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Content Marketing Webinar
Scalable Growth Amidst the Labor Shortage
Sponsored Content by: Real Green by WorkWave
Summary: 4everGreen Turf Management is a leader in growth and innovation, creating scalable growth, even amidst the current labor shortage. Join Kendall Hines, co-founder of Lawnbot, and Mike Mansour, Operations Manager of 4everGreen Turf Management, as they share how to:
During this webinar, you will learn more about:
- Rethink growth
- Set it and forget it
- Make sales 24/7
- Create a culture for retention
Speakers: Kendall Hines, co-founder of Lawnbot; Mike Mansour, Operations Manager of 4everGreen Turf Management
Original air date: July 28, 2022
Content Marketing Webinar
Mosquito Management
Sponsored Content by: FMC
Summary: Mosquito Management is a one-hour training webinar that will explore the biology and management of common mosquitos. Topics that will be discussed include the life cycle, behavioral ecology and distribution of mosquitoes, a review of recommended chemicals for their control as well as how to build a mosquito add-on service.
During this webinar, you will learn more about:
- Life cycle of mosquitoes;
- Behavioral ecolog;
- Distribution of mosquitoes;
- Strategies to maximize labor utilization and service levels;
- A review of recommended chemicals for mosquito control; and
- How to build a mosquito add-on service.
Speaker: Brian Mount, BCE, Technical Service Manager, FMC Global Specialty Solutions
Original air date: March 31, 2022
Content Marketing Webinar
How to make money and keep customers happy during a labor shortage
Sponsored Content by: Slingshot
Summary: Landscape business owners are faced with an unprecedented labor shortage at a time when work is pouring in. In this webinar hosted by Landscape Management columnist and industry consultant Jeffrey Scott, we dive into ways owners can operate more effectively, smoothly and profitably, while maintaining the high level of service customers expect.
During this webinar, you will learn more about:
- Ways to balance labor and sales;
- How to make a profit in a unique year;
- Three key metrics you must manage and optimize to have a successful year;
- Strategies to maximize labor utilization and service levels;
- Marketing and customer service tools that can drive success; and
- How to use a two-year plan to ensure you have a great 2022.
Speakers: Jeffrey Scott, President, Jeffrey Scott Consulting; Chris Vedrani, President, Planted Earth Landscaping; Ted Lucia, President, Lucia Landscaping; Taylor Olson, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Slingshot by Workwave
Original air date: July 29, 2021
Content Marketing Webinar
Time-Saving On Irrigation & Landscaping — With Vac and Drills
Sponsored Content by: Ditch Witch
Summary: Save time, labor and reduce disruption on landscaping and irrigation jobs with Ditch Witch directional drills and versatile vacs. Product managers Cory Maker and Chapman Hancock talk productivity and versatility with machines you might not have considered. Learn how you can put these new tools of the trade to use in more ways than ever.
During this webinar, you will learn more about how vacs and drills:
- Add versatility to landscaping/irrigation jobs;
- Reduce labor and expenses;
- Use trenchless technology that reduces disruption; and
- Maximize efficiency, doing more and cleaning up after.
Speakers: Cory Maker, Product Manager, HDD, Ditch Witch; Chapman Hancock, Product Manager, Vacuum Excavation, Ditch Witch
Original air date: June 17, 2021
Content Marketing Webinar
Root of the Problem: How to uncover the source of common landscaping problems
Sponsored Content by: Quali-Pro
Summary: Not all landscape issues are easy to recognize or solve at first glance. Factors like plant selection, climate, soils, water, diseases, insects and weeds can all play roles in the health of the plants and turf. In this webinar, you will learn how to understand and resolve common landscape problems to prevent recurring issues, improve customer satisfaction and set your company apart from competition.
To help LCOs and maintenance teams navigate common problems, Ian Rodriguez, Ph.D., offers insight in this presentation from both his Quali-Pro research and decades of industry experience on landscape troubleshooting. Attend this webinar and learn how to:
- Trouble-shoot by using a checklist;
- Approach specific landscape problems; and
- Identify practical next-steps and solutions.
Speaker: Ian Rodriguez, Ph.D., Technical Service Manager, Quali-Pro
Original air date: April 22, 2021
Editorial Webinar
Divide, Conquer & Grow!
Brought to you by: Slingshot
Summary: How to share leadership so that your company grows faster while your operations run more smoothly, efficiently and profitably. Landscape business owners are used to wearing too many hats. But that will eventually lead to burnout. In this webinar, learn how splitting responsibilities with your No. 2 can help your team operate more effectively and achieve more profitability. We’ll break down the various models and techniques to set this up to help you choose what works best for you and your company.You’ll walk away from this presentation with an understanding of:
- Best practices for splitting responsibilities with your managers and second-on-command(s);
- How a distinction of responsibilities at the top will help your business run more smoothly; and
- What to avoid during the process.
