able to share them with my husband yet as I was called away from
home because my 94 year old grandfather is dying of lung cancer.
Yes, we have our crew built in. And we were given a commercial
riding lawn mower that needs some work, have a new push mower and a
commercial weed eater. My husband and my 2 older boys have been
fixing the commercial riding mower, which should be finished this
week. They are in the process of putting together a flyer to take
to some new subdivisions.
Our biggest hurdle right now is bringing in enough work fast enough
before our money runs out. The yard work is what our 15 year old
wants to push forward on the hardest at this point.
We also have a contact with a landscaper from church who needs more
reliable crews and is bidding more jobs hoping to be able to put us
to work.
We are thankful that the Lord is our Jehovah Jireh and that we are
seeking His direction and provision during this time of unknowns.
Thank you all for your suggestions and if anyone else has any other
suggestions, we're all ears.
In Him,
Laralee
http://www.PlymouthRockRanch.com
Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future
Generations
--- In entrepreneursathome@yahoogroups.com, "krthurman"
<kathurman@...> wrote:
>
> My husband has been in the lawn care business since 2002. He has
> totally made it with word of mouth and his business has doubled
every
> year. Initially I designed a business card on the computer and
would
> print them as he needed them, but last year I found
> www.vistaprint.com and I use them now. They are very reasonable
and
> often have things you can try for free. I have been very pleased
> with their work. I think they added magnetic signs to their
product
> line, but I haven't tried that. I'm not an affiliate for them,
just
> a customer.
>
> The hardest part is keeping a reliable crew, but it sounds like
you
> have that built in! Just keep telling everyone you know about
your
> services and do quality work!
>
> Estimating is hard at first, but practice and under-estimating
your
> time makes you learn fast!
>
> Good luck!
>
> Kathy
>
> --- In entrepreneursathome@yahoogroups.com, "lssgtark"
> <mommaof10@> wrote:
> >
> > I think most of y'all are not into service industries, but I
thought
> > I'd throw this out there just in case someone might have some
> > experience and input for us.
> >
> > My husband's job position was cut from the company that he
worked
> for
> > 3 weeks ago. For the past 6 months he's been supervising our 15
&
> 17
> > year old boys from afar in a lawn/yard/handyman business trying
to
> get
> > a business up and running as he knew he wanted to get a business
> going
> > with them and get out of the work place. God's timing was just a
> > little ahead of ours : )
> >
> > My husband is a jack of all trades. He can build anything, fix
> > anything, design anything, figure out anything. The one thing
he
> has
> > trouble doing is bidding and estimating time and $ for jobs,
which
> is
> > essential for providing for our family via a handyman business.
> Does
> > anyone know of any resources out there that would give a
standard of
> > how to bid and charge for these types of services?
> >
> > So far our advertising has been through fliers on bulletin
boards
> and
> > word of mouth. We'd like to get magnetic signs for our
vehicles.
> Any
> > suggestions on where to get those? My son would like to get
plastic
> > road signs to put up as well. Money IS an object so we're
trying to
> > spend as little as possible at the moment.
> >
> > We've thought of going to local real estate companies and asking
to
> be
> > a service for their listings. Any tips on how to present
ourselves
> > and sell our services in this venue? Sales would be my husband's
> > other difficult area. He's great at building/fixing things,
just
> not
> > the bidding and selling of his services.
> >
> > Does anyone have any other advice or resources that might be
helpful
> > just going into a service business?
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > Laralee
> > http://www.PlymouthRockRanch.com
> > Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future
> Generations
> >
>
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