Hosted by Michael Pletz · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 366 episodes
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A podcast dedicated to helping hardscapers start and grow their business. If you are a hardscaper, landscaper, or a contractor of any sort, this podcast is going to help you professionally. Landscaping companies and contractors alike will benefit from discussions with leading experts in the industry talking installation, tools, products, marketing, business, and so much more to help you grow your business.Whether you are a lawn care specialist, a contractor looking to add new services to grow your bottom line, or already active in the industry, there are topics covered that will help you.
Michael Pletz hosts How to Hardscape, a business show with 366 episodes published.
Today we have a Selling and Installing Features Masterclass rounding up 5 past episodes on Lighting, Gas Fire Features, Water Features, Radiant Snow Melt Systems, and Artificial Turf. We talk about selling, installing, m
Today we talk about my entire sales process from getting leads, to prequalifying, to educating, to the consultation, to the proposal, to accepting and completing the project. Sponsors:
Today we are joined by Tony Bass . He is the author of The E-Myth Landscape Contractor Edition and Finding, Hiring, and Keeping Great Employees. We get into the topic of finding, hiring, and keeping great employees on to
Today we are joined by Brian Clayton of GreenPal . Brian grew his landscaping business to over $10 million per year in revenue before selling it and eventually starting GreenPal, an Uber for lawn care. We talk about the
Today we are joined by Dr. Paul White . He is a psychologist, author, and speaker who "makes work relationships work." He co-authored the best-selling book, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace alongside Dr.
Today we publish an Employee Bonus Program talk with 7 past guests talking about what they do (or do not do) for their employees and how they have refined this program over the years. Sponsors:
Today we publish a Landscape Design Masterclass episode with 3 past guests including Water and Earth, Calumma Creative, and Randy Tumber. We get into starting a design business, subcontracting, and design principles with
Today we were live on Instagram discussing how the season has started, projects we are targeting, leads coming in, and HQ updates including a much-improved Budgeting system. Sponsors:
Today we are joined by Cameron Herold. He is the CEO Whisperer founder of COO Alliance and the Second in Command Podcast. By the age of 42, he helped build two companies valued at $100+ million each and propelled 1-800-G
Today we are joined by Tyler Speirs of Eco Plant Creations to talk about challenges in growth among many other topics. Sponsors: Cycle CPA
Today we have Olivier Bridgeman from Bridge Media to discuss marketing, SEO and ranking on LLMs, and building trust and authority with your potential clients. Sponsors: Cy
Today we are joined by Phil Bahler of Pave Tool. We talk about his beginnings in the industry starting Bahler Brothers with his brothers back in 1985 and lessons learned being in business. We then get into inventing tool
Today we are joined by Joe Policastro of Cycle CPA to talk about lagging and leading indicators as well as financial and non-financial indicators that you can use to run a healthy business. Check out their article here .
Today we publish an HR Masterclass episode with 3 past guests including Tricia, Jason Taylor, and Jacki Hart. They discuss training and onboarding employees, behavioral reports and how you can us this in your business, a
Today we publish a Sales Masterclass episode with 4 past guests including Sam Bauman, Shawn Van Dyke, Tom Reber, and Chris Lux. We get into presentation of designs, selling value not price, the client's budget, and an en
Today we publish our Budgeting and Overhead Recovery Workshop that we did talking about budgeting for Cost of Goods Sold, Overhead, creating a Profit and Loss, Direct Labor and Management Labor Efficiency Ratio, and choo
Today we are joined by George Urvari of Oriole Landscaping and Knowledge Tree Consulting to role specialization for employees and meetings to improve communication in your business. Sponsors:
Today we have two past interviews with Marty Grunder on the podcast to discuss qualifying clients and the first consultation. He is the founder and CEO of GLC, founder and president of Grow Group, and host of The Grow Sh
Today we have clips from 6 past guests talk about how they were able to navigate a difficult market or recession from their time in business. Guests include: Jody Grunden, Stanley Genadek, George and Peter of Oriole Land
Today we talk with Jason Lee of SkyFrog Landscape and co-host of the Green Side Up Podcast . We talk about his experience working with other companies, starting his own company, how he overcame an employee committing fra
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How to Hardscape is hosted by Michael Pletz. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 366 episodes.
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