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How to Start a Home-Based Landscaping Business (Paperback)

by Owen Dell (Author)

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"I highly recommend reading the . . . How to [Start] a Home-Based Business series. Each book in the series acts as your personal guide to starting and running a home-based business."
-Steve Rubel, Mac Home Journal

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based landscaping business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your own business. Author Owen Dell shares his experiences and down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based landscaping business. He will show you how to purchase the right tools, estimate start-up costs, price services, and stay profitable once in business. From painless record keeping to savvy marketing techniques, his step-by-step methods are realistic, innovative, and easy to understand. Learn all about getting clients and referrals, outshining the competition, bidding competitively organizing your business, getting paid and much more.

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Globe Pequot; 3rd edition (November 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0762705167
ISBN-13: 978-0762705160
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #607,676 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Super! Super! Super!, July 6, 1999

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This review is from: HOW TO START A HOME-BASED LANDSCAPING BUSINESS, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

A must-have for those just starting out. I couldn't have done it without this book. It covers everything - employees, marketing, business management, record keeping, accounting, and estimating. Lots of great tips on customer service. Check out his website

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource for the do-it-yourself entrepenuer!, July 6, 1999

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This review is from: HOW TO START A HOME-BASED LANDSCAPING BUSINESS, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

I have found Owen's book to be a delightfully well written resource for starting a home-based landscaping business. The real life, experienced based business advice he shares is worth much more than the purchase price of his book. I have other resource books at hand, but Owen's book has become my favorite.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A tad bit outdated for me.. I need more information, August 24, 2003

By	Duane B. Harris "BIT Legit Hustler" (Lithonia, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book on how to start up a landscaping business but I need more information directed at lawn maintenance...

However I pass it on to a friend who loved it and is making $5000 a month as a landscape subcontractor after 60 days in business... sure beats his old salary of $1800 a month. Now he works outside and great hours and no corporate bull jive!!

Easy to read and easy to follow but you will need to seek more books on WHAT TO DO and HOW TO DO THE PROJECTS!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice for the price & book size.
The book covers all of the basic neccesitites to getting starting. It also breaks each component down with easy to understand detail. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Rick Braga

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Business Education
Perfect for the business end of landscaping or design. Things that they didn't teach you in college. This book is an asset for almost any home based business. Read more

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With no more than a couple of months's experience, I started a landscaping business using this book as a guide. It's running smoothly and my customers are happy. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Industry Must
This is a very thorough book compiled by Owen. I read the book in a week and re-read it many times. It is an excellant reference tool that can be used a single point source for... Read more

Published on March 22, 2000 by Danny Szilagyi

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