Advice most welcome

[Stefan Palokangas]

Hello there

 

 

Ok, now I done quite a few jobs, I know what stump grinding is all about. I know to take my time and make a good job and leave a happy customer, got great vehicle for my machine, and have customers coming back from others. Now I would like some advice how to make this a main income, I just placed an add in a paper to see how that goes. I got two tree surgeons at the moment giving me jobs, hoping that to grow.

 

Any advice where I go from here ?

[Scott Walker]

I'd try and get more contacts with your local tree surgeons for them to pass your details on to their customers. And what about a website?

[easy-lift guy]

Hello there

 

 

Ok, now I done quite a few jobs, I know what stump grinding is all about. I know to take my time and make a good job and leave a happy customer, got great vehicle for my machine, and have customers coming back from others. Now I would like some advice how to make this a main income, I just placed an add in a paper to see how that goes. I got two tree surgeons at the moment giving me jobs, hoping that to grow.

 

Any advice where I go from here ?

 

I would not spend any more money on advertising. It seems that your target market is the commercial end of your business anyway so stick with serving the professionals first and your one off and residential customers as they contact you. The commercial customers are your bread and butter, the residential customers are the gravey. As long as your consistent with your pricing and reliability your network of customers will spread the word for you.

easy-lift guy

[BrendanTreeFeller]

Where you based Stefan?

 

So anyone on here knows if you're within our area we could call you for a quote .... that's a start for more business surely ...

[caledonian bob]

Where you based Stefan?

 

So anyone on here knows if you're within our area we could call you for a quote .... that's a start for more business surely ...

 

DARVEL perhaps

[Stefan Palokangas]

Darvel it is

[Stefan Palokangas]

Seriously I need to stop drinking so heavy on Fridays. I see on my email inbox I have placed adds. It wont tell me where on the replies, but I could see the price !!!!

 

Plan is I stump as many stumps I can and when I have the money I buy a wood chipper and a tipper van, and try and expand as good as I can.

[caledonian bob]

Have you tried QTS,right on your doorstep. I know they have loads of their own equipment but you never know!!

[Midge]

I would not spend any more money on advertising. It seems that your target market is the commercial end of your business anyway so stick with serving the professionals first and your one off and residential customers as they contact you. The commercial customers are your bread and butter, the residential customers are the gravey. As long as your consistent with your pricing and reliability your network of customers will spread the word for you.

easy-lift guy

 

Sounds like pretty sound advice to me! Surely you are going to get more work from professional firms then homeowners.

[Stefan Palokangas]

Alan owner of Qts does the Railway, he got huge stump grinder himself, I hired it once when I had my tree surgery company. I used to work there for a while myself...