Speakers: Jeffrey Scott, Consultant and Coach to Lawn and Landscape Business Owners; Chris Brasher, Slingshot; Cameron Beecher, Slingshot; Nate Moses, Precision Landscape Management; George Tucker, LanDesign & LanDesign Plus; and Dale Drier, Drost
Original air date: October 15, 2020
Content Marketing Webinar
Save Time & Money Using Aerial Maps to Quote, Bid & Win
Sponsored Content by: Nearmap
Summary: Landscapers and hardscapers can win business faster while saving time and money on-site visits using Nearmap’s current, HD aerial maps. Attend this webinar to see how Nearmap’s HD Aerial maps can help:
- Get more qualified leads
- Measure & estimate faster
- Improve quotes & proposals
- Reduce site visits
- Minimize worker risk
Speakers: Mike St. Louis, Nearmap; Cameron Ashby, Elite Grounds Lawn Care
Original air date: September 26, 2019
Content Marketing Webinar
How to Get Golf Course Quality Turf for Your Clients: Greener Lawns Through Sustainable Slow-Release Fertilization Technology
Sponsored Content by: Anuvia Plant Nutrients
Summary: Learn how the Anuvia GreenTRX puts mechanisms nature perfected to work to minimize nutrient loss and environmental impact, while also maximizing plant uptake to deliver turf greening and safety that is truly impressive.
Speakers: Matt Shaffer, Dr. Dan Froehlich, Ph.D., and Hugh MacGillivray.
Original air date: May 11, 2017
Content Marketing Webinar
New Low-Voltage Mosquito Repellent System Presents New Revenue Opportunity
Sponsored Content by: NuTone Haven
Summary: Learn everything you need to know about a new low voltage landscape lighting and mosquito repellent system that you can install (and refill) for years to come. During this presentation learn about mosquito repellent products, how the NuTone Haven System works, installation scenarios, value proposition and selling, sales and marketing tips, and about the chemicals used in the system.
Speakers: Mike Long and Tom Daniel.
Original air date: Aug. 11, 2016
Editorial Webinar
How green will change your company for good!
Sponsored by: Intelligro
Summary: Learn the size of the significantly growing green market—and how to leverage the most profitable opportunities. Learn how having the right green portfolio of products and services can increase revenue, profits and open up new markets for you, while also attracting top talent, customers and partners.
Speakers: Reinie Drygala, global manager at Intelligro, and Judith Guido, chairwoman of Guido & Associates.
Original air date: June 23, 2016
Editorial Webinar
Is GPS Fleet Tracking Right for Your Landscaping Business?
Sponsored by: GPS Insight
Summary: Join Nolan Butterfras, owner of Texas Turf Management, as he discusses how his business is currently using GPS tracking in its fleet operations, and Evan Korn, Commercial Sales East, GPS Insight, as he shares his expertise on what to look for in the technology to receive the most significant benefits.
Speakers: Nolan Butterfras and Evan Korn.
Original air date: Jan. 28, 2016
Editorial Webinar
Preparing to Plan: Identify the Information You Need and Steps to Take as You Look Ahead to a Successful 2016
Sponsored by: LandOpt
Summary: Developing a road map for success involves more than simply looking at year-end numbers and hoping for similar or marginally improved results within the next calendar year, however. Instead, the process begins with a look back at key performance data and indicators to create a realistic strategic and financial plan.
Speakers: David Gallagher, LandOpt’s director of success.
Original air date: Oct. 8, 2015
Editorial Webinar
Get More Jobs Done in Less Time: How TBG Landscape Employees Increase Productivity
Sponsored by: Caterpillar and presented by LMN
Summary: Brooklin, Ontario-based TBG Landscape has been a fixture on the Landscape Management LM150 list of the industry’s largest companies for several years, but what’s so outstanding about its achievement is its industry-leading productivity. The company’s sales-per-person always ranks at or near the top of the list. Join TBG’s Mike Lysecki as he describes the methods the TBG employees use to increase the velocity of their jobs and the productivity of their team by using equipment to reduce job time and overhead costs; knowing when to invest in equipment/overhead; and building a company where everyone is accountable to the estimate.
Speaker: Mike Lysecki
Original air date: June 11, 2015
Editorial Webinar
Season-Long Grub Control
Sponsored by: Nufarm
Summary: Experts share top tips for managing grubs all season long. Topics include grub identification and life cycle; management approaches, including tolerance, preventive, curative and rescue treatments; and an operations and applicator perspective on grub management techniques.
Speakers: Dave Shetlar, Ph.D., professor of Urban Landscape Entomology at The Ohio State University (OSU), Brad DeBels, Ph.D., director of operations at Weed Man Lawn Care in Middleton, Wis.
