Comments on: Is gardening still popular? Is it withstanding the economic downturn?

By: Gerry @ YourLawnAndGarden

Gerry @ YourLawnAndGarden — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:58:38 +0000

There are plenty of retired people, double income no kids (DINKs) who want to look after their gardens etc – so there plenty of work there – just get the flyers out.

Re the Membership Club, we are closing it down due to lack of interest (in other words, it is NOT what the market wants)…we will still keep providing useful content.

By: don

don — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:48:45 +0000

Thanks, i get the drift, i was thinking there would be a lot more money around in a city like Sydney, round here people are nailing the chequebooks down and trying to cut out non essential spending as much as they can,so i wondered how many would have money to spare for this? so i was a bit hesitant, i am interested in your membership setup, but it looks like it's geared for Aus and not so relevent for NZ?

By: Gerry @ YourLawnAndGarden

Gerry @ YourLawnAndGarden — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:10:24 +0000

Don, thanks for your enquiry.

The Blueprint works in parts of our own suburbs here in Sydney. Like I said in the Blueprint, just start with a few hundred flyers (or as many as need be) to crank up the prospect rate of enquiries. The size of the city is irrelevant.

I hope that helps give you some confidence.

Gerry

PS the economic climate??? Everyone needs their gardens looked after…some do it themselves and a lot get paid help in.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:16:52 +0000

maybe i am a little sceptical, i am looking at starting up again a business i ran back a few yrs ago, i see it would be quite easy perhaps in a big city like Sydney AUS, but what about in a smaller town of 40,000 odd in NZ in the present economic climate?