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Hello,I've just been watching the news just filled with doom and gloom. It reminded me of how I was feeling in February this year. News filled with recession and all of the snow, not really being able to work. Today, I have made one phone call and got 2 extra customers, although the phone's not been ringing off the hook with new customers, we have had a few. I feel very fortunate to be holding onto my existing customers and am feeling quite upbeat and positive. I would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone who responded when I was feeling very fed up and thanks for being so supportive.

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  • Great news Lisa
    There is lots of work out there now. It's taken a while for it to wake up, but I'm sure you will be busy this year. Keep it up x
  • PRO
    Hi Lisa

    I am really pleased that things are going your way :-)))

    Keep it going.

    Regards


    Phil
  • Hi Lisa,

    Glad to know customers are plentiful for you. Isn't it great to be busy busy with a job that you love?

    All is good for my buisness...The greenhouse is almost bursting...the weeds are growing as fast as the days are flying by and the phone is busy. The only problem I have is having time to catch up with LJN!
  • I have to say that I have never been busier! I think that generally people are thinking smaller and closer to home when it comes to spending their money, looking at improving their home environment in ways that do not cost lots of money. Having chatted to my local wholesaler, he is experiencing his busiest time yet, selling out of plants in a way he has never done before! I think that as long as we all remain competitive, there is plenty of work out there. We just have to be prepared to take on little jobs that make less profit in order to keep the cash flow going.
  • Hi Lisa,
    I have been out leaflet dropping to generate new business. Been filled with doom and gloom myself at the number of 'operators' I met gardening for £5.00/hr with their car and electric flymo. It cheered me up no end to hear you got some new customers.
    If anybody asks me what I do for a living I say 'I grow things' you cannot say more than that.
    Better day tomorrow as I will be on a course on studying/trapping/conserving reptiles
  • Lisa, when watching the news, try pretending you're actually watching an episode of Monty Python. I find it so bizare, I haven't got a clue what/where it is they're talking about - and its all scripted, ie - edited, - that is - censored.
  • Well I put an ad in a special garden feature of my local paper and have had 3 calls relating to decent size jobs. Things going well here. Although today its peeing down... and yestaerday was peeing down...just means I can get the estimates done and some of my new house sorted out!

    Always look up, reinvest, move forward and keep smiling!

    Don't you just love it when the rain comes on even harder once you've called it a day. It's sooo anniying when the sun comes out once I'm in, dried off and changed!!
  • Hi everybody,

    I'm really pleased that everybody is so busy at the moment. Somebody said to me that once the people who have worked at £5-£6 p.h. have been in peoples gardens, that the customers will be upset with the quality of the work and move on to the professionals to sort it out. I'm just pleased to be in a job that I love and that I'm making money from it. What's even nicer is when a customer understands the way I can see their garden going and that they start sharing my enthusiasm for it and even start making their own suggestions.

    Thanks landscape juice and I hope that more people will join. I've found it brilliant just for the advice and support let alone the leads and the blogs.

    Keep up the good work Philip.
  • Still busy.....I have turned three customers away recently...and considering a 4th, booked up solid for a couple of months and regular customers are booked all year round for 4 days or so a week...the rest I have to juggle in on a Friday/Sat morning..

    Did have the luxury of the bank holiday weekend off though (well apart from Sat morning...oh and mowing strimming my own place !!), boy did I appreciate it....bliss on a stick ;-)
  • PRO
    Is good to read that people are doing well and in light of Mark's comment "I have turned three customers away recently...and considering a 4th" feel free to leave a forum post highlighting these opportunities for others.

    There is no need to go into any great detail, a quick overview and location would suffice, and then others can contact you direct if it is of interest.

    All the best, Craig
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