Weston Zimmerman
CEO and Founder
Weston Zimmerman started in landscaping as a teenager at Tussey Landscaping in central Pennsylvania. Over 15 years he grew to lead crews on award-winning design/build projects while diving deep into operations and leadership. Struggling with figuring out profitability and dealing with over complicated workflows between the office and field, he co-founded SynkedUP — a business management app built by contractors, for contractors. Now leading SynkedUP, Weston is driven to end entrepreneurial poverty in the trades and help blue-collar contractors build profitable, thriving businesses.
Software & Technology
QuickBooks Online vs QuickBooks Desktop… for Landscapers
You are shopping accounting software, and need to make a choice on what is the best platform to run your business accounting on. Possibly you have an accountant or friend telling you you should use this version or that version. Or maybe you are toying with the idea of…
Software & Technology
Winning vs Failing When Using Software
I recently did a post in our SynkedUP Users Facebook group where I put out the question: Who in here feels like they’re failing with SynkedUP? I got a lot of responses that were along the lines of “I’m using it for this and this, but…
Business Management
Bought a Tool and Don’t Use It?
You wanted to get faster and more efficient at your jobs, so you followed the latest rage and bought a new tool – like a tilt rotator. Then the first hour you run the thing, you feel like you are all left-handed and all thumbs, and wonder for…
Business Management
Get Out of Your Head With Landscape Business Management Software
Most landscaping businesses begin with the owner personally handling everything, from sales to scheduling to estimating to invoicing, mostly based on their memory and industry experience. This method is manageable enough to start with, because the volume of jobs and the company’s scale are small enough to run through…
Crew Management
What your Foreman’s Job Folder Needs to Include
When I sit back and think “What do I need to succeed as a crew lead?”, my mind goes to the info I’m given as I kick off a new job (aka the Foreman’s Job Folder.) When I was a foreman at Tussey Landscaping,…
Estimating & Pricing
Avoid These 7 Common Mistakes in Your Landscaping Estimates
Landscaping estimates aren’t just about getting a price on paper. They play a big role in whether you win the job and whether that job is actually worth taking on. On the customer side, the estimate helps explain the scope of work and builds confidence in how you price…
Business Management
Streamlining Workflows and Operations for More Profit
Streamlining workflows and operations are what I believe to be the most overlooked opportunity to increase your net profits. It’s a sneaky one. It can be hard to make tangible. It’s easy to continue doing what you’ve always done, never realizing that there’s a better way, which…
News & Updates
Announcing the new SynkedUP PRO Plan Â
I usually write something “educational” or a “best practice-oriented” subject for my blog. But today I am shooting you a more “newsy” article. We’re beginning the rollout of our new SynkedUP PRO plan this week. We’re running a promotion where if you sign up for SynkedUP before Oct…
News & Updates
My Story with the Aquascape Artist of the Year Award RecipientsÂ
Today’s write-up is a bit about my past in the field at Tussey Landscaping, my career in installing beautiful Aquascape water features, and the Aquascape Artist of the Year Award. I’m going to digress a bit from talking about SynkedUP to share a bit of my background…
Marketing & Sales
The Case for Simplifying Your Landscape Proposal
Contrary to what you might assume, more information doesn’t always automatically lead to better understanding. For example, let’s say you’re creating a landscape proposal to share with a potential customer. If you prefer an itemized landscape proposal approach, you might be used to giving customers a long, detailed estimate…
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