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Website reviews do you use them?

Hi All,

We just updated our review section of our web site and it got me wondering if you guy's use customer reviews as a way to increase your sales or even promote how good you all are at your jobs, or what services you offer?.

As an online retailer I

Started by J S CountryTools in Social Media

15 Replies · Reply by Jeremy Bevan Mar 7, 2015

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Can social media platforms replace a business website?

The Guardian Small Business Network has some interesting advice on how to use social media as a main point of reference.

"Recruitment advertising agency andSoMe relies on Facebook and Twitter for its online presence after replacing its website with a

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

9 Replies · Reply by Landscaper Rank Nov 13, 2014

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What more can we do to engage ladies in landscape debate and discussion?

I was looking through Landscape Juice's Twitter analytics this morning and I noted something quite interesting.

Out of our 8,362 followers, only one third (or 32% to be precise) are female - I know you can do the math but that means 68% are male.

I h

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

23 Replies · Reply by Marilyn House Aug 8, 2015

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Can social media save Formula One? Can it also save landscaping brands?

An interesting article on the Guardian this morning looks at the failing F1 brand and how its disregard for social media may (eventually) lead to its downfall.

F1 is in crisis with Caterham and Marussia just in this last week going into administratio

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

1 Reply · Reply by Paul McNulty Oct 28, 2014

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Moving to iphone!

Hi I am changing to iPhone from samsung to hopefully manage my time better with some kind of app.Who uses iPhone and what apps are good for time management.Any with ways of route planning etc just after best use of my time and I am wondering if the A

Started by Richard Gadsby in Social Media

8 Replies · Reply by Mitchel ingham Sep 22, 2014

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Empowering a community of Members

I was going to write a long post about how social media has, and continues to, changed the landscape (industry).

I was going to write a few paragraphs about how Landscape Juice has pioneered a fresh new way of working and sharing for thousands of peo

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

9 Replies · Reply by Simon Land Sep 13, 2014

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Great lateral thinking from the guys at Jobber...

Great lateral thinking from the guys at Jobber via Twitter (RT by LJ).

Never even occurred to me..Replace or supplement field based tablets ?

The future looks bright :-)

"What will the release of the Apple Watch mean for the future of field service b

Started by Gary RK in Social Media

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Twitter

Wondering if somebody who uses Twitter might be able to offer a bit of advice. We had a little flurry of tweets on Friday night mentioning our name. They were obviously spam messages (something about 'the best 80's tunes'?) but I'm a bit stumped as t

Started by Rebecca Walley in Social Media

9 Replies · Reply by Roy Bretton Sep 3, 2014

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Time for a new laptop

MorningI'm considering the jump to a mac! I love my iphone and iPad and really fancy a MacBook Pro. My current laptop really can't handle trying to run QB and outlook!!!Has anyone got a mac or fastLaptop that could offer up some advice

Started by James Brett in Social Media

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Analytics now available for your Twitter account

Twitter has rolled out an analytics tool for all users.

The tool had previously been available only to advertisers. It lets Twitter users see how many views their tweets have had. It also gives a breakdown of followers including gender, locations and

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

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Jobber - Anyone else having trouble on their mobile?

Now it might be me and not Jobber. But my Samsung phone doesn't seem to want to load the mobile version. It loads the full/pc/standard? version which is tiny on my phone and almost impossible to use. I've tried searching the help to see how to get on

Started by Darren Walters in Social Media

12 Replies · Reply by Robbie Aug 18, 2014

Jobber adds chemical tracking straight from your mobile device

A great feature that Jobber has just made available straight from your mobile device is chemical tracking, allowing you to easily input information on the spot.

Jobber says: "Adding a new Chemical Treatment from your device requires clicking on the

Started by Landscape Juice in Social Media

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Change your Facebook page colour...it's a scam

Beware this Facebook scam that's already hacked into 10,000 Facebook accounts.

From the Guardian:

A Facebook app offering to change the colour of Facebook’s profile page and header scams users, hacking into their Facebook account and computer.

The sc

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

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Paving Expert's alternative review of the Chelsea Flower Show 2014

He's spent the last ten days writing it up, so brew yourself a cup of tea - or perhaps something stronger to sustain you - and have a read of Tony McCormack's aka The Paving Expert - review of the Chelsea Flower Show 2014.

Anyone who reads Tony's sit

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

1 Reply · Reply by Acacia Groundcare Hire Jun 25, 2014

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How to recover data from a Compaq Presario hard drive

I hope someone can help:)

I brought a Compaq Presario desk top computer with me to France. I had thousands of photos on the hard drive.

About 6 years ago I accidental formatted the hard drive. I kept the hard drive hoping that one day I could find a

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

15 Replies · Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd Jun 22, 2014

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Service Autopilot - any UK/EU Users ?

I'm in a quandry over changing our scheduling system from Qxpress...:-(

Based upon my experience and/or other users, I am looking at either Jobber or Service Autopilot. I know a few who are using Jobber and thus have some knowledge, but would love to

Started by Gary RK in Social Media

33 Replies · Reply by Fencing Essentials Aug 12, 2019

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Jobber users - How do I find a list of previous visits to a particular client?

I'm 80% there in my task to move to Jobber for running the scheduling, invoicing etc. for my business. I started using it a few weeks ago and am trying to back date all jobs, visits, clients etc to 5th April.I have noticed today that a visit that has

Started by Darren Walters in Social Media

14 Replies · Reply by Darren Walters May 28, 2014

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Intuit 'sunsets' Quickbooks 2011 (desktop versions) wef 31.05.2014

A reminder out from Intuit that wef May 31st 2014, support for Quickbooks 2011 (desktop versions) will be stopped.

I believe their policy is to not support versions "Current minus 3 years".

Generally only a problem if you use 'Add-On' services such

Started by Gary RK in Social Media

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Linkedin and Twitter fall on revenue worries

"Shares in professional networking site LinkedIn fell more than 6% in after-hours trading after it posted a weaker-than-expected revenue outlook.

The firm forecast full-year revenues of between $2.06bn and $2.08bn (£1.2bn), lower than analysts' outlo

Started by Phil Voice in Social Media

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Jobber discount offer code for LJN members

Exclusive to Landscape Juice Members you will be able to use the discount code "LJN10" when signing up with Jobber.

As an introductory deal, Jobber are giving LJN members a 10% discount off of the monthly subscription (if redeemed within 30 days from

Started by Landscape Juice in Social Media

8 Replies · Reply by Jobber Team Aug 28, 2015

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