The Landscaping And Lawn Care Business Plan Startup Guide.: A Step By Step Guide On How To Make A Landscape Or Lawn Care Business Plan With Real Life Examples. [Paperback]

Steve Low (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2008

If you ever had thought about starting your own lawn care or landscaping business but weren't sure how to go about putting together a business plan, this book will show you examples of lawn care business plans created on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. The author of this lawn care business book is the host of The GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show and the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Inside is a step by step guide on how to make a landscape or lawn care business plan with real life examples including income and expense projections as well as customer acquisition goals. This lawn care business book is a great tool to help you improve your odds of finding success. Interested in furthering your studies of the lawn care industry? Make sure you check out the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Hundreds of FREE lawn care flyer, door hanger, business contracts, logos and website templates. Free 30 day trial of Gopher Lawn Care Software visit http://www.gophersoftware.com

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About the Author

The author of this lawn care business book is the host of The GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show and the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. http://www.gopherforum.com Interested in furthering your studies of the lawn care industry? Make sure you check out the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum. Hundreds of FREE lawn care flyer, door hanger, business contracts, logos and website templates are available and a 30 day trial of Gopher Lawn Care Software visit http://www.gophersoftware.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440420734
• ISBN-13: 978-1440420733
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #932,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Host of the GopherHaul Lawn Care Business Show and the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum.
Also author of the LawnChat dot com blog.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, January 28, 2010

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David E. McClendon "Business Consultant" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Landscaping And Lawn Care Business Plan Startup Guide.: A Step By Step Guide On How To Make A Landscape Or Lawn Care Business Plan With Real Life Examples. (Paperback)

Don't waste your money on this book. It is basically people who are starting out in the lawn care business or who plan to start in a lawn care business stating what they think they will need to do. Every bit of the information and guidance that is in this book would fit onto one sheet of paper. This book has no redeeming value whatsoever.
There are lots of great books on how to write a business plan. This isn't one of them. There is not one single actual business plan in the book. What it calls business plans would get you laughed at by anyone who has ever seen an actual business plan. Save your money.

To go further, there are several places in the book where the wrong word is used. One of the people uses the word "are" when it is obvious they mean to use the word "our". There are quite a few instances where the author means to use the word "their" but instead uses the word "there".

If you are really serious about starting a business (lawn care or otherwise) grab the book From Idea to Success: The Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Guide for Start-Ups. Once you read it purchase Business Plan Pro 15th Anniversary Edition and read the books bundled in it BEFORE you write your business plan.

Your version of Business Plan Pro might have hard copies of the books but you may have to look in the resources folder on the CD.
Read The Art of the Start then Hurdle The Book on Business Planning. Then read the the Plan-As-You-Business Plan. Once you have read these books begin to work with the software and write your business plan.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Examples Of Real Business Plans, July 13, 2009

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Tara D. Gilmore "Tara" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Landscaping And Lawn Care Business Plan Startup Guide.: A Step By Step Guide On How To Make A Landscape Or Lawn Care Business Plan With Real Life Examples. (Paperback)

Great collection of real lawn care business plans to compare and contrast your business plan to. It will help you consider items and expenses that might normally creep up on a new business owner and sink them.

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This book is a great guide to help get you started and create your own plan.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lawncare marketing, April 21, 2009

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jymie (Buffalo New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Landscaping And Lawn Care Business Plan Startup Guide.: A Step By Step Guide On How To Make A Landscape Or Lawn Care Business Plan With Real Life Examples. (Paperback)

This book is a collection of several idea's collected from several members of [...] forum. It features many marketing strategies that you can use to help to advertise your lawn care business in many different ways, alot of which has helped other startup lawn care businesses. By using the methods I read in this book, I am having a successful startup season in my area. The book also has ways to utilize for free on the forum many contracts, flyers, logos and website images etc. All of which were very helpful to my start up. You will read about many unique ways of advertising. The book has alot of informative suggestions. It's a 5 star read in my eyes.