Landscape Management, October 2010
ADD ON BIZ continued from page 70 Software that can help take a potential customers home and allow contractors to show them the lighting possibilities can help make the sale easier You cant tell whether you should aerate or dethatch Your customers turf has dollar spot or is it Fidos spot LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET OCTOBER 2010 72 PHOTO COURTESY THE LIGHTING CO the spring requiring new hires and more training Its a quick way to lose good workers The key to lessening the challenges and running a successful holiday lights service is training contractors say Lint says getting the labor right is the only way to make a holiday lighting service work I picked up jobs from companies that have gone under trying to do lighting he says One way to improve the math in holiday lighting labor is to track effi ciencies on a computer and review when the season is over and make adjustments Lint says Theres also the possibility that after a few years established customers quit upgrading You do well if you sell lights and install them Zellmer says Roughly half the profi t is lights and half is labor If they dont upgrade then youre only making half of that The trends The biggest evolution in holiday lighting is in the adoption of light emitting diodes over the old school incandescent bulb LED lights are loaded with positives Horizons Landscape Maintenance Guide Horizon gives you the edge you need by providing professional landscaping products and now we can help you get the right information to solve landscape maintenance problems Go to YouNeedHorizon com guide to order a FREE copy of the Landscape Maintenance Guide Irrigation Specialty Landscape Equipment HorizonOnline com 2010 Horizon Distributors Inc All Rights Reserved
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