Alright guys I thought I knew what I was getting myself into but clearly I underestimated something. These past 3 days I've spent a total of 30+ hours in front of a computer staying up till 1am trying to get everything set up, and that was just finishing Messaging Mastery, getting a domain, getting a work email, making a Facebook, and making an Instagram. It has been a PROCESS. And I'm having a blast doing it! I never thought being behind a computer for this long would be enjoyable, but when its to build something better for you and your family it does something. Starting the Google growth now I'll let yall know how it goes when I'm done.

Does anyone still do business cards? I just started 10 days ago and wanted to order some to cards to give to customers, material yards, etc. Now I that I'm thinking about it I could not remember the last time I was offered a card. I feel like a lot of people are doing QR codes now and was wondering if anyone has bought a personal metal business card with a QR code for the customer to scan rather than to take and if y'all saw a better return on it.

Update for the week: the organic marketing side is finally set up. Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts are all connected, and the website is live at Forestry Mulching — Lakes Region NH | Elevated Land Solutions The site isn't perfect yet. There are some generic stock images on it that I'll swap out, plus a few picky tweaks I want to make. But the bulk of it is there and working, and I'd rather have it live and fix it as I go than keep waiting for it to be perfect. The part I'm most happy with is the content. I filmed the whole month of November in about 1.5 hours, then used Claude to edit all the videos. It's all lined up and scheduled through GoHighLevel's social planner API, so posting is mostly handled for the month. I still look everything over before it goes out, but I'm not scrambling to film and post every day. Still pre-launch, but the idea is to have the channels warmed up and the website working before the season starts, so I'm not building all of it while trying to book work. Anybody else building an audience before they have anything to sell yet? Curious how you handled it.

Looking to upgrade my 333G. I like it up its getting up there in hrs (3400) and looking to upgrade capacity. Rented a 275XE over the weekend and that was a great machine, and have used an ASV RT135 which was a beast, but looking to see if anyone has had experience with a Lamtrac or other 150hp+ machines and if they are even that much better. The difference in my 100hp 333G and 135hp RT135 was astounding, I cant imagine what adding another 15-20hp on top of that would be, especially if it was deleted and tuned....

I'm new to the site. I've been doing jobs and buying equipment. I haven't selected a CRM yet for this business, but I'm looking at Jobber and Horizon 360 by Toro. Does anyone have thoughts either way?