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Communication Coach: The Google tool that will help you dominate local searches

November 28, 2018By

When marketing gets complicated, it pays to get back to fundamentals. For landscaping and lawn care companies, that means customer referrals. Referrals are the gold standard of marketing because they carry with them the strength of trusted relationships. That influence is why they predictably convert prospective buyers into new customers. In my joint survey with Landscape Management, 87 percent of... read more

Communication Coach: 3 pillars of customer relationships

October 31, 2018By

The landscaping industry has experienced some dazzling changes in the last 20 years, and much of it would have been impossible without the help of technology. Those of us who were early adopters got some easy wins with it. No more. Now technology is a must-have just to stay competitive and squeeze more profit out of every sales dollar. So... read more

Communication Coach: 7 website elements to convert visitors into paying customers

September 26, 2018By

The only way a website can do its job is with a design and framework that predictably attracts and converts leads into revenue. Many landscape company websites profile elegant photos and captivating videos because that’s what buyers expect. In fact, for my clients, Google Analytics proves project galleries and case studies are the website pages visitors most frequent. However, what... read more

Communication Coach: How to make content marketing a business practice for your landscape firm

September 12, 2018By

If you are not familiar with content marketing, you should be. Maybe you have an inkling that it’s somehow connected with social media. That’s a good start. Content marketing is a practice, just as accounting is a practice. It’s a practice that helps businesses get results with social media. It’s also bigger than social media. Content marketing includes everything a... read more

Communication Coach: A tool for getting company culture right

July 25, 2018By

Company culture is a reliable predictor of an organization’s health. If you get company culture right many things will naturally fall into place. In fact, the right culture promises to smooth out several of our industry’s top challenges: Workplace productivity; Employee engagement; and The customer experience. Great company culture is something you know when you experience it. It’s a signature... read more

Communication Coach: Brand voice is the backbone of your marketing

June 27, 2018By

If your brand were a person, how would you describe its personality to a friend? Does it have a distinctive voice that people will remember? Brand voice is a powerful quality because nowadays marketing is an increasingly human experience. People naturally communicate with human language. And now Google (and other search engines) are using AI to communicate that way, too.... read more

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