One of the biggest challenges that landscape industry pros face with social media is creating engaging content that also converts. Properly managed social media accounts both engage customers and help keep a business top of mind, drive traffic to its website, and spread the company’s word to their target audience.

Building product manufacturers in the landscape and outdoor living industry face specific challenges when it comes to content marketing. In this jam-packed field guide, we take you behind the scenes of the exact framework that empowers our clients to produce industry-specific content at scale.

While the world has become more digital than ever before, there are many aspects of the landscaping industry that still depend on meaningful offline business relationships. Dealers are in a position where they interact with numerous manufacturers, designers, installers, local contractors, and homeowners on a daily basis.

Is it time to rethink your hiring strategy? There comes a time in the life of every landscape construction business owner when he or she realizes that in order to grow, change is necessary.

Many landscape contractors are struggling to find the key employees they need in order to grow their businesses. Good help is hard to find as they say. And in the landscape construction industry today, this age-old saying seems to be truer than ever.

With the highly competitive state of the landscape industry today, you know that your company is just one of many that a prospect is scoping out. Knowing how to stand apart from your competition is essential, and it takes an intentional effort to develop a strategy.

Leading landscape firms—both those with commercial and residential focuses—prioritize professional photo shoots every year because they experience firsthand the incredible positive impact it makes on their business. Our team pulled together this 101 to address some of the common concerns we hear from landscape professionals.

Undoubtedly, anyone in the landscape industry could learn something from a landscape contractor that has been in business for over 80 years, especially when it’s a company that is ranked number one on Lawn & Landscape’s 2021 Top 100 list based on revenue. So how exactly is BrightView getting these outstanding results? We’ve identified four key strategies that have led to their massive success.

Prospects today are far more informed and empowered than those of the past, and the buying process has completely changed. This is true for every industry, and landscape construction is no exception. Here are a few key areas of our industry that have changed dramatically.

You may be wondering if optimization is even necessary, and the answer is absolutely yes! But what is the best way to optimize your website? A good place to start is what you should not do when you are optimizing your website, which will be an effective guide throughout the process.

When comparing LinkedIn to Facebook, LinkedIn generates leads 277% more effectively. And if that’s not reason enough, we have more reasons why landscape professionals need to take advantage of the power of LinkedIn Ads.

Inbound marketing focuses on providing valuable content that will attract potential leads. But what marketing is best? Paid ads? SEO? Truck wraps? There are a lot of options. Here, we are going all-in on inbound!

Running an effective Facebook Ads campaign looks different for landscape industry professionals than it does for other industries. Here we’ll highlight seven common mistakes that we see industry pros make when it comes to running Facebook ads

The business decisions made during the three strategic months of January, February, and March can mean the difference between a great upcoming season with better leads, more employees, and more significant profits or a mediocre year with unqualified leads and lower profit margins.

If done right, social recruiting is one of landscape and pool contractors' most effective recruiting strategies. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about recruiting on social media platforms, including which platforms work best.

Once you’ve mastered the foundational sales techniques, you’re ready to uplevel your sales game. Technology can be used to streamline your processes and provide better insight into your company’s performance–both online and offline.

As the landscape and outdoor living industries continue to grow, more and more entrepreneurs are entering the market. Some, of course, being new direct competition for you. There is, more than ever before, a need to set yourself apart from the other businesses in the neighborhood or region.

Many landscape contractors, understandably, think of social media advertising as only posting on social platforms. But social media is the landscape professional’s tool to better employees and better leads.

When you’re investing in a website for your landscape or pool building business, you may have questions about how you can receive high-quality leads that actually convert. Do you need to invest in ad campaigns? Should you be focusing on search engine optimization (SEO)? The answer to both of these questions is “yes.”

Having an online presence with excellent visibility means SEO and is key for landscape and pool contractors in today’s market. The customer journey often begins with a Google search, and so your website’s ranking on search engine results pages (SERPs) will have a huge impact on whether your business is discovered.