Getting more PHC work.

[Scottie]

I really don't want to step on anybodies toes and I apologize if I do with this post. I am getting to 'that age' when I don't want to be climbing if I don't need to. I am more into PHC and treating trees and learning more about them.

 

The reason I am posting is that I want to do more PHC and increase what I am doing now. I am not too sure how I can achieve this, I hand cards and information leaflets out to anybody that asks about what I do. I think the biggest problem is nobody know what I actually do at work.

 

So how would you go about it, how could I market what is essentially a luxury product? Who would you approach? The office does have a customer base but I just want to expand it a bit more.

 

I am based in Yorkshire but it's not uncommon for me to go as far north as Newcastle and South to Lincolnshire.

[delabodge]

you could start by letting people know what PHC means,,,lol

[Scottie]

PHC - plant health care. Doing soil amendments, spraying for cypress aphids, planting trees, air spading the soil, everything else apart from cutting the tree down.

[David Humphries]

Have you considered offering your package of services to consultants?

 

They are often the primary point of contact that proscribe 'luxury' works for clients with trees health issues.

 

 

 

 

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[Andy Collins]

Why not integrate it to start with alongside your existing services, just add it in when your quoting. If you know what your talking about the client will listen to what you have to say. It's surprising how you can modify your business and mould it to suit your needs, with a little thought and planning.

[Paul Barton]

Have you considered offering your package of services to consultants?

 

They are often the primary point of contact that proscribe 'luxury' works for clients with trees health issues.

 

 

 

 

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Good idea that.

[treeseer]

Why not integrate it to start with alongside your existing services, just add it in when your quoting. If you know what your talking about the client will listen to what you have to say. It's surprising how you can modify your business and mould it to suit your needs, with a little thought and planning.

 

 

Sharpen your pen, until it is is mightier than your saw.

 

i still love to climb and prune at 62, but PHC is most of what i do.

 

ArbNews_2007_02.pdf page 12 here may be of interest; not too outdated is it?