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By Gabino Hernandez


We live in a free market. That means that anyone who is going to be successful has to know how to win customers away from the competition. This is no place for compassion. Granted that if you win customers away from your competitor, they will lose business which will make it harder for them to pay their bills. That is not your problem. By building a solid methodology for winning new customers, you can capture all of the lawn care market you need from the local markets and see your business succeed.

Putting in a bid for a new project and obtaining a new client can be as much of an art as the task of landscaping is. As the operator of your own landscaping business, it depends upon you to perform client interaction and get new clients. There's a very important factor to be aware of on how to bid on a project. That would be securing the project concerns much more than only the bid.

You'd think when you could offer the bottom cost, you'll get the work. However property owners and managers are usually wiser than that. These people realize that only selecting the least expensive lawn & landscape firm is a bad idea. When that landscaping business creates a blunder on their own premises, they get a significantly worse scenario compared to what's warranted through the couple of bucks they preserved on that offer.

Your reputation is a big part of your presentation to a potential customer. If you must present all of your credentials in a bid or a proposal request, make that document well grounded in the things that are important to customers. You can bid a higher cost than some of your competition and still win the bid if the customer is convinced you are reliable and that you will do a great job on their lawn or the grounds of their business.

Hence incorporate some textual content talking about your qualifications, the length of time you've been in operation plus some noteworthy clients who've done business with you for a long time. When you were referred by another client the potential client may know, still include the referral document or offer that client's name inside the proposal. The prospective client will grab the telephone to ensure that you're performing a good job for that client and the hot referral is helpful in placing your offer in front of the others.

Future customers want to know that you believe you are the best company for the job. You can prove that by including an enticing offer that is hard for the prospect to refuse. Give the prospective customer a coupon for the first yard care session for free. That costs you the labor and gas to perform the free service. But it is a potent marketing tool that invariably results in a contract for long term service. Also don't be afraid to include an iron clad, no questions asked guarantee of satisfaction with your work. Good customers will not abuse that and they will feel confident in using your service knowing you stand behind your work with that strong guarantee.

Learning to write a good proposal is a skill you will develop over time. There is no one way to write a good bid so you can use your own personality and style in putting together your proposal to the customer. If possible present your bid to the customer in person. Then you can use your charm and establish rapport which is even more effective. But by becoming skilled at winning new customers, you will have a crucial skill that will go a long way toward guaranteeing that your business will have a long and prosperous future ahead of it.




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