How to Ensure Your Business Thrives in 2025

If you're ready to kick off the new year right, this article is for you! Learn from successful landscape companies on topics such as recruit and retain good employees, how to seamlessly adopt new technology and more.

December 17, 2024

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This Business Survival Guide is organized into specific topics to help landscape company owners work on their business. These topics will include how to recruit and retain good employees, how to seamlessly adopt new technology and more.

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Recruit and Retain Well, Be Rewarded

Larry Ryan describes how the company’s recruitment and retention efforts have led to big rewards overall.

Forward to the Future

How one landscape company’s use of technology is giving them a head start on tomorrow, today.

Know Your Numbers

A landscape company owner and consultant explains how landscape companies can navigate inflation and rising prices.

Customer Communication

How Landscape Solutions in Nashville, Tenn., keeps its customers engaged and satisfied.

Top Qs on H-2B

An H-2B expert discusses everything landscape pros need to know about H-2B.

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How Software Improves Fleet Management

Fleet management software is a powerful tool for tracking and monitoring fleet assets, including vehicles, landscaping equipment and inventory. Here are ways this process can be improved.

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The 4 Signs Your Business is Ready to Offer Financing Options

Financing allows customers to make necessary home repairs on a budget. It also helps them tackle larger projects and upgrade to higher-quality products. Here's how to know if your business is ready.

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Forward to the Future

How one landscape company’s use of technology is giving it a head start on tomorrow, today.

Recruitment is continually a No. 1 priority for Ryan Lawn & Tree.

Recruit and Retain Well, Be Rewarded

Larry Ryan describes how the company’s recruitment and retention efforts have led to big rewards overall.

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Know Your Numbers

A landscape company owner and consultant explains how landscape companies can navigate inflation and rising prices.

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ServiceTitan Goes Public, Launches Power the Nation Philanthropic Campaign

ServiceTitan, a software platform for the trades, made its market debut (Nasdaq: TTAN) and has designated Dec. 12 as the annual “Day of the Trades,” launching “Power the Nation,” a national, ongoing campaign showcasing customers' philanthropic work.

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Local SEO for Landscapers

Local SEO for landscapers helps bring more traffic to their website from the clients they want. Don’t miss these clever landscaping SEO tricks.

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Using Data to Navigate Busy and Slow Months

Check out these five suggestions to help landscape pros make the most of their GPS fleet tracking software so that when the busy season hits, you’ll be ready to rake in the bucks.

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Rotary Winter Catalog Features 750+ Items

Rotary has included Scraper bars, tires, tubes, paddles, shave plates, skids, carburetor kits, fuel lines and heavy-duty Aramid fiber belts in its new 2025 master catalog.

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CARB Updates Incentive Plan for Fleets, Small Businesses Interested in Zero-Emissions Technology

CARB approved a $34.94 million incentives funding plan that will continue to increase access to medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks, buses and equipment, with a focus on small businesses.

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Housecall Pro Updates Software

Housecall Pro, a software platform serving more 45,000 home service companies, rolled out new product features and enhancements to provide home service pros with the tools they need to streamline operations, improve efficiency and grow revenue.

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Best Ways to Finance Growth

Whether you're looking to expand your service offerings, invest in new equipment or hire additional staff, having the right financial strategy in place can make all the difference. Here's how to ensure you have the right plan in place.

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Scythe Unveils M.52 Fleet Management Platform and Scythe Mobile App

Scythe Robotics introduced a pair of digital products that will provide landscape contractors with more detailed information on the performance and productivity of their M.52 mower fleets: the M.52 Fleet Management Platform and Scythe Mobile App.

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Bobcat Co. Expands Machine IQ Remote Engine Disable/Enable Function

Bobcat Co. has enabled its Machine IQ Remote Engine Disable/Enable technology to function with additional products in its lineup.

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Turning Lawn Care into a Year-Round Business with Various Revenue Streams

Lawn care pros know keeping a lawn healthy takes consistent care across all seasons. This approach can assist in potentially building and maintaining a customer base throughout the entire year versus limiting yourself to strong but seasonal work.

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Participate in Green Industry Pros State of the Industry Survey

This year, Green Industry Pros is asking readers to take part in a survey about the current state of the green industry. Participate in the survey, and you will be automatically entered to win a $50 gift card.

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How Landscape Companies Can Effectively Market Add-On Services

A guide on how landscape companies can boost sales through strategic promotion of add-on services.

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Topcon Positioning Systems Updates Topnet Live

Topcon Positioning Systems added to its reference station service, Topnet Live.

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SingleOps, Landscape Management Network Merge

SingleOps, a leading provider of arbor and landscape business software, joined with Landscape Management Network (LMN), a large provider of landscape business software and crew training in the U.S. and Canada.

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FieldRoutes Adds Bundles Feature

FieldRoutes, a ServiceTitan company, launched its new Bundles feature, which enables field service businesses to quickly and conveniently create, sell, schedule, service and bill multiple services together in bundled packages.

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John Deere Highlights Operations Center for Mowers

At Equip Expo 2024, John Deere showcased its John Deere Operations Center, an online fleet management system that collects, stores and provides access to machine data anywhere, anytime through web, tablet or phone.

Equip Expo 2024 Showcases Lasting Legacies and Forward-Thinking Solutions

Few things are as energizing as a good tradeshow—and Equip Expo did not disappoint. Here are a few of the latest innovations that caught our attention at this year’s record-breaking show.

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Why Some Landscape Businesses Thrive

"Founder mode" and "manager mode" encompass two ways to run a company. See this article to find out each approach's strengths and challenges.

NALP Unveils New Landscape Business Management Certificate Courses

The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) released a series of Landscape Business Management Certificate Courses, now available through the NALP Learning Hub.

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Snippets About Supplier Relationships

Insight into what landscape and irrigation professionals should look for in a supplier.

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Top Trends of Equip Expo 2024

Find out what challenges equipment manufacturers strive to solve for landscape contractors.