My 1148 Dollar *Day*, Fricken Sweet

This article is really an example of an easy yet, wonderful promoting plan. Pay close attention to how I went out and found new business at a time of the year when things are normally slow, and not only did I make $1,148.00, my friend Franky also made $1,060.00. This isn't like the internet Marketing opportunities you are use to, for example Todd Perkin's Bulletproof business blueprint review.

New home landscaping is almost a necessity, since new houses do not have any shrubs or grass. Not only that, many housing developments actually need folks to have their landscaping done within a specific number of months from the time they move into their new homes. Therefore , when the house is done, people are concerned to get it landscaped.


Since I wasn't in that market, and most reckless gardening decisions get made in the spring, my business usually slowed down during the extremely hot summer months. So one year I decided to do a small test selling, to determine create some opportunity in the summer.


I immediately sold 2 jobs, and the third job was still open for discussion. On one of the first two roles I made about $350. And on the other I made about $700. That is's net profit. That's how much I got to keep. Since the mailing cost less than $175, my immediate profit on the mailing was $875. Not bad at all considering this was only a part-time business for me. But do not forget that third caller. I had not even met this person yet.

The architect that he had been working with advised Taxus Hicksi, which is an evergreen that's simply trimmed and maintained to a certain size. However [*COMMA] all of the landscapers he had spoken with in Cleveland wanted about $44.00 each to install these plants. Although an acceptable price, that amounted to $4,664.00 as he required 106 plants. After visiting the job site I realized that Taxus Hicksi basically was about the best choice for this scenario so i told him I'd see if I could get a better price on the plants. I showed in a wholesale catalogue the wholesale price was $22.00 per plant, but mentioned that I might be ready to find another source.

I knew that my buddy Franky did at one time grow this plant, so I gave him a call. I called my client and told him that I found good plants at a cheaper price, and that I could actually deliver and plant them for $22.00 per plant, which is exactly 1/2 what others had quoted him. He was happy, and I did the job.
I hired three men to help me do the job, and we had it done in twenty four hours. After I paid for the plants, and paid my help, I actually made $1,148.00 on that one real job. My purchaser was so satisfied with the work we did that he asked me to come back the next week and do about another $700.00 worth of work. I made another $350.00 The following spring he hired me to re-landscape an older home he had bought, and I made another $600.00.


Remember the $175.00 that I spent to mail those 350 letters? The net profit on that mailing turned out to be about $2,973.00!!! And my friend Franky picked up $1,060.00 for the plants I purchased from him. Each city in America has at least 350 folk just like them, probably thousands more.

there are plenty of different ways to make money with plants, this is just one of them, I can show you lots more.

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My 1148 Dollar *Day*, Fricken Sweet