Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales Profitable Ways to Keep Busy During “Off Season&# The wintertime lull – it’s to be expected. Unfortunately, the so-called ‘hibernation’ season is not so lucrative for your landscaping business. To keep busy throughout the season, you need to expand your services and products. If you’re having a difficult time thinking of some ideas, here’s a list of potential business opportunities to get you started. Supply firewood: Log harvesting and distributing is another way to keep busy this winter. MORE >>

Essentially, the article breaks down into two main points:  stick with what you know and don’t squeeze yourself to death.  If your business model worked for years, don’t change it now. As a construction attorney, I see myself as a consultant (and occasional warrior) who can help construction clients work to grow their business.  Business of Construction Construction Law Contracts business Construction Construction and Maintenance construction law musings General contractor insurance virginiaImage via Wikipedia. Stick with What You Know. Remember. MORE >>

Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales 5 Characteristics of Successful Business Owners (and what we can all learn from them) A successful business is not something that is built from good intentions. It is the result of good business owners, who have their act together. You may go to bed each night with the intent of working on your business “tomorrow,” but by the time tomorrow arrives, there’s already a whole new agenda in store for you. By the end of the day, you haven’t even had a chance to think about your business, let alone work on it. MORE >>

Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales The Best Business Workshop of 2011 for Landscape Contractors: The Workshop You Can’t Miss The perfect mix of business and pleasure On February 22 and 23, 2011 , Landscape Management Network and  Caterpillar Inc. are hosting the best business management workshop of the year! If you own or operate a landscape business, this is one workshop you can’t afford to miss. It’s your last chance to join us in Orlando for the business experience of the year! Register for the workshop here. MORE >>

With more and more consumers conducting local search than ever before these changes have provided small local businesses the opportunity to compete against larger sleeping giants and win. Sites with duplicate content and affiliate advertiser sites were mainly impacted. We offer a number of solutions for businesses of all sizes to help you implement this strategy. Google has shut down the Yelp, Service Magic, City Search and other third party review sites – only displaying Google reviews on the main page of the search results. Who Was Impacted? It is free. MORE >>