Comments on: Leveraging Customers for Leads http://landscapestartup.com/2007/02/21/leveraging-customers-for-leads/ Tips for Starting and Growing a Landscaping Business Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:32:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Paul Dumas http://landscapestartup.com/2007/02/21/leveraging-customers-for-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Paul Dumas Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:32:30 +0000 http://landscapestartup.com/?p=33#comment-530 This is a fantastic idea. I did something similar with gift cards available at exclusively local businesses. By working with other local businesses, we were able to get our collective services in front of more customers and we all benefited from the low cost of the effort. Great post! This is a fantastic idea. I did something similar with gift cards available at exclusively local businesses. By working with other local businesses, we were able to get our collective services in front of more customers and we all benefited from the low cost of the effort. Great post!

]]> By: Donna http://landscapestartup.com/2007/02/21/leveraging-customers-for-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Donna Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:38:04 +0000 http://landscapestartup.com/?p=33#comment-309 This business is very hard if you don't ask for referrals, but relatively easy when you do. They may not happen immediately, but as you say... people know people and so eventually conversation will come up. If you do a spectacular job with the project, it'll come up even more because the homeowners will continuously get complimented on it -- and who do they have to thank for it? That's right... You... Leave them some extra business cards to give out. Donna <a href="http://www.sacramentolandscapedesign.net" rel="nofollow">Sacramento Landscape Design</a> This business is very hard if you don’t ask for referrals, but relatively easy when you do. They may not happen immediately, but as you say… people know people and so eventually conversation will come up.

If you do a spectacular job with the project, it’ll come up even more because the homeowners will continuously get complimented on it — and who do they have to thank for it?

That’s right… You…

Leave them some extra business cards to give out.

Donna
Sacramento Landscape Design

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