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Shoutout to Our Newest Community MVPs 🏆🔥

Let's give a huge shoutout to the Pros who made it onto the Engagement Leaderboard this round and earned themselves a Community MVP badge 👏🔥

This doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built by showing up, staying active, and being part of the conversation—posting, replying, reacting, and helping each other out along the way.

That kind of engagement is what makes this community actually work. It keeps things moving, keeps knowledge flowing, and makes it easier for everyone to succeed out there.
Congratulations making it to the leaderboard goes to:

Don Hopkins
James Blakney
Shawn Mcdonald

We see the effort, and we appreciate it 💚
Seriously—thank you for being active, supportive, and all-in on the community.

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James Blakney

Thank you for the recognition.

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How to Handle: Customer wants you to start earlier than scheduled

You're scheduled for 2pm. Customer texts at 8am: "Can you come now instead? I have plans later."

What's your response? Word-for-word if possible.


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Douglas Lauf

I start work at 7:00 a.m. and I'm usually done by 6:00 I will be there sometime between that if you would have let me know the day ahead of time then I could have accommodated you I will get there as soon as I possibly can today. That's what I would say because why are you going to put off other lawn starter customers that are good customers and that did advise you ahead of time of things in their wants when this one customer wants to throw a wrench in your day to make it a bad day. If the customers can not have the same courtesy for you as you have with them then don't do there yard.... Then it's just going to turn out where it runs through 10 different contractors you will then find out what kind of clientele that launch starter brings in the customer gets mad leaves all of a sudden they send you a message heads up your customer canceled their service it goes against you you're the contractor you've already been putting in hard work and you know something you have to sit back at night time and think about it whenever you get home is all the jobs for long start or are they really worth it and if customers can't have the same courtesy for you as what you do for them when you're giving 100% and doing their yard to the best of your ability does it really matter that one customer just remember Steve and the employees of lawn starter they're going to market against you no matter which way you choose so start thinking more and more along the lines of that one customer release them you're going to get it put against you either way if the customer cancels or if you cancel and don't do the job either way it's going against you and on top of that contractors were not paid in full so if they have to judge US contractors and use some metric system in order to judge us remember when you die we're all judged in the end no matter who you believe in

Kinda depends on if it's a first time customer or not but Ig it would have to be cause my regular customer know already all business and trust I'll make sure everything was right when I left if they there or gone but far as new customer as long as I know day before or least the morning of I'm willing to adjust but not everyone feels that way

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Month Wrap-Up + Q2 Goals

March is done.

Before April hits — three things worth doing right now:

Check your numbers. Jobs completed, ratings, earnings. Are you on track for where you want to be in Q2?

Flag any equipment issues that came up this month. Better to handle them now than mid-April when the schedule gets heavier.

Set one specific goal for April — a number, a service to add, a route area to fill in. Vague goals don't move.

How's March been for you? Drop your honest take below.


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"Do you take completion photos on every job?

Do you take completion photos on every job?

Always - every single job

Only on first visits

Only when there's an issue

Rarely - just complete and move on

Curious what the standard is for most Pros.

Only on first visits usually.

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Spotlight Sunday: The Property Value Alchemist 🏆

David Chase doesn't cut grass—he discovers hidden real estate gold.

'I didn't realize how much potential my yard had until they worked on it. Every visit feels like getting a property upgrade. Consistently outstanding.'

David's motto: 'Stay dedicated to the end goal and never sacrifice quality to get there.'

1,905+ jobs of turning 'meh' into 'WHOA.' Chase Property Management shows up and suddenly your neighbors are googling 'landscape architects near me' trying to figure out your secret.

This man's so good, Zillow estimates start climbing just from his truck being in the driveway. Akron realtors whisper his name like a magic spell.

Customer called their insurance company asking if lawn improvements increase home value. Answer: 'Not usually, but have you seen what David Chase does?'

Ohio winters tried to stop him. David said 'Watch me plan for spring perfection.' Snow melted to reveal designs that were three months in the making.

That's not lawn care. That's property transformation with a mower and a vision.

Who else treats every yard like it's their personal masterpiece? 👇

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Service Outside Scope

"A customer is asking me to haul away a pile of debris. That's not part of the booking."

This comes up during spring cleanups. Here's the right call:

Don't do unpaid work and don't just decline without an option. The correct path is to submit a Recommend Services quote through the app before starting any additional work — that way the customer approves the price and you get paid for what you do.

To submit a quote: tap the three dots (•••) at the top of the screen → Recommend Services → enter your price and details → submit → wait for approval before starting.

If the customer declines the quote, complete the original booking only. Document what was and wasn't included.

Got a situation for next Saturday? Drop it below.


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Matthew Riley DeLange

Ummmm, that’s the process for the old system…the new system, you have to hit view job details, then hit the 3 dots, then recommend service…amiright?

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Weekly Wins — Week 4

Did a job turn into repeat business this week? New customer, upsell, referral — anything that added to the pipeline. Drop it below.

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Pre-Job Routine

What does your pre-job routine look like?

Before you start the first cut of the day — what do you check, what do you set up, what do you never skip?

Curious whether Pros with tight routes do this differently than Pros covering more ground.


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Spring Upsells

Spring is the easiest time to add services — lawns are waking up and customers are paying attention.

What's the one add-on you recommend most this time of year? And what's your go-to way to bring it up without it feeling like a sales pitch?

Looking for specific approaches, not general advice


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