Podcast
How to Hardscape
Hosted by Michael Pletz · EN
A podcast dedicated to helping hardscapers start and grow their business. If you are a hardscaper, landscaper, or a contractor of any sort, this podcast is going to help you professionally. Landscaping companies and contractors alike will benefit from discussions with leading experts in the industry talking installation, tools, products, marketing, business, and so much more to help you grow your business.
Whether you are a lawn care specialist, a contractor looking to add new services to grow your bottom line, or already active in the industry, there are topics covered that will help you.
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Budgeting and Overhead Recovery Workshop
Mar 2301:10:44Tap to summarizeToday we publish our Budgeting and Overhead Recovery Workshop that we did talking about budgeting for Cost of Goods Sold, Overhead, creating a Profit and Loss, Direct Labor and Management Labor Efficiency Ratio, and choosing an Overhead Recovery Method for your business.If you are interested in getting the spreadsheet and joining a workshop click here.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Role Specialization and Meetings with George Urvari of KTC
Mar 1600:51:01Tap to summarizeToday we are joined by George Urvari of Oriole Landscaping and Knowledge Tree Consulting to role specialization for employees and meetings to improve communication in your business.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Qualifying Clients and the First Consultation with Marty Grunder
Mar 900:43:49Tap to summarizeToday we have two past interviews with Marty Grunder on the podcast to discuss qualifying clients and the first consultation. He is the founder and CEO of GLC, founder and president of Grow Group, and host of The Grow Show.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Lessons Learned Navigating a Difficult Market with 6 Pasts Guests
Mar 201:25:28Tap to summarizeToday we have clips from 6 past guests talk about how they were able to navigate a difficult market or recession from their time in business. Guests include: Jody Grunden, Stanley Genadek, George and Peter of Oriole Landscaping, Phil of PJE Lawn and Landscaping, Sam Bauman of Earthscapes, and Neil Pond of Urban Landscaping.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Growth Challenges with Tyler Speirs of Eco Plant Creations
Feb 2301:12:14Tap to summarizeToday we talk with Tyler Speirs, co-owner of Eco Plant Creations. He talks about his experience in the industry starting his own business, going off and working as a designer for two other companies, and then coming back to starting his own business. He details an experience where a client of a large project stopped paying him and how that impacted his business and personal life.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Employee Commits Fraud and Burns Shop Down with Jason Lee of SkyFrog Landscape
Feb 1601:05:33Tap to summarizeToday we talk with Jason Lee of SkyFrog Landscape and co-host of the Green Side Up Podcast. We talk about his experience working with other companies, starting his own company, how he overcame an employee committing fraud and burning down his shop.Check out The Landscape Rodeo.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →7 Office Tasks to do BEFORE Spring Rush
Feb 900:30:50Tap to summarizeToday we talk about 7 things you can work on in the office for your landscaping business before the spring rush. These include: adding search engine optimized pages to your website, sending out emails to past potential clients, getting Google Reviews, auditing your sales process, getting your marketing material ready, creating a budget, and completing your onboarding for different tools / software that you are using.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Using dLER and mLER to Create a Salary Cap for Your Team
Feb 200:43:59Tap to summarizeToday we talk about creating a Budget in your business, choosing an Overhead Recovery Method to markup Cost of Goods Sold to recover overhead in every estimate, finding your rates for employees and equipment based on an Overhead Recovery Method and how they differ, and using Direct Labor Efficiency Ratio and Management Labor Efficiency Ratio to create a salary cap for your team.This episode goes over a new Budgeting Spreadsheet we created that you can purchase or sign up for our Budgeting Workshops to get some help with it. These features are also available in our Headquarters Software with more advanced offerings.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Video Calls Save Drive Time with Call Nelson Landscaping
Jan 2600:49:54Tap to summarizeToday we talk with Nelson of Call Nelson Landscaping. He talks about working for others to starting his own business, using Zoom to video call clients in the qualification to design process, and how others have helped throughout his time in business.Sponsors:Cycle CPAPatioSEO.comKnowledge Tree ConsultingHow to Hardscape Headquarters
Transcribe →Forecasting Revenue and Overhead with Cycle CPA
Jan 1900:50:04Tap to summarizeToday we are joined by Carla and Joe Policastro of Cycle CPA to talk about forecasting revenue and overhead from their 2-day virtual event that they held.Sponsors:Cycle CPA
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