Is it possible?

[Arbornot]

Hi Folks

 

Bit of a general wide open question but:

 

Aswell as the obvious rewards from working in Arb is it relaistic for someone to bring home £20 grand a year if they have there own Arb business, all certs, and years of experience behind them?

 

Cheers for opinions

[Rupe]

Depends more on how they deal with customers and the public, I've seen good arborists fail because they cannot deal with poeple.

 

Trees are the easy bit, but negotiatign to get paid every day is difficult!!!!!!!

[PeteB]

You can be a superb arborist, but without work your just another skint arborist.

[markiesla]

I know it's a bit of a cliche but have you identified your Unique Selling Point?

 

What would make your business stand out from the crowd? Can you offer something different or in a different way. Can you add value to your service without too much of a drain on your resources.

 

When my mother -in-law "retired" she wanted to do some casual cleaning for people. I printed out a set of leaflets on nice paper and did a selective leaflet drop within a 15min walk of her house. She ended up turning people away as there were simply too many enquiries.

 

So what was it that was so successful? The leaflet - apparently. It wasn't professionally designed or anything like that - I'm a geographer by training. Every client that took her on remarked that the leaflet was different to the others they had received because it wasn't printed on cheaper look & feel Izalesque paper. Using the glossy inkjet brochure paper had caught their eye - that was the USP.

 

She has since fully retired except on a Wednesday when she baby sits our daughter.

 

Maybe not a direct answewr to your question but hopefully gives some food for thought.

[ad15]

Depends more on how they deal with customers and the public, I've seen good arborists fail because they cannot deal with poeple.

 

Trees are the easy bit, but negotiatign to get paid every day is difficult!!!!!!!

what rupe said,,

 

and to add, you don't have to have years of experience,, if you can deal with people,, and if you don't know what you're talking about, surround yourself (hire) people who do..there is no reason at all why you can not have a successful business. but don't expect it to be easy..

 

 

good luck

[Littletree]

Hi There the answer to that is a yes but it depends how much leg work you are prepaired to put into it .the more people you tell about what you do the more work will come to you and the more work you do the more coustomers will spread the word aout you and you will get more business in return if you do it well .

Your pepole skills that will play a massive part in winning you the business If the customer likes and the way you deal with them then they will give you the business. your first impressions count as soon as you step though the door the way you look and start talking to them the . They will sum you up within the first minut of the conversation and make up the mind as to weather they like and want you around .

 

People skills one of the most important skills in winnning the business in any trade then it goes onto to how you do the job the finished product and deal with the customer when you are there in there home . Sadly for some tree surgeons there people skills are very poor so it lets them down and it costs them lots of money long term I have witnessed this with my own eyes.

 

My customers can see stright away that I really have a genuin love for what I do and a passion to make There garden /Tree beauitfull also being compleatly stright with them is really important I tell them what I can and cannot do before I start and I never tell them I can do something when I cannot. They like that as it creats trust.

 

All the best

Littltree:thumbup:

[Arbornot]

Hi Folks

 

Thanks for your replies and advice.

 

Ive been looking at Arb as a career for a year or two and the idea keep comeing back, now that ive been paid off for the third time in a few years and never really made any more than about 20Gs with a lot of job unsatisfaction in the mix so I think ill have to go for it.

 

I might get a small amount of funding so am going to go for the CS30 & 31 to start and hopefully 32, any pointers to help get foot in the door as a groundie?

[Rupe]

Your 20K "take home" might be a while off yet then!

[Rupe]

With regard to a unique selling point, mine (other than my charm) is turning up on time!

[Arbornot]

Yip Rupe

 

No worries, It will be a long way off but im under no illusion, at least ill be working way up doing something I enjoy than wasteing my time getting nowhere doing what I was doing.

 

Cheers