Original air date: May 14, 2015
Editorial Webinar
Beyond the Busy Season: Year-Round Business Strategies that Yield Consistent Cash Flow
Sponsored by: LandOpt
Summary: Steven Bach, success coach at LandOpt, delves into the details of business practices that can help green industry contractors create consistent, predictable cash flow and put themselves in a position to better manage through periods when cash is tight. Topics include creating a recurring revenue stream through long-term maintenance agreements, establishing a billing cycle that generates revenue, understanding how to “pre-plan” operations to align with pre-bill scenarios, utilizing advance scheduling to manage away overtime, making material purchase decisions and establishing a line of credit with your own cash instead of borrowing from a bank.
Speaker: Steven Bach
Original air date: April 2, 2015
Editorial Webinar
Managing Broadleaf & Grassy Weeds in Warm-Season Turf
Sponsored by: Nufarm
Summary: Experts share top tips for managing broadleaf and grassy weeds in warm-season turf. Topics include maximizing efficacy of preemergent weed control programs in light of potential winter damage; summer turf management for reducing weed pressure; improving herbicide performance; targeting perennial weeds at the correct timing; and acknowledging the reality of herbicide resistance.
Speakers: Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., associate professor, turfgrass weed science at the University of Tennessee, and Harold A. Enger, CTP, COLP, director of education, Spring-Green Lawn Care Corp.
Original air date: March 26, 2015
Build Your Business Webinar Series 2014
Training Doesn’t Happen by Accident: Creating Training Programs that will Bring your Business to the Next Level
Sponsored by: Weed Man
Summary: Jennifer Lemcke, COO of Turf Holdings/Weed Man USA, discusses how to create and implement training training programs in your business that will take your company to the next level.
Speaker: Jennifer Lemcke
Original air date: Dec. 18, 2014
Controlling Landscape Bed Weeds in the Fall
Summary: The hour-long webinar will cover strategies for controlling landscape bed weeds in the fall from two different perspectives: the technical and application viewpoints.
Speakers: Andy Senesac, Ph.D., weed science specialist, Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Suffolk Co. Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center.
Original air date: Sept. 25, 2014
Curative Grub Control
Sponsored by: Nufarm
Summary: Experts shared the ins and outs of curative grub control methods from both technical and operational perspectives. It covered white grub biology plus treatment options, equipment, scheduling and application techniques.
Speakers: R. Chris Williamson, Ph.D., professor and turfgrass and ornamental specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Corey Pangborn, Technical services specialist, Scotts LawnService, Marysville, Ohio,
Original air date: July 31, 2014
Combatting Invasive Insects
Sponsored by: Nufarm
Summary: In this hour-long webinar, speakers explored lawn care, landscape and arbor care professionals’ roles in managing the tree and ornamental pest problem. It covered the technical side and operations side of combatting invasive pests, such as emerald ash borer, rugose whitefly, hemlock woolly adelgid and others.
Speakers: James Bethke, University of California Cooperative Extension and Rex Bastian, Ph.D., Regional Technical Advisor, The Care of Trees/Davey Tree Expert Co.
Original Air Date: May 1, 2014
Controlling Weeds in Landscape Beds
Sponsored by: Nufarm
Summary: In this hour-long webinar, experts tackled landscape bed weed control strategies from two perspectives: the technical and applicator perspectives.
Speakers: Virginia Tech’s Jeff Derr and Brickman’s Joe Ketterer.
Original Air Date: April 3, 2014
Tree & shrub disease control best practices
Summary:Landscape Management experts cover both the technical side of tree and shrub disease control and the business-side best practices.
Sponsored by: Nufarm
Speakers: Jill Calabro, Field development manager, NuFarm, and Andrew Keppel, Tree care manager, McGinty Bros. Professional Lawn and Tree Care.
Original Air Date: March 6, 2014
Build Your Business Webinar Series 2013
Grub Control
Sponsored by: Valent
Summary Landscape Management experts cover both the technical side of dealing with grubs, the destructive turf pests, and the business side of taking on this potentially lucrative service.
Speakers: Andy Kurth, President, Weed Man of Madison, Wis., Dave Shetlar, Ph.D., The Ohio State University and Todd Mayhew, field development manager for Valent Professional Products.
Original Air Date: July 25, 2013
Treating Scale
Sponsored by: Valent
Summary: Landscape Management experts will cover both the technical side of treating scale, a potentially damaging insect, and the business side of adding it as a service.
Speakers: Joe Boggs, Assistant Professor of Entomology at The Ohio State University Extension, Rex Bastian, Ph.D, Regional Technical Advisor for The Care of Trees/Davey Tree in Wheeling, Ill., and Todd Mayhew, field development manager for Valent Professional Products.
Original Air Date:May 23, 2013
Landscape Bed Weed Control
Sponsored by: Valent
Summary: Landscape Management experts cover both the technical side and business side of landscape bed weed control, a potentially lucrative service.
Speakers: Joseph C. Neal, Ph.D., Professor of Weed Science, North Carolina State University, Phil Fogarty, Owner, Weed Man USA in Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Jason Fausey, regional field development manager for Valent Professional Products.
Original Air Date:April 25, 2013
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