{"id":406,"date":"2017-09-07T15:39:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T19:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunpowerlawncare.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2020-06-30T13:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T17:23:22","slug":"growing-lawn-care-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpowerlawncare.com\/growing-lawn-care-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Sun Power Episode 11: What We\u2019ve Learned and Where We\u2019re Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rj0LyH6942Q\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Snogles is the founder and owner of Sun Power Lawn Care, a Gainesville, FL-based electric lawn care business dedicated to quiet and sustainable service.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sun Power Lawn Care has come a long way since we launched back in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>From expanding our team to upgrading our electric lawn care equipment and more, we\u2019re able to bring quality electric lawn services to more and more Gainesville properties.<\/p>\n<p>As the summer winds down, I wanted to take some time to look back on our successes, consider some lessons we\u2019ve learned over the years, and look ahead to the future of our growing lawn care company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plus, we\u2019re hiring!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn about all this and more in the video above.<\/p>\n<h3>Raw Sun Power Episode 11: Transcript<\/h3>\n<p>Good day, I am Tom Snogles with Sun Power Lawn Care, and this is Raw Sun Power Episode 11.<\/p>\n<p>Last time we shot was November 2015, so I have a bit of an update for you. And this is brought from rainy Depot Park on this wonderful pre-Irma hurricane day. So I\u2019m going to go over growth, lessons learned and our future plans for Sun Power Lawn Care.<\/p>\n<p>Well firstly, <strong>growth<\/strong>: we have been keeping up with <strong>100% to 150% growth each year<\/strong>. I owe this to my referral partners Chad Hanna with <a href=\"http:\/\/shade-shifters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shade Shifters<\/a>, Kevin Green with <a href=\"http:\/\/naturallygreenlandscapedesign.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naturally Green Landscape<\/a>, Kevin Smith with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccallservice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McCall Service<\/a>. And this has led to us going from one employee to five employees.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also got a second truck to do a bit of irrigation work and some extra tidy ups. And we\u2019ve also gone carbon neutral thanks to our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiEq6O6z5HWAhVsy1QKHb00ANMQFggoMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weareneutral.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuOq-OyrS7d5hf7eor6VoNkjfU8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Are Neutral<\/a>. I\u2019ve also helped them up at Bonnaroo to sell carbon offsets for people traveling to and from the festival. Bonnaroo\u2019s also a carbon neutral festival and they\u2019re also getting a couple more festivals\u2014it\u2019s a lot going on with We Are Neutral, they\u2019re fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>So two: <strong>lessons learned<\/strong>. Setting expectations for incoming staff. This is my first proper business that\u2019s a real business and not part-time, so there\u2019s a lot of learning experiences that I\u2019ve had. Setting expectations for staff coming on so they know what to expect from me, from management, and we know what to expect from them.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also been setting goals. So our goals for this year are to get 100 yards, because 100 yards is a touchdown. And that is perfectly in line being in Gainesville, Gator season right now. Our first home game is this coming Saturday as long as Irma doesn\u2019t cancel it\u2014we shall see.<\/p>\n<p>And third are future plans. So next year, we\u2019re going to have our second trailer. This year we bought a 48\u2033 mower to take on larger properties, so this larger trailer will mean we can take on more, larger commercial properties. We\u2019re also going to upgrade to a different premises so we can have a second trailer, third trailer, fourth trailer, and really transfer the mowing in Gainesville to electric mowing. Quiet, environmentally friendly electric mowing as opposed to gas mowing.<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>we\u2019re also hiring!<\/strong> so currently we\u2019re looking for an operation and sales manager to take on al of the responsibilities and duties I have in my current role, so i can focus on infrastructure, training people and growing the business, and making sure that phone keeps ringing and everyone\u2019s doing their job.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed this video\u2014expect more to come! It\u2019s been great talking to you today, have a wonderful day. I am Tom Snogles with Sun Power Lawn Care, where we mow grass but don\u2019t use gas.<\/p>\n<h4>Interested in quiet, electric lawn care service for your property? <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpowerlawncare.com\/quote-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Sun Power Lawn Care online<\/a> or at (352) 507-5296 for a free quote.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff Tom Snogles is the founder and owner of Sun Power Lawn Care, a Gainesville, FL-based electric lawn care business dedicated to quiet and sustainable service. Sun Power Lawn Care has come a long way since we launched back in 2014. 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