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Landscaping in ohio for a reason

Landscaping in Ohio for a Reason

Today is one of those rare occasions I have to stay home and look after an activity which I would consider greater in magnitude than a month’s pay resulting from office labor. Coming up with a landscape design for my Ohio abode is comparatively more difficult than convincing a client that OpenOffice is far better than Microsoft Word. Despite having hired a company that offers landscaping services in Ohio, and is practically responsible for the beautiful features of each and every home and garden in Ohio, I still feel the pressure of having to conceptualize a custom landscape design that is like no other.
See, mom and dad are visiting me next month so I naturally want the house to be as appealing and comfortable for them since they’ll be staying with me for a month or two. My parents’ house in LA is enveloped in flora; mom personally toils her vast garden on a regular basis to ensure the preservation of her expensive Hydrangea, Lisianthus, peonies, all species of orchids, and healthy trees like the Dwarf Korean Lilacs, rows of caliper trees and a Japanese Maple. Indeed, there is no Central Ohio home & garden parallel to that of mom and dad’s which was built on the strong foundation of love.
My parents hardly take out of town trips for they already find their house suffice to be a vacation haven where they can spend hours reading, watching TV or a good movie, playing with their pooches, or gardening together before the barbecue. Even if landscaping in Oh pays well, I’ve sworn never to get into the job since I wouldn’t be able to use it as a gift for my parents anyway. Their knowledge of the green life would only make me feel inadequate to handle other people’s gardens.
Just this one time, I’m preparing the house particularly the garden, making sure it appeals to my parents since this is where they’ll be celebrating their golden anniversary party. This is my surprise gift for them as the demands of my job made me forget to arrange a wedding ceremony for them, to mark their 50 years of togetherness that is filled with love and respect. I told my parents I’ll just make it up to them one of these days, but they have no inkling that that day is drawing closer. Next month is going to be a blast as they’ll be dancing under the stars with friends, relatives and well-wishers to witness the momentous event.

How to thrive in times like these

How to Thrive in Times Like These

We usually have our weekly planning meetings in one of the coffee shops in town—for one thing, there’s better coffee—and we can usually find a couple of other business owners to chat with.

The «R» word is coming up a lot, of course. How bad will it be? What should we do? How worried are you?

Maybe surprisingly, in those coffee shop gabfests, we’ve heard some fabulous ideas and success stories along with the questions and worried looks. So this article is about how we can all cope, maybe even prosper, in Times Like These. Recessions are not new. Statistics show that businesses that continue promoting through recessionary times come out stronger than ever when the hard times are over.

We’ll show you how a simple step-by-step system will ensure your marketing dollars are working for you, and we’ll share success stories from other local businesses that you can adapt and use.

The First Step: Take care of your Ideal Customers and they’ll take care of you. Ideal Customers really trust you, value the experience they have doing business with you and look to your expertise to give them what they want. They buy a lot of your product, pay quickly and never give you a headache. They pay more, and they expect to! They are the lifeblood of your business, and right now they are being wooed by every one of your competitors with special offers, lower prices and extravagant promises.

If you do nothing else this week do this: write to each of the Ideal Customers who provide most of your profit to tell them how much you appreciate their business. Reassure them that you are committed to maintaining the high level of service they are accustomed to. Ask for a personal meeting with you or your sales team to discuss their needs. Remember, they are hurting too—be prepared to offer them something of value that will help them keep their Ideal Customers.

And know that in Times Like These, you have to go the extra mile to maintain these valuable relationships. But don’t stop there. Ask your Ideal Customers what publications they read, what TV shows they like, what kind of music they prefer, and perhaps even what kind of leisure activities they enjoy. Look for the commonalities among the answers and you’ll get an idea of the places where your advertising will work best because it’s reaching the right people. If you really want to be successful, you simply must strengthen the loyalty of your Ideal Customers and find more customers just like them.

Here is what we would like to hear you say every time you are about to start a new task in your business: «Will this help me keep my Ideal Customers?» If the answer is no—don’t do it!