The Blueprint is Getting a Makeover Itself…

By a makeover, I mean the Blueprint is being re-named.

After a meeting, with a couple of people in the Garden Industry (who I have a lot of respect for) last Monday morning…I came to the realisation that the Blueprint name “Zero To A Hundred K in 30 Days” was flawed and scammy, if you know what I mean!

The “Zero To A Hundred K in 30 Days” Blueprint is being re-badged as:

The “How To Build Your Own Successful Lawn and Garden Business in 30 Days” Blueprint…

The re-named Blueprint will still deliver the same solid information, however, I have removed any possible inferences to earning $100,000 in 30 Days.

Although, The Blueprint warns people to carry out their own Due Diligence in regard to financial income projections I want to apologise for any possible inferences mentioned above.

We are making changes to the Free Report box on the right hand side of this page. These changes include re-naming the Blueprint and removing any reference to a possible $100,000 p.a. income.

The “Zero To A Hundred K in 30 Days” Blueprint is Launched

Register for the Free Report - The Blueprint – in the box on the right hand side!

Let me know what you think!

Feedback on The Blueprint

Thank you for taking the time to call by with your feedback.

I hope you got a lot out of The Blueprint.

Also I hope that you will NOW take massive action to move closer to your goal of owning and running your own Lawn and Garden Business.

Please let us know what you got out of The Blueprint by leaving a Comment in the Comment box at this link.

Also could you please pass on The Blueprint onto to your friends and colleagues.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks for calling by,

Gerry

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 91 to 95 (happiness, outlook picture, predict reactions objections and responses)

101 tips continued:

91. Surround yourself with things that make you happy -

92. Change your outlook, and see the bigger picture -

93. Schedule time by blocks rather than tasks -

94. Learn to predict reactions, objections and responses -

95. Spend Mondays planning with your staff -

Things are getting a bit frantic here, especially as we are approaching 1st May, 2010.

What’s happening on the 1st May????

The “Zero To A Hundred K in 30 Days” Blueprint will be launched!

Bye for now!

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 96 to 101 (business and success passion, planning, comfort zone, mistakes lead to success)

101 tips continued:

96. Be passionate on your products, services and corporate identity -

97. Be passionate about success -

98. Allow staff to dress casually on Fridays -

99. Always spend one day a week at home on planning -

100. Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb, the rewards are usually greater outside your comfort zone -

101. Learn from stumbling blocks, they are the stepping stones of life -

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 86 to 90 (CRM, good employees, visualise future)

101 tips continued:

86. Use a central location or CRM system to document all issues – CRM, short for Customer Relationship Management system. These are good for businesses with a few sales people. For small 1-5 people businesses I don’t think these are warranted.

87. If you want good employees, be a good employer – this is correct!

88. Visualise what you want your future situation to be – when you start a new business or start a new product/service offering then it really does help to picture what the future business looks like and commence massive action.

89. Look at where you are now- Mmm.

90. Analyse what the contributing factors have been to lead to where you are now – this is helpful in motivating further successes.

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 81 to 85 (marketing strategy, customer needs and wants, hiring, punctuality for meetings, weekly staff meetings)

101 Tips continued:

81. Plan successful marketing strategies by identifying the features and benefits of your products or services – always showcase your products and services with the FAB (Features, Advantages and Benefits) method. The Features are the objective facts or characteristics of the service (you mow lawns), the Advantages are what the service can do or perform (you mow lawns with a lot of equipment), and the Benefits describe What’s In It For The Customer (it saves them time and effort on the weekend).

82. Always look at the needs of your customers. Where possible, provide samples or a trial of your product or services – samples, trials, and money back guarantees.

83. When hiring, never compromise on quality of staff. Set the job requirements and find someone who matches those competencies and not vice versa – never compromise on the staff quality especially as you have made promises to your customers about what they can expect.

84. Always be prepared and punctual for meetings with customers. This is your opportunity to showcase your offerings-a no brainer.

85. Hold weekly meetings with your staff to discuss and resolve any issues – common sense!

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 76 to 80 (goals and vision, keep staff in the loop, strengths and weaknesses, publicly praise, create boundaries)

101 Tips continued:

76. Always communicate your goals, vision and priorities to your staff. This will enable them to know what to work towards – your staff like yourself want to know where everything is. So let them know what you are shooting for and they will help you.

77. The best performing staff are those who are “kept in the picture” – what can I say, “Just keep them in the picture!”

78. Identify strengths and weaknesses in your staff and match your employees to the areas that they are most strong – this is tricky because you don’t want to crush your staff’s enthusiasm with negativity. A trick someone once told me is the “Kiss, Smack, Kiss technique”. When you want to correct someone’s behaviour, always start with a positive comment about the person (the Kiss), then show them the behaviour you want to change (the Smack), and finally show them some affection with a positive comment (The Kiss) again.

79. Never scold in public as this will only create disgruntled employees. Do, however, praise in public – this is the same with children, no different. Praise publicly, correct privately!

80. Create acceptable boundaries and encourage your staff to do the same. This way everyone knows where they stand – this re-iterates tip numbers 76 and 77.

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 71 to 75 (training, pride, motivation, treat staff well, trade shows, customer acquisition)

101 tips continued:

71. Ongoing training and nurturing of skills creates highly professional people – staff development etc

72. Remember – pride is more of a motivating factor than money – this is an interesting point. As long as staff know how much money there is in the pot and how much of it can go around, then they will also respond well to encouragement.

73. Treat your staff well as these are the people with your future success in their hands – ditto to tip 71

74. Use trade related shows and exhibitions as an opportunity to acquire new customers- this is worthwhile considering, however, you need to look at the opportunity cost. I think the same sort of money invested in this type of promotion could well be spent in building a very localised (parochial) business with flyers etc.

75. Source new customers  through industry related publications such as newspapers, magazines and other literature – ditto to tip 74. However, it would help to see if you can get some publicity (this is Free advertising) via this media.

101 Tips To Improve Your Business – Tips 66 to 70 (procrastination, strategy, tell the truth, staff bonuses, the right employees)

101 tips continued:

66. Procrastination is the enemy to growth – Procrastination, or just putting off things to a later date, is plain stupid. A business cannot run with procrastinators.

67. Engage others in both developing and employing strategies – your business strategy is like the motor of your business.

68. Always say it as it is – just tell the truth. If you cannot make promises, then just don’t make them!

69. Provide bonuses to your key staff – this will encourage optimum performance and loyalty – reward good behaviour.

70. Get the right person for the job – makes sense!