Guessing Ends Here. Take Control of your Business
Winning in business is a balance of knowing the “right way” of doing things and having the proper mindset. Read up on the tactics and mindset that have propelled contractors in the SynkedUP community into profitable growth.
Business Management
Slow Down to Speed Up
I spent the day with about a dozen SynkedUP Crew members in a regional meetup in Nashville yesterday – all who were able to slow down for a day. It was awesome. There’s something refreshing about removing yourself from the daily grind, shutting off your notifications, and spending time with…
Business Management
Average Self-Employed Landscaper Salary
If you’re a self-employed landscape business owner, pushing to grow your business, trying to acquire all the equipment you need, hiring the right people, …and managing your cash flow and finances… you’ll likely arrive at the question of “What should MY salary be anyway?” One advantage of being self-employed is…
Estimating & Pricing
Average Man-Hour Rate for Landscape Jobs?
One of the most common questions I get is regarding “What should I charge per man-hour?” It seems to be the one landscape business owners battle with the most in their minds as well. There’s a lot of uncertainty on how to come up with your man-hour rate. And there…
Marketing & Sales
Making Your Website Work For You
Maybe you have a website, and maybe it even looks pretty nice! But it just sits there. No leads. No idea if people are finding it. Well. I’m a fan of making your website WORK for you! What is that supposed to mean? Well, first and foremost, a website needs…
Software & Technology
QuickBooks: Enough to Quote Jobs & Run My Business?
Every once in a while I run into someone that uses QuickBooks to run their business and wonders out loud why they’d need another app (like SynkedUP) to run their business. On the flip side, I also run into folks once in a while that want an app like SynkedUP…
Software & Technology
Help My Team Enter Data in SynkedUP
I got this email from a great customer and business owner this week: “Hey, Weston as you know the season is here and we are full bore!! Can you give me some pointers on when the guys start to get complacent, hot, tired, etc., and “forget…
Marketing & Sales
How to Get Landscaping Customers and Build a Steady Pipeline of Work
Growing a landscaping company requires more than just hard work; it demands a system that produces new customers consistently. Without a steady clientele of paying customers providing paying jobs, crews sit idle, and revenue becomes unpredictable at best, and nonexistent at worst. At SynkedUP, we know how important it is…
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 using…
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 I feel like…
Business Management
Tired of Spending Money on Unanticipated Expenses?
It’s that time of year. The crazy time when everyone is pegged to their max capacity. Demands and issues come at you from every direction. …and sometimes, the easiest thing to do is to just throw money at the problem. Which is cool and all. …as long as your budget…
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