Want to Save Thousands on Your CSST? Here’s How!
29,000 Québec SME’s use a Safety Group (« Mutuelle de prévention ») to reduce their CSST premiums. This helps them gain a competitive advantage over their competitors. The CSST, with an average rate of 5% of salaries in 2020, is an important operating cost in the …
Building Customer Loyalty Through Excellent Service
It’s no surprise that the landscaping industry is competitive. Therefore, in order to stay ahead, you’ll want to build a customer base that is loyal to your company. Loyalty; The Key to Growth It is important to care about your customer relationships because it can …
Everything you Need to Know About Rinox Hardscaping Materials With VP, Bobby Correia
To introduce our collaboration with our hardscape materials vendor, Rinox, we interviewed Bobby Correia, the VP of sales and marketing. Read all about how the company addresses the needs of landscapers, differentiates from the competition and makes innovative, quality products. 1. Can you introduce yourself …
Landscaping Ideas & Solutions for Small Spaces
When it comes to urban landscaping design, one of the challenges is how to make the most out of small spaces. North America has seen a major urban resurgence over the last two decades, resulting in more condos and urban commercial designs. Residential populations in …
5 Business Learnings to Take Away From COVID-19
The COVID-19 impact on landscaping has business owners dealing with unprecedented times. Companies have been forced to rethink operations completely. The bright side is that certain emergency practices being implemented right now can actually be used year-round to help strengthen your business. Here are 5 …
GoMaterials Celebrates its Third Year in Business
April 30th, 2020 marks our third year in business, and we couldn’t be more excited. Building a startup isn’t easy, especially when the odds are against you. If 30% of startups fail within two years and even more so when the founders are under the …
Safety Practices for Your Landscaping Contracts
According to data gathered in 2017 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, landscaping was listed among the top 11 occupations with the highest fatal injury count. The industry’s fatality rate of 16.9 per 100,000 workers is nearly five times that of all other workers, at …
Coronavirus Impacts on Landscape Construction
On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a pandemic. In North America, governments are taking extreme measures to flatten the curve. Therefore, you must prepare your business for the inevitable impact of coronavirus on construction and landscaping. Keeping …
How to Double Your Landscape Profits
If you read Part 1 of this blog series, then you already know that our landscaper friend John had used his own equation to calculate a 20% net profit for a backyard makeover job that he had completed. But, as it turned out, his calculation …
How Technology is Changing the Landscape Industry
According to an analysis by McKinsey & Company, the construction industry is one of the least digitized industries out there. Spending less than 1% of revenues on R&D, the sector has not yet fully embraced the idea that up-front investments into new digital technologies will …
