Do You Rent Equipment?

Green Industry Pros and sister publication, Rental Magazine, want to know if you, as a landscape contractor, rent equipment. Participate in a short survey for the opportunity to appear in the June issue of Rental Magazine.

May 4, 2023

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How Software Improves Fleet Management

Fleet management software is a powerful tool for tracking and monitoring fleet assets, including vehicles, landscaping equipment and inventory. Here are ways this process can be improved.

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The 4 Signs Your Business is Ready to Offer Financing Options

Financing allows customers to make necessary home repairs on a budget. It also helps them tackle larger projects and upgrade to higher-quality products. Here's how to know if your business is ready.

Playing to employees' strengths when assigning routes and jobs is another factor in keeping those employees engaged and customers happy.

Build a Winning Culture, Up your Retention

A look at why building a winning culture is the key to employee retention.

Jobber Expands Marketing Features

Jobber added two new marketing tools—called Reviews and Campaigns—designed to help home service businesses leverage their current clients bases to run key elements of their marketing like automating online review requests and running targeted emails.

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How to Effectively Onboard Software

Tips and tricks landscape companies can employ to ensure they make the most out of their newly implemented software program.

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LMN Expands Crew App Features

Landscape Management Network (LMN), a business management software, added multiple new features for its Crew application.

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How Decisions at COP28 Could Affect your Business and Fleet

Learn how decisions made at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference could impact the landscape industry.

Aspire Software Integrates with ServiceTitan Marketing Pro

Aspire Software, a ServiceTitan company and leading software provider for commercial landscaping businesses, has integrated with ServiceTitan Marketing Pro.

Service Autopilot, Deep Lawn Collaborate on New Tool

Service Autopilot by Xplor joined forces with Deep Lawn, an AI platform using satellite imagery and advanced algorithms for instant lawn measurements quotes, and sales.

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Four Top Trends Impacting the Green Industry

A roundup of four trends that are top of mind for owners and management teams of landscaping companies in 2024.

FieldRoutes Integrates with ServiceTitan Fleet Pro

FieldRoutes, a ServiceTitan product and cloud-based and mobile SaaS platform for field service businesses, incorporated ServiceTitan Fleet Pro into FieldRoutes’ software.

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Jobber, Verizon Business Release Field Management Tablet Plus

Verizon Business and Jobber joined forces to create Field Management Tablet Plus, an all-in-one solution designed to meet the needs of the millions of home service businesses within the U.S.

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Monthly Musings: Best Business Advice For 2024

In Green Industry Pros' Monthly Musings, landscape pros weigh in on how they've prepared their businesses for the coming year. For the next round, Green Industry Pros asks how landscape pros are contending with the labor challenge. Take the survey now.

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ServiceTitan, Scorpion Enter Strategic Partnership

Scorpion, a provider of digital marketing solutions for local businesses, and ServiceTitan, which includes the Aspire and FieldRoutes platforms, initiated a partnership in which Scorpion will integrate with ServiceTitan’s cloud-based software platform.

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The Top Marketing Methods For 2024

A roundup of marketing tactics that will give lawn care and landscape companies an edge to making 2024 a lucrative year.

Keynote speaker David Avrin discussed customer engagement, matching the increasing demands on quality and service and more.

Around 1,000 Service Pros Gather For WorkWave User Conference

Field service professionals from around the U.S. and Canada kicked off the new year at the WorkWave Beyond Service User Conference on Jan. 7-10 in Orlando, Fla.

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Prepare Your Business for the New Year

Here are some essential steps to help you get your lawn care or landscape business ready for 2024.

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Optimize Your Success With Change Management

Change is hard. However, following these steps for change management optimizes your chances of success.

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LMN Unveils LMN Crew App

Landscape Management Network (LMN), a business management software provider, launched LMN Crew, an app that ensures landscape teams are getting jobs done efficiently and accurately every day.

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Four Ways to Help Protect Your Business From Cyber Crimes

The various elements of cybersecurity may seem overwhelming, but taking simple steps can go a long way toward protecting your business.

L to R: Lindsey Kruse, manager, customer success, Aspire Software; Mark Tipton, CEO, Aspire Software; Nasim Niwar, president, Nasim Landscape; Chad Reinhart, founder, Reinhart Landscape; Allen Sweeney, founder and CEO, Aphix; and JT Price, founder, Landscape Workshop, discuss how to grow a green industry business.

Hundreds of Landscapers Come Together at Aspire Software, FieldRoutes Annual Conference

On Nov. 7-9, hundreds of landscape contractors (and pest control operators) came together for Ignite, the Aspire Software x FieldRoutes User Conference in Las Vegas, Nev.

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The Toro Co. Adds New Mowers, Software Capabilities at Equip Expo

The Toro Co. unveiled its latest outdoor power equipment at Equip Expo 2023 in Louisville, Ky.

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Jobber Updates Software Features

Jobber added location timers, a new feature that uses geo-fencing technology to automatically and accurately track employee time on job sites, substantially reducing manual work for home service businesses.

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Vectorworks Unveils First Update to 2024 Product Line

Vectorworks released its first update for the Vectorworks 2024 product line, unveiling a new partnership with NCS Colour, a provider of color communication solutions, and delivering updates designed to enhance user experience and introduce improvements.

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No More Guesstimation With Estimation Software

How estimating software can help landscape professionals streamline their operations when sizing out properties.

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What's New With Attentive

Shawn Prince, vice president of business development at Attentive, discusses what's new at Attentive at NALP's 2023 Elevate Show.

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Steps to Success Using Change Management

A look at the change management process and how landscape companies can use it to manage changes effectively.