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Departments - Business Management |
| SALES AND MARKETING: More Things Your Clients Won't Tell You |
3/12/2008 |
| Improve your sales efforts with these examples. |
| By: Marty Grunder |
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Departments - Business Management |
| BENCHMARKING YOUR BUSINESS: The Science of Cost Estimating |
3/12/2008 |
| Companies that price their work accurately and consistently will outperform their competition. |
| By: Jim Huston |
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Departments - Business Management |
| IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE: Recruiting Best Practices |
3/12/2008 |
| Devote the necessary time to get the right people employed. |
| By: Bill Arman |
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Departments - Industry News |
| REGIONAL OUTLOOK: Extreme Weather |
3/12/2008 |
| Based on last season and winter patterns, researchers in the regions below share some insight into what this year may bring. |
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Departments - Industry News |
| INSIDE THE INDUSTRY |
3/12/2008 |
| March industry news. |
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Departments - Trees & Ornamentals |
| HORTICULTURE: Tried and True |
3/12/2008 |
| Incorporate new plants to keep things interesting, but do so with caution. |
| By: Emily Mullins |
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Departments - Business Management |
| BEST OF THE WEB: All in the Family |
3/12/2008 |
| Lawn & Landscape message board participants weigh the pros and cons of hiring relatives at their companies. |
| By: Heather Wood |
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Departments - Business Management |
| EDITORIAL: Expanding Our Work Force |
3/12/2008 |
| The landscape industry must take steps to expand the work force from which it draws its workers. |
| By: Cindy Code |
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Features - Business Management |
| WHO WILL DO THE WORK? Outside Looking In |
3/12/2008 |
| Where does a contractor find the key people for his management team? Some ideal candidates may come from outside the green industry.
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| By: Mike Zawacki |
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Features - Irrigation |
| IRRIGATION: Now or Never |
3/12/2008 |
| As water restrictions increase, now more than ever contractors need to follow solid water conservation practices. |
| By: Emily Mullins |
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Features - Weed/Disease/Insect Control, Features - Lawn Care |
| PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS: Bug Off |
3/12/2008 |
| Lawn care operators need to know what they’re dealing with to battle turf and ornamental insects. |
| By: Emily Mullins |
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Features - Weed/Disease/Insect Control, Features - Lawn Care |
| PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS: Bug Off |
3/12/2008 |
| Lawn care operators need to know what they’re dealing with to battle turf and ornamental insects. |
| By: Emily Mullins |
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Features - Equipment, Features - Maintenance |
| MOWING: The Great Debate |
3/12/2008 |
| Mulching, bagging, double cutting – what’s the best way to deal with lawn clippings? |
| By: Emily Mullins |
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Features - Equipment, Features - Maintenance |
| MOWING: The Great Debate |
3/12/2008 |
| Mulching, bagging, double cutting – what’s the best way to deal with lawn clippings? |
| By: Emily Mullins |
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Features - Equipment, Features - Maintenance |
| EQUIPMENT: Blow Out |
3/12/2008 |
| Does a happy medium exist between landscape contractors and the general public about backpack blowers? |
| By: Mark A. Phillips |
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