Growing your business

Answers to your financing questions

This Q&A offers a general idea of what to expect, whether you’re just starting out or you’re a veteran business owner in need of financing the purchase of new equipment.

Tree care trends you need to know

The U.S. tree care industry entered 2016 on strong footing. Read to learn more about tree care trends from the rise of technology to continuing challenges in finding qualified labor.

Apply now for arborist safety training grants from the TCIA Foundation

Through the Tree Care Industry Association Foundation Arborist Safety Training Institute, there are grants available to help off-set the cost of hosting a safety training workshop in your area.

VIDEO: How to better manage business costs

Knowing your balance sheet is just one part of managing business costs. Learn more from Kurt Pearson with Compass Financial Services in this short video.

5 tips to explain why the low bid isn’t always the best bid

When it comes to bidding jobs, many tree care contractors want to be like Goldilocks. They hope their estimates are not too big and not too small, but just right. Here are five tips on how to explain to potential customers that the low bid is not always the best bid.

4 tips to building a referral program

There are several ways to grow your business. However, sometimes your best marketing tools are your existing customers in the form of a customer referral or loyalty program.

Do looks matter in the tree care industry?

Here are four tips to help you and your company convey professionalism to your customers.

Avoid plateaus and grow your business

The inability to grow your business as you’d like may be a sign of trouble. But don’t think it happens only to struggling companies. In fact, consultant Craig Damos says much of his work is with successful businesses that have plateaued.

9 most-read tree care blog posts of 2015

Read the 9 most-read posts in 2015 on the Vermeer tree care blog.

Starting your own tree service? A good business plan will give you focus

When a tree care professional starts thinking about opening his or her own business, it may be hard not to imagine buying that first brush chipper, landing that first job and depositing that first check. You first have to develop a business plan, though.

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