all.
Wayne
Come springtime he got part time job in addition to his landscape/lawncare startup business.2 years later he has 5 people full time including himself doing landscaping and snow removal and some sidework as a Housing Rehab Hauler.
He admitted to me a few months ago that he started out making bad decisions,lowballing on his jobs because nobody had a reputation for his work.He also told me that a load of junk he took out of my basement 2 years ago has one of my old sales training manuals from Motorola titled " Negotiating To Win" that I had leftover from years ago classes I took from Motorola Radio Company.
He said he learned to " walk away" from lowball customers,bad payers or potential customers who wanted to devalue his time and reputation by insisting on the LOWEST prices for his services.
Now he has a reputation as someone who does good work,offers duality services and is worth every dime he is paid.
I found this site and email link of it to him,also link to the business package that is offered in the business section of the forum site.
Just wanted to share this that is all.
Wayne