One more truck, Five more yards, and Six more weeks until Mowing Season starts!

Two Guys and a Mower Update:

This door to door knocking continues to pay off! A lot of people are scared to do the door to door scene...but if you can simply put that fear aside and plant the seed with your client directly...you're more then likely to get more favorable results because the client then knows not only what they are about to get...but when...and who they will be receiving the service from.

With all success stories comes the failure that precedes that success. If you constantly visualize what it is you are wanting in your business, you will only succeed. If you visualize the fear and risk associated with starting your business....You will notice those aspects more and more.

We managed to get a new truck! This was the only piece of equipment that we didn't have a back up on so we found it crucial to have one. It wasn't necessarily in the budget but considering we are only 6 weeks away from mowing our first yard...it had to be done.

Two Guys and a Mower Update:

Incredible news! We are up to 17 yards thus far! It's amazing how fast a business can grow if you can simply take a little time and effort and apply it toward the marketing. I only handed out around 100 fliers this week but in the process of doing so knocked on around 100 doors. Face to Face contact is EXTREMELY important when starting a business. Everybody hands out fliers....nobody cares about them anymore. People inherently want to do what you tell them...and when you tell them about how important it is to have your service...they will listen and consider it every single time! Not only do we currently have 17 yards...but we have at least another 4 coming because of the door knocking.

So remember to:

1. Face to Face Contact will bring in better results then lame ol' fliers!
2. Always follow up with your future potential clients!

When doors don't open for you.....simply find another door!

Two Guys and a Mower Update:

It's the small and simple things that can make or break a business...and when you're at your starting point you want to efficiently make all of the right decisions that put you in the right direction to most effectively grow your business as quickly as possible!

This week we purchased our final piece of equipment that we needed...the oh so awesome HRC 216 Honda Commercial Grade Mower! We currently own 2 of these mowers which is great for a few reasons: 1. They are $1,200 dollar mowers and the best in the industry 2. We got both of them for less then $800 dollars through constantly searching Craigslist.com, and 3. They are extremely durable and made to last years and and years at a time! So my advice when buying equipment for your business....don't waste your time by purchasing inadequate equipment and always look around for the best deal!

We've started the marketing process for growing this business and acquiring more clients. Thus far this year we have handed out around 800 fliers and as of yesterday I went and knocked on some doors! Now do know that I did this with 12 inches of melting snow on the grass! Strangely...through simply knocking on doors I managed to get two new weekly clients and two new bi-weekly clients. The end result of this will be thousands of dollars of residual income all by simply taking two hours out of my day and knocking on some doors. When people would turn me away...instead of dwelling on the rejection...I would just focus on getting to the next door! And getting to that next door in the long run had a greater outcome then that of giving up when rejection was there.




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Email me at: pestmarketing@gmail.com

Slow and Steady wins the race.

Two Guys and a Mower Update:

We had a great week compared to last weeks minor disasters! We started off the week with 0 clients and now have 9 weekly/bi-weekly clients who want their lawn maintained starting April 4, 2011. We passed out around 500 fliers this week to different areas around town and we put 3 new tires on our trailer! What a great week! The week wouldn't have been successful if we hadn't been persistent and dedicated with our business.

I'm not feeling up to par today so I want to apologize for the blog not being up to par as well. I will do better next week!


Thanks

Bad Business Week! ! !

Two Guys and and a Mower Update:

Originally this business week started off great! It wasn't 5 minutes after I posted last weeks blog that we received a call from someone who had responded to one of our craigslist ads saying they wanted a pretty decent sized landscaping job done. We gave them two different quotes and they went with the higher bid because they wanted more landscaping done then average.

We went to our shop and loaded up the trailer and all of our equipment, drove to Home Depot and rented a piece of equipment we were missing....and started driving a little bit more when out of no where one of the tires on the trailer EXPLODED! I guess you can say that was kind of surprising. Luckily there was a tire place less then a mile away so we went there and fixed the tire for a little over $100 dollars! It was definitely a bummer to have to be $100 dollars out already when were were heading over to a $265 dollar landscaping job....but crap happens and being prepared for that crap is important...so we just went to the job like nothing happened!

We did about 80% of the job and decided to finish the rest of it the next day for timing reasons! After we dropped all of the equipment off and we were almost home...the truck broke down! ! ! What a BUMMER! I called my mechanic and he had a towing truck there within 30 minutes. To put a long story short...a few days later it cost me $252 dollars to fix. We used the 20% we have been setting aside for the business to fix the problem and the remaining that I owed was significantly lower!

