Looking for some tips

lr1277

Surely you want to leave flyers for people who are not 'into' gardening but still want their garden to look nice? I have somebody cut my grass because I have nowhere to store a lawnmower. Now if I had a shed or a garage, I would get a lawnmower and cut the grass myself. So perhaps flyers (and I am not denigrating anyone here) in the car park of the local takeaway.

Also my previous gardener placed a (temporary) board under my kitchen window (i.e. resting against the wall) with his details after he had done the annual clean up. This could be left in place for a few days/weeks with the owner's permission.

Horace

I have to disagree Buzzman - the OP's business is also offering garden landscape services and their competition have websites. People go on about the work entailed to keep a website up to date - it really isnt difficult an hour a week is all that is needed.

With regard to social media - people tend not to look for gardeners etc in the yellow pages anymore they are turning to Facebook (this is a fact). If businesses are to progress then they need to be forward thinking and social media is the way to go. Sure people can still use traditional methods such as leafletting but leaflets often get thrown in the bin unread.

I know a few gardening businesses who offer similar services to the OP's business who all have websites - and websites that provide useful information including before and after shots of garden makeovers.

Acc72

Some good suggestions - I would also suggest that if you use photographs (either on-line or on flyers etc.) try to include some "before" and "after" shots.

Also, linked to the letting agency tip above - why not put together a leaflet aimed at people selling their house. You could easily target this by only posting to houses with a for sale sign !

This could be really useful, not only to give a garden a spruce up, but also to keep on top of things and to keep it neat and tidy in case of any short notice viewings.

Savvy_Sue

Could also be worth targetting overgrown gardens with your leaflets: ours is like a jungle in an area where that's not really 'done' ...

candygirl

Vistaprint do cheap business cards, and you can leave them all over:D:D

lr1277

To echo what others have said, my current gardner was recommended to me by the letting agent when he did the annual inspection. The recommendation was on the basis of quality and price.

Buzzman_2

OK, a website as a reference point so that people can see you are not just fly-by-night and can see the quality of your work - fine. But I'm still not convinced by social media for a gardening business Look at the amount of small businesses on the likes of Facebook that have only 1 or 2 fans