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Helen Gazeley, Pro Supplier member of LJN, delivers for my business

Hi All, 

I thought I would take a moment to thank Landscape Juice and one of its members. 

Whilst idly scanning through the list of LJN members I came across Helen who amongst other things offers assistance with the written word in our marketing materi

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Is that how little they think of us?

Seeing the Etesia calendar, I got thinking........ Why do I take offence at sexual images being used? Particularly by the likes of Sithl, Husquarvana and Etesia? So apart from the fact that I wouldn`t want a daughter or son of mine to think that thei

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A Bit of Market Research - VAT Threshold - Would this service be of interest?

Hello, I'm a newbie to the forum looking to get your views on whether my new business idea would be of interest to those landscapers who would like to stay under the VAT threshold but be able to offer their clients easy and professional materials sup

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van dilemma

Hi all,

Hope all is well.

Im in a vito van at the minute which is grand but also carrys my all important windsurfing gear.  I can access all locations with the vito as it gets in thru barriers by beeches etc.  Im thinking bout changing but going bigger

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Has anyone tried using Trusted Traders?

I've just been looking at the websites Trusted Traders and Rated People and wondered if anyone has any experience of using these sites? And is it successful?

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Smoking and phones on site

I gave my part timer a rollicking yesterday for smoking and using his phone whilst on site.I try to set a professional image and think that a phone attached to your ear and a roll up hanging from the lip doesn't do that.He got quite cross.Now I'm a s

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Losing customers

Hi, just had a very disappointing conversation with a long standing customer who has 'made alternative arrangements' . They wouldn't give specifics but reading between the lines they've shopped around and found someone cheaper.Normally this wouldn't

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Yell.Com advertising

Yesterday I missed a call from a representative of Yell.com.

He asked me to call him back as he could see that my business was not listed with them. He mentioned that I was entitled to a free standard listing.

Is this a good or bad thing? Part of me sa

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Deal/ offer - what to offer to get people interested?

Hi All,

I was thinking of doing some sort of deal/ offer to get in a few more customers. But I am abit lost of what to offer to 1) Get people interested and 2) to not work for free.

I have had a little look on the forum under Marketing but couldn't rea

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Winter work & marketing

Good morning,

The van has decided not to start this morning (glow plug/s away) ahead of a busy day grass cutting, typical. So I'm catching up on paper work and been thinking about the winter.

I know it's only August but since it being my first year in

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Advertising with competitors

I am in the middle of an advertising push and was looking for some advice, I have been told to give my business cards to other gardeners in my area in case they need help for any reason.

Unsure how I feel about doing this... would you be insulted if a

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Customer Surveys/Questionnaires? Anyone done them?

Hi all,

I was wandering if anyone has sent customer survey questionnaires to their customers? If so how useful were they, what questions received the most useful answers, what was the completion rate by your clients and what good advice can you give a

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Free leads on Bark.com for just £34.97 a month

There's a new lead generation service that's just hit the market.

Bark.com provides limited free leads or for a fee - £20.97 or £34.97 - you can upgrade to get unlimited free leads.

The higher price gets you verified status (A badge against your prof

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Sign written van

Hello all, this is my first year as a self employed gardener/landscaper. I have a question reference the business side of things, "is it worth getting my van sign written?" Can anyone give me a heads up on if it is worth it, in terms of new customers

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Can you help me with my Crowdfunder Campaign to start my gardening and landscape design business? Advice (and pledges) needed.

Basically, I want to start a business, mainly focussing on gardening more than landscape design but that will be included too but funding is a massive problem due to lack of income. 

So, I've made a Crowdfunder campaign, which can be found here:

http:/

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Artificial grass new flyer

So here we have a new flyer that has been created for our sister company.

It may give some of you some ideas for starting out or if you would like a hand / advice on marketing / promoting your company name / brand then please do get in touch.

(I hope t

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Introduction/Start Up

Good evening! Apologises in advance for yet another start up thread with questions no doubt answered time and time before!

I write this at 11 o'clock after finishing my last day of working for someone else! I've been a Greenkeeper for over 8 years tak

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Introducing the SB100

Hi guys,

Thought I'd post this on here (after checking with Phil of course!), as I know there's a few Simply Business customers floating around on here!

What is the SB100?

The SB100 is an exclusive group of customers that we are assembling to repre

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Spray Qualified in Coventry area?

Hello, Had a referral from a nice gentleman who requires a spray qualified gardener/ landscaper to do some work on his domestic property: Postcode CV2 (Coventry)

Pls contact Progreen who will pass your details on...

Thanks

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can anybody tech savy do me a favour

I am hoping somebody could help design me a logo I know I could pay to have one designed but I am watching the pennies already over budget on this years marketing so just thought id ask around I have tried myself but they just look terrible.

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