5 Questions: Jennifer Chaplin
LM's Seth Jones talks with Jennifer Chaplin, CEO of Botanica Landscapes, about her favorite tool in the shop, her most memorable day at wok and more. read more
Busybusy upgrades Mobile Time Clock app
Busybusy, the maker of the Busybusy Mobile Time Clock App, released an upgrade to its employee management system. The free upgrade includes a direct integration with QuickBooks that removes the need to collect and manually input labor information. The Busybusy to QuickBooks integration makes managing a company’s data and payroll more efficient by removing the need to enter time and project... read more
2015 Lawn Care Forum: Best version of QuickBooks, peer group benefits
Dan Gordon, principal of TurfBooks, explains the best version of QuickBooks depending on your niche. Gordon also talks about the return on investment of participating in peer groups. read more
6 tips for organizing your finances
As a busy owner or manager of a landscape or lawn care firm, you have to juggle many functions. Unless you have someone on staff who has the skills to manage the finance and accounting piece, this function may be a source of frustration. The key is to stay organized. The following are six important things you can do to... read more
Landscape Management Network Time-Tracking Software
Build Your Budget + Estimate – Use our budgeting software and hours of free online tutorial videos to help build a profitable operating budget using your company’s actual numbers to calculate overhead recovery, break-even and your true net profit on every job you estimate. Landscape Scheduling Software – Approved estimates get imported to the scheduling software for quick and easy... read more
Productivity & Profits: Here and there
How three LM150 firms are becoming more profitable by being more productive. “Doing more with less” has been a mantra among successful landscape company operators since the Great Recession. To some, it may feel like a cliché by now, but it’s not to companies who’ve seen their bottom lines improve. At least three firms on this year’s LM150 list have... read more
