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Entrepreneur for Society
Preview for Bill Drayton: Entrepreneur for Society -- one of 16 DVDs created by Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka and a leader in the social entrepreneurship movement, shares his own story as a guide to creating widespread social change. To buy the films, visit dvd.ashoka.org.
Length: 347
Rating: 4.40 (12 ratings)
Tags: ashoka social entrepreneur entrepreneurship bill drayton citizen sector
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GopherHaul 19 - Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Forum Show
Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 19 -- Lawn Care Entrepreneur Business Show.
In this episode we will be talking about
Please continue to submit your pictures for our outdoor holiday lighting contest. http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=6159;
Our lawn care business forum member of the month is Tim.
Tim has shared with us three new contracts including a lawn cutting contract, a full service lawn care maintenance and a snow plow contract. You can download them here
http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=1&t=877&st=30&&#entry30713
I added a new link on the left side of the forum for our lawn care business forum member to submit books they have read. I also added a new business book of the month to our list. The book is Guerrilla Marketing Success Secrets by Jay Levinson.
Our friend Tony submitted this great marketing idea to the forum. He prints out stickers that include your business logo and then puts them on buckets of ice melt. He suggests handing these buckets out to your current customer base to help promote your snow removal services or you could use them as a marketing tool to hand out to homeowners in your area who you would like to service with snow removal and lawn care services next spring. If you live in a warmer climate you could also offer potted plants instead of ice melt. Review the post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=33;t=6541;st=0;r=1;&#entry30532
Our lawn care forum member Tim suggested buying poinsettia plants in bulk and handing them out to your current customers along with a holiday card. You could also give these out to potential clients you would like to provide snow plow or lawn care services to. Tim said he also sells the plants at a farmer's market booth. He purchases the flowers for $2 and resells them for $5. Great idea! Read more about this post here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=6488;st=0;r=1;&#entry30090
Brian from Lawn & Garden Web Vision sent us this promotional video to show off his new website http://www.lawnandgardenwv.com Check out his site. It's full of many on demand education and training videos for the lawn and garden industry.
Forum member Tim posted that now is the time to send out letters to businesses asking them to put your company on their 2008 bid list. You can download the letter here http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=1&t=1541&st=0&&#entry29810
Bob from Plan-it Graphics has posted a design challenge http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=23&t=6434&st=0&&#entry29599 There will be two winners chosen. Bob said "You do not have to do anything graphic wise. You can simply submit your ideas in text. If your idea is to have a guy riding his motorcycle with the caption, "This is much better better than lawn work!" then that's all you have to do. We are not looking for the best designer, we are looking for the best/unique way to market. Hopefully we can come up with ideas that are "outside the box" of the traditional lawn/landscape marketing material. It's my job to convert your idea into print form."
In the previous episode of GopherHaul 18, we talked about how you should stay off ladders as much as possible. One of our forum members posted a shop vac device that is a long extension pipe with a u bend at the end which allows you to suck leaves out of the gutter while safe and standing on the ground. Read this post for a product review http://www.gophergraphics.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=17;t=6603;st=0
I hope all these ideas have helped you expand and grow your business and mind. So until the next time, always remember to Dream it, Build it, Gopher it!
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Also please log onto our lawn care business forum and tell us about your business and if you have any business questions, please ask them.
Length: 600
Rating: 4.30 (6 ratings)
Tags: lawn care marketing entrepreneur GopherHaul home business landscaping guru advertising mower grass landscaper forum
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Spotlight Entrepreneur - All About OCTANe
In the first episode of the "Spotlight Entrepreneur" series, hear from Gary Augusta, OCTANe President & CEO and Executive Director of the OCTANe Foundation for Innovation, about how and why OCTANe was started and what to expect from this series in '08.
Length: 353
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: octane orange county entrepreneur technology biomedical gary augusta
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GopherHaul 14 - Lawn Care Business Entrepreneur Show part 1.
Hello everyone and welcome to Gopherhaul!
If you don't start your business this year, you'll be at least 1 year older when you do so get started today!
GopherHaul is a show for entrepreneurs and new business owners. In it we discuss business tips and tricks we have learned over the years and share with you some real world experiences on how to help your lawn care business or any other business grow.
Thanks for watching.
Our lawn care entrepreneur business forum has just been jam packed with amazing business and marketing ideas since our last show and I am in no way going to be able to cover it all now but I do hope to cover a bunch of it. If you want to read more get on the forum at www.getgopher.com
In this episode we will be talking about:
* How you can make money in the fall with Halloween decorations.
* How to use myspace to market your lawn care business and your holiday decoration service.
* I put up a couple new free lawn care business door hanger templates you can download and edit to fit your needs.
* Advice on estimating leaf cleanups from our friend Keith of startalawncarebusiness.com
We will announce the winner of our previous shows Door Hanger and Postcard giveaway thanks to plan-itgraphics.com
* We will also be letting you know of a new free giveaway of vinyl signs from Tony of amw-graphics.com
If you are in need of free marketing material for your lawn care business, please visit our site at http://www.gophersoftware.com. We have hundreds of free lawn care logo, flyer, door hanger and web templates you can download and use for your lawn care business. We also have free lawn care business contracts. Also download our trial version of Gopher Lawn Care Business Software. Gopher will help your lawn care business schedule and invoice more customers in less time, allowing you more time to grow or enjoy your life. If you are on myspace send us a friend request. We are located at http://www.myspace.com/teamgopher.
Always remember to dream it, build it, Gopher It!
Length: 510
Rating: 4.30 (6 ratings)
Tags: lawn care business entrepreneur gopherhaul advertising landscaping marketing advice mower software home grass small guru
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