SO the next day I loaded two back pack blowers, two weedeaters, and about 18 fifty five gallon trash bags into my Mitsubishi Lrv Expo and drove to the job to finish it up! We finished it after about 4 more hours of work!



The lesson this week is to always be prepared! Don't expect disasters...but if one occurs roll with the punches and do what you have to do to eliminate the problem as smoothly as possible.

On a positive note ...I am meeting with the person in charge of marketing and advertising for the "Oklahoma Gazette" on Monday. This magazine goes out to 55,000 people all of whom are in the area I want to mow! I'm hoping to be able to post some small ads in this magazine to boost business!






Water Only 365 Update:

Water and Business Update!

This week has been a great week for both the Water Only 365 project and my business! I'm going straight to the updates:
Water Only 365 Update:


Since January 6, 2011...I have been determined to follow through with my objectives of Water Only January/365. As far as the water goes...I'm not having any problems at all...but my main problem with this project is in the food. It's so easy to pick up a delicious snickers bar and eat what's tasty rather then what's healthy. So I'm working on a diet plan this week that should help push me a little bit out of my comfort zone and further my progress in a healthier life.

Two Guys and a Mower Update:

This week was a great week for business all around! We passed out 400 fliers to home in the area, did a $175 dollar clean up job of someones property (which only took 2 hours), spent $700 dollars on a trailer (which we used for the clean up job), AND FINALLY..............opened up a small business checking account for the business!

What a great week all around! We had someone write us a check to "Two Guys and a Mower"! If you've thought of an idea for extra income and you're having some success to the point where you're making thousands of extra dollars....I am going to highly suggest that you open a free business checking account with your local bank. This will be the best way to track your expenses that will allow you the security blanket of knowing that Uncle Sam isn't going to be angry with you when Tax Season comes around.


Website of the Week:


Helium.com is a site for those that enjoy writing articles and essays or even poetry. If you haven't checked this site out...please go to helium.com today and give it a go. Not only do you have the opportunity to enter writing competitions with different members of the writing community, but you also can make a little extra money while doing so. Even when you don't enter competitions...the site is designed to give you small amounts of money for the writing that you do write. When people read your articles/essays and click on the advertisements, you get a few cents here and there from the people who click on your ads. You have a better chance at making more money though if you enter the competitions. Check helium.com out and let me know what you think.


New Blog will be up next Sunday like always! Thanks for reading and contributing!

-Justin

Save your money in 2011 while listening to some music and losing weight!

Would you like to have financial freedom?

Some of the biggest Multi-Billion dollar conglomerates in the world survive off of the smallest amount of money that you are required to offer........only 10%! ! ! ! I'm referring to the churches and synagogues you go to on your days of worship. You have to wonder....if you're willing to give 10% to your place of worship to build the church up and make the church stronger...why not do the same for yourself to build you up and make YOU stronger!?

With 2011 rolling right along, I've decided to implement a new savings experiment of putting 10% of my money aside and not touching it at all until 2012. I'm going to recommend you all do this as well as it will help you build a small savings and develop self discipline with your financial management.

Website of the Week

Grooveshark.com - This site is just incredible. I saw this site on one of my friends facebook walls and I was immediately in love with it when I tried it out. Click on Grooveshark.com and type any musician you are interested in listening to and bada bing bada boom....the music is there! Definitely a good site for when you're away from your Itunes library on someone elses computer and you want to listen to music you like. Check out the site and if you like it tell your friends.


Two Guys and a Mower Update:

Nothing has really changed other then the fact that we have handed a few of the fliers out to some of the locals of Oklahoma City and some of our co-workers and friends. We plan on passing fliers full throttle starting February 1st whether there is rain or shine! We are still looking around for a trailer but even so we are moving right along!


Water Only 365

I've started a channel on youtube centered around improving my health and the health of my subscribers. I started off the year at 222 pounds and would like to drop my weight significantly throughout the year so I'm logging my progress on my channel.

My two objectives with this channel are to number 1, Drink Water for the month of January and number 2, Don't eat Fast food. Please follow the channel to watch me make progress throughout the year!


The next blog will be posted next Sunday! This blog was short, sweet, and to the point.