Looking for Landscape Design Software & Training!
We launched our landscaping division last year with great success. We are looking to implement a landscape design software and wondering what others are using. We mostly do yard makeovers, garden design and some light hardscaping. We would like a software that is user friendly but not too basic. The 3 that have come up when we are searching is Dynascape, Pro Landscape+ and Procreate. We are curious what other landscapers are using and why? Also, any advice on training for the recommended software. Thanks!
How do lawn care businesses manage and reuse email templates for quotes, renewals, and follow-ups?
Would love the option to select email templates. HAd that on a previous crm. for what im doing right now. i do lawn care. i have renewals i am sending out, previous customers im sending them quotes, and reaching out for other customers who used me for other services. they ea need their own opening email. on top of i offer prepay to current customers. it would be nice to be able to select the template for it to drop in where appropriate. sure have the super generic one, but sometimes they need a bit of love. as of now my work flow looks like this. create the email templates in a word document. go to create quote. then email customer. go to word document and copy and paste. yes it works. would be nice to be in house. also for the searching of templates, i will say it can get cluttered. it would nice if you open email, there is the super generic email. a button to the side, replace with a template, you click it creates a drop down menu. it would be great to have folders, that templates can be in, and then you click that folder to get where you want. they can all be there as one list, but the folders, should in theory make it easier to find what your looking for especially, if one is bad a naming them. for me it would look like (big folders) all my main services, mowing aeration seeding, christmas lights. under that i would have current customser former customers prepay email (as thats a seperat thing) etc. not sure if that makes sense.Irrigation Field & Billing Workflow help!
Hello! We just hired an irrigation tech to support our commercial and residential VIP Clients. We offer a free monthly wet-check as part of that service. The issue we're having is the workflow on billing. We typically don't send a quote if the repairs are less than $500, and this is where we're looking for a clearer workflow. We'd like to send a quote to cover ourselves so I'm looking for best practice or a better way to do our workflow. Here's the current workflow Tech conducts wetchecks and completes any minor repairs. Tech marks visit complete, needs invoicing is triggered. Account manager reviews notes, job form, and issues the invoice Client calls if they weren't expecting an invoice for repairs, claiming they thought the checkup was free. This is the problem more with VIP customers than with Commercial accounts. We offer a VIP Landscape service package that includes the wet check, but repairs are billed separately. Should the tech be creating a quote in the field and then completing the repairs? What if the client isn't home? To me, it makes more sense for them to do any simple repairs (nozzles, heads, etc) while they're onsite instead of emailing a quote, driving back to the shop, and then us scheduling the repairs for another day. HELP! How do you irrigation contractors do it or what am I missing?Comparing Suppliers
Hi Community, We are a landscape and hardscape company and we are looking for a software that will allow us to input our suppliers cost, then compare them against oether suppliers cost for typical items. Is there an index or software that you guys are using for this. I am trying to do a manual template but the supplies list are exhaustive. Thanks for the help
Hey guys I am curious about business plans for landscape business.
I just don't know where to begin with building a business plan. I have been in business for 5 years without having one. Now I see why they are so important. I need some advice on where I can go cost-effective is important. I need help building out the plan. Anyone willing to connect and see if you can help me in he right direction.Summer 2 weekly/winter 4 weekly job scheduling
Wondering if anyone has ideas of how to setup/manage jobs on the schedule across winter & summer. We have a lawn and garden care business, most jobs are on a 2 week schedule during summer. And 4 weekly in winter. So twice a year around the change of seasons I manually edit each job to change the frequency as well as the job title so I can easily see that all jobs are scheduled correctly for the season. As we grow and gain more jobs, the time involved in this is growing as well... interested to hear if anyone else has thought of a more efficient way to handle this? Currently the process is: click job on the schedule > click the Job # > click Edit > update Job Title > select "New Custom Schedule..." > enter new number and click Ok > click "I Understand" > click Update Job. Repeat for every job... this easily takes me a whole day, if not longer after interruptions from regular business operations... Seasonal scheduling is the only way I can think to really solve it - for example "every 2 weeks from September to April" then "every 4 weeks from May to August". There is a transition period between the seasons when we'll adjust jobs to 3 weekly, which depends on the growing conditions at the time, but if there was a way to set the 2/4 weekly schedule I'd just be able to tell customers that the visits are set.
Landscape Maintenance Business - Considering Restructuring Production Crews
When I first started in the landscaping business in 2015 I started running 2 person production crews that would do basic bed maintenance and mulching which is the core of business. I then for some reason or another we started running 3 person production teams likely in 2017 and have every since. Taking a long look at our payroll numbers annually and just efficiency I think it would be best to move back to a 2 person crews as we go out with a dump truck equipped with a dump trailer and walk behind skid steer so our equipment makes us more efficient to go back to a 2 person crew. How many team members are on your landscape maintenance crews? How many team members are on your landscape installation crews?
Greetings
Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself on the community page. My name is Douglas Mack, I'm the owner and operator of D. Mack Lawn Care Services, LLC in the upstate of SC. I'm new to Jobber. I'm slowly switching from Square. I trying to get to know Jobber features. Later, I will be adding on other features but not right now only because I'm paying for another CRM. If there are any advice you guys have, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
