Just had a great discussion with fellow lawn care professionals about optimizing our operations! Some key takeaways:
๐ก Customer retention tip: When customers move, drop welcome postcards to new residents with your service history and a quote!
๐บ๏ธ Check out RouteXL for free route optimization (up to 20 stops) - perfect for mapping the most efficient lawn service routes
๐ฑ Car Tracks software offers amazing logbook features to track time spent at each location (free version stores 2 weeks of data)
๐ Discussed the real numbers:
Target profit margins around 25% if you have staff.
Pros and cons of crews vs solo operations
Daily revenue targets that make sense
Anyone else using tech tools to optimize their lawn business?
What's working for you?