Quickly Gain Your First 30 Mowing Clients - Step-by-Step Guide 

Wow that’s awesome!

I started late last year here in Louisiana. I’m at 28 customers I spread them out over a 5 day week because I still work. Some are on one week and the others are on the following week. All expect one are bi weekly customers

@@985livecan’t imagine if they were every day

I have ramps too. Im only solo and not doing anything other than mowing so there’s really no point in getting a trailer until i decide to get a sit on/stand mower

Had a boss that made me do 20-15 a day push mowing. I’d rather do 6 lawns and make sure it’s at 100% top notch quality rather that speeding thru 20 yards

@@user-ue6cz3sd7h Absolutely 💯💪🏾

If you dont have money, you dont have a choice but to go door knocking.

@@PremiumFuelOnly Not true! I’ve been working the last 2 seasons without spending a dime or knocking on any doors. Understanding how to market your business then understanding the analytics is very important.

​@@AwallacethegoatBesides door knocking what ways do you think is a good way to get customers without money?

I don’t have any savings

I don’t have a truck

Please I need a mentor I need help

Great question. It definitely depends on the area. That determines your market price and size of lawns. For example if you’re in a really nice neighborhood you can charge more, simply because the market is higher. I can’t tell you exactly what you should price but you want to figure out your hourly rates. It’s all about time in this business. The more efficient you are, the more lawns you can do. Therefore you need to know how long a lawn is going to take you to mow. Now that takes time to get a handle of. As you work, track the amount of time it takes you to mow each property and then compare that to the price you charge to get your hourly rate. From there, you can see how over or under priced you are. I try to hit about $85/hour on the job and $65/hour with drivetime. Meaning if I am charging $35 for a job hopefully I can get that done in 25 mins in order to hit my hourly goal. With my setup it works out to about this: 1/4 acre: $35 - weekly 1/3 acre: $40 - weekly 1/2 acre: $55 - weekly 3/4 acre: $75 - weekly 1 acre : $100 - weekly Approximately. But hey don’t be afraid to undercharge when you’re starting in order to sell more clients. Once you get them the next year you can raise prices. It’s all about building volume in the beginning though. Let me know if that helps.

I mow in a really low income area and I wont go lower than 40, insurance, equipment payments, and gas cost money. When someone goes 40 is really high, can you do 20, I respond "next time billy nitwit comes to mow ya lawn for 20, ask them if they have insurance cause I bet billy is gonna pull the greatest houdini act when if and when that baywindow eats a rock" and 2 weeks later im usually getting a call back asking when I can put them on the schedule. Sometimes you gotta educate a cheap customer on what they get for your price vs the random weekend hustler.

Yeah man it’s really tough. I had great luck with Nextdoor neighbor. Posting on there and responding to posts where people are looking for Lawncare service providers. I also would say there’s nothing wrong with going on the cheap end when you are starting out just to gain some clients. Obviously you don’t want to build a company off of a cheap skate client base, but it can definitely get you through the door. I also had good experience with starting cheap, building reputation, and then majorly raising prices a year later and have had a lot of people stay on.

@@caydensommer1674 I appreciate that . Thank you . I was thinking about that. I just want the word of mouth and pictures for my website so I can get in the conversation. So your advice helps a lot.

Door hangers are usually a 1-3% return rate. A couple hours a day get 300 out

Call local lawn companies and see if the have someone that is profit but too far of a drive for them especially if there more established company

early on my best advice, be willing to drive, I service an area 45 minutes from my home, I travel to the HOA neighborhoods. unless you wanna fight for table scraps you wanna avoid anywhere that has doodoo lawns.

Congrats on the new position I hope it goes well for you! In the video I said that I’ve personally had the best experience with doing door hangers in the early stages. Now I get the majority of my business from Google and my website. But I still do a mix of all 7 things I list in the video. Is it just going to be you working or do you have guys you’re needing to keep on payroll?

@@caydensommer1674 it’s me and 2 other guys right now we mow a couple hoa’s but i’m trying to build my residential cliental. thanks for reaching back out

Nice! Yeah the 7 things I listed in the video and description are key. The other thing is just doing those on a consistent basis in order that you're known. Google the "marketing rule of 7" for more information as well. Very interesting stuff.

@@caydensommer1674 thanks for that i’ll definitely look into it!

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Are you a female?