

Green Industry Podcast
Paul Jamison | Lawn Care + Landscaping
Welcome to the Green Industry Podcast . This show is all about helping lawn care and landscape professionals take their businesses to the next level. Join us as we chat with Green Industry leaders to discover best practices and practical strategies to maximize profits.
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Apr 16, 2022 • 21min
What it ACTUALLY COSTS to Hire Employees
In today's episode we continue to dive into calculating overhead recovery with special guest John Pajak. We take a look at what it really costs to hire an employee. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping LightSpeedSocialAgency.com Best Accounting Software: Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 15, 2022 • 37min
Remember You Are Not Your Customer w/ Dr. Frank Holleman
In today's episode special guest Dr. Frank Holleman shares how important it is to truly understand what our customer is thinking. When we can clearly understand what is valuable to our customers then we can fine tune our marketing plans to improve our business. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping LightSpeedSocialAgency.com Best Accounting Software: Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 14, 2022 • 38min
A Modern Essential For Finding the Best Employees in Today's Labor Market w/ Cody Owen From Lightspeed Social Agency
In today's episode special guest Cody Owen shares where and how to find good employees in today's competitive market. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping lightspeedsocialagency.com Best Accounting Software: Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 13, 2022 • 33min
Police Officer Jason Skiles Does Whatever It Takes to Build His Side Hustle Lawn Care Business
In today's episode our special guest is a police officer from Pennsylvania. Jason Skiles is a friend of the show and is back to share how he is balancing his schedule as a full time police officer with his fast growing lawn care business. His side hustle is booming, but Jason discusses how he manages his full schedule. He also shares about the process of raising his prices this season and the success he is having so far this season. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Best Accounting Software: Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 12, 2022 • 50min
Lawn Care Business Growing Pains w/ Naylor Taliaferro From Clean Cut Lawn Care
In today's episode special guest Naylor Taliaferro shares about his solutions for finding and keeping good employees. Naylor is in his eighth season as the owner and operator of Clean Cut Lawn Care in Midlothian, Virginia. An issue that Naylor has continuously dealt with as he grows his business is assembling the best team possible to help take his lawn care business to the next level. In this episode Naylor shares some valuable lessons he has been learning about finding good employees. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Best Accounting Software: Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 11, 2022 • 54min
Perfect for Beginners w/ Jeremiah Jennings From Growing Green Landscapes
In today's episode Jeremiah Jennings shares about a landscaping job he recently did. Him and Paul then breakdown the numbers between landscape enhancement work versus lawn care maintenance such as mow, edge, trim and blow services. The discussion highlights the opportunities to make larger profit margins buy upselling landscape enhancement services to new and existing customers. GreenIndustryPodcast.com Know Your Numbers E-Training GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 9, 2022 • 16min
Calculating Break-Even Recovery Rate and Profitable Man Hour Rates w/ John Pajak Part 1
In today's episode Paul Jamison and John Pajak share about the business side of operating a lawn care business. How do we recover our overhead? How much is our overhead? Most folks are strong in the technician side of things. But, today we talk a little bit about how to calculate break even man hour service rates and how much we should charge for the services we provide. Know Your Numbers E-Training GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 8, 2022 • 33min
Principles of Influence
In today's episode special guest Dr. Frank Holleman shares principles of influence and how we can implement these proven methods into our marketing strategies to grow our business. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 7, 2022 • 1h
A Clever Problem Solver w/ Naylor Taliaferro From Clean Cut Lawn Care
In today's episode Naylor Taliaferro from the LCR Media Podcast and Clean Cut Lawn Care discusses what he has learned the previous seven years as a lawn care business owner and shares his blueprint of how he plans to grow his business moving forward. Naylor also talks about the staffing issues he has had over the years and the solutions he have found works best for getting and keeping good employees. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast

Apr 6, 2022 • 40min
A Revolutionary New Kind of Lawn Service w/ Kolby Burchman
In today's episode Kolby Burchman shares about his lawn and landscaping business and how he is using automated mowers to provide a new kind of cutting edge service to his customers. Kolby also discusses his collaboration with the Lawn Tools, his experiences with automated mowers on golf courses and how he structures his lawn maintenance service agreements with customers using automated lawn mowers. GreenIndustryPodcast.com GetJobber.com/Paul Gulf Coast Bookkeeping Quickbooks Online Recommended Website + Marketing Services: Pure Marketing Team Purchase Paul's Books on Amazon: Books Paul's Audiobooks: Cut That Grass and Make That Cash Best Business Practices for Landscapers 101 Proven Ways to Increase Efficiency and Make More Money in Lawn Care Follow us on Instagram: @greenindustrypodcast @pauljamison Follow us on Facebook: @greenindustrypodcast Follow us on YouTube: Paul Jamison Channel Green Industry Podcast


