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This guide outlines proven strategies for landscape contractors in the Sacramento region to attract ideal clients, develop partnerships, utilize social media, and implement effective bookkeeping practices. Learn how to leverage online resources, professional associations, trade shows, and LinkedIn groups to grow your business. Topics covered include signature programs, Google Apps, water drought management, job costing, equipment tracking, GPS scheduling, dispatching, training courses, CRM usage, and value-added services. Discover how to charge accordingly, target niche markets, and enhance client relationships using Zoho CRM for tracking and analysis.
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Bookkeeping Business Experiment Update: July 4, 2014
Ideal Client • A Landscape Contractor with less than 25 employees in Sacramento Region of California.
Training • My Google search term is “Landscape Contractor Certification Sacramento” • My Results: • http://www.crc.losrios.edu/areas/ct/hort • http://wserver.arc.losrios.edu/~hort/about.html
Professional Associations • My Google search term is “Landscape Contractor Association Sacramento” • My Results: • http://www.clca.org/
Develop Channel Partners and Referral Sources • My Google search term is “Landscape Trade Shows Sacramento” • My Results: • https://sacvalexpo.com/ • http://www.homeandlandscapeexpo.com/site/exhibitors/exhibitors.php?cat_id=1&s=1
Social Media • My LinkedIn search term is “Landscape Contractor Groups” • My Results: • https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1008567&trk=vsrp_groups_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A742019831404429492694%2CVSRPtargetId%3A1008567%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary • https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Landscape-DesignBuild-152044?gid=152044&trk=vsrp_groups_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A742019831404430114293%2CVSRPtargetId%3A152044%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary • https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Landscape-1426707?report%2Esuccess=78SkroH7IWfMn0aJK-N_kyozjPc00YdXbZFFCtpAsPcT0-IXiVFFyHXG84mJlxPq4FU5_D
Take Action • Some Topics Are: • Signature Programs for getting client signatures on proposals. • Google Apps • Water Drought in California • Job Costing • Tracking Equipment and Vehicles • Scheduling with GPS • Dispatching
Use CRM To Track Results • Zoho CRM