We are racing toward the lawn care season. Michigan is going through a major thaw and heatwave for this time of year. It has me looking back over the winter at what I have been doing and how I have stayed busy as the season inches closer.

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I have been attanding trade shows for the last 11 years. Over those years I have had times when i have learned a lot at trade shows and times when I wished I hadn't even gone. There are various reasons people go to trade shows and all of them are valid. Today I want to see if trade shows are still worth attending in 2026.

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There are so many things that a solo lawn care provider has to think about as they are running their business. Getting the work done, taking care of the books, equipment maintenance, and the most imortant of them all, ADVERTISING!

Advertising is the one thing that you need to bring in business. It is especially important when you are first starting out. No one knows your business exists. Advertising is the thing that will get your community buzzing about your business. But how should you go about it? Is there a specific time you should start advertising? Do you need a website? Is google my business really that important?

In today's episode Aaron answers all these questions and more.

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We are racing toward the start of the 2026 lawn care season and it's time to start looking at all of your processes to make sure that your business is running as effiecently as possible. In today's episode I talk about 4 things that you are a small business owner need to look at and maybe even rethink as you prepare for the upcoming season.

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In every business you have to be careful so that you don't get ripped off, but in the snow removal business it is very easy to get taken advantage of. This episode is here to help you set your sno business up so that it doesn't happen to you.

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Have you ever completed a job and said to yourself, "man, that looks so good!" only to get an emergency call in the middle of winter that something terrible happened with your project? That was my week this week. A customer called me and told me that her driveway was so sloppy and muddy that a UPS delivery truck got stuck. I was so proud of this driveway project because it turned out so good and beautiful, but apperantly there was something lurking underneath that I didn't know about.

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Welcome to 2026! This could be your best year ever, but there are a few things to keep in mind as we sprint toward the 2026 lawn care season. There are 5 must do things that I believe every business needs to look at in there business and life to have a successful 2026 season. Let's jump into it.

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If you want to start a lawn care business in 2026 then this episode is the one for you. Aaron gives you 5 actionable steps you should take to make the lawn care business sart up process easy and enjoyable. There is a lot that goes into starting a lawn care business and there are certainly more than 5 steps that you will need to take to get your business off the ground, but these are the first 5 steps that will make launching your business much smoother.

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