Start Your Own Lawn Care Business (Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business) [Paperback]

Eileen Figure Sandlin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business | Publication Date: December 1, 2003

Lawn Care Services Generate Plenty of "Green." Here's How You Can Reap the Rewards.

The Lawn care business of today is a far cry from the days of the kid down the block with a push mower. In fact, the lawn care market is a $17 billion industry. With all the homes, business parks, apartment complexes, shopping malls and hospitals that need landscaping. It's easy to see why this is one business where you can really rake in the green. Your business can be as simple as mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves, and clipping hedges to applying chemical and fertilizers. Our book will tell you everything you need to know to get started in the lawn care business. Topics covered include:

• How to target your market
• What equipment you'll need
• How to hire and manage employees
• Record-keeping and accounting
• Where to find working capital
• How to estimate jobs
• And more

If you like working outdoors, you owe it to yourself to buy this step-by-step guide and start building your own successful lawn service business.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 31 edition (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891984756
• ISBN-13: 978-1891984754
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > Marketing

More About the Author

Eileen Figure Sandlin is an award-winning writer and the author of 18 nonfiction books. She also has written more than 800 articles and thousands of newsletter articles.

Sandlin is a professor of business communication, interpersonal communication and English at a major midwest university.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars LESS THAN I EXPECTED, March 1, 2003

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"lawncop3905" (lakeland, fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Start Your Own Lawn Care Business (Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business) (Paperback)

THE BOOK WAS VERY SHORT AND DID NOT EXPAND VERY MUCH IN A LOT OF IMPORTANT AREA'S...THIS COULD OF ALMOST BEEN A START UP BOOK FOR ANY TYPE OF SMALL SERVICE BUSINESS. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED WERE EITHER NO LONGER FUNCTIONING OR NEVER DID. THE CONTACT NUMBERS AND WEB ADDRESSES ARE ALL DEAD ENDS. THE BOOK DID HOWEVER HAVE GOOD POINTS ON OUTLINING THE START OF YOUR BUSINESS (HOWEVER GEARED FOR SOMEONE WITH A LOT OF MONEY TO START). I ALSO THINK THE BOOK BARELY TOUCHED UPON THE AREA'S OF HOW TO ATTAIN LICENSE'S AND PERMIT'S. OVERALL I WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT IT WAS NOT A TOTAL LOSS, I LEARNED A FEW THINGS THAT I WILL PROBABLY USE IN THE START UP OF MY BUSINESS.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book., July 28, 2004

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Mjn (GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Start Your Own Lawn Care Business (Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business) (Paperback)

This book gives you a lot of great information that a lawn care operator would not think about when starting up a business. It takes a lot more than a push mower and a trimmer to make money in this business and this book lets you know what a professional in this occupation does. This is not a book that tells you how to cut grass, fertilize, ect. It deals with what it takes to run a lawn care business and it has a pricing list, checklists, etc. that helps you calculate your start up costs. Good book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 27, 2009

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R. Vasquez "Robert" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Start Your Own Lawn Care Business (Start Your Own Lawn Care or Landscaping Business) (Paperback)

This book is a great read. Lots of helpful information. The seller also did a good job. I never had any issues during the transaction