Rod Dickens

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Rod Dickens is the founding editor of PRO Magazine, now Green Industry Pros, and has been covering the landscaping industry for nearly 30 years.

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Industry Updates
The Future of Snow Removal
Snowfighters think tank gathers to talk industry trends, challenges and potential solutions.
John Allin led the discussion with some of the industry's leading snow pros at 2015 Snowfighters Institute retreat in Buffalo, NY.
Mowing & Maintenance
How To Capitalize on Landscape Enhancements
The Pro Panel offers tips on what to sell, how to sell it, and how to deliver enhancement services to your commercial maintenance clients.
Determine if it makes more sense for your company to establish a dedicated enhancement crew, or simply train maintenance crews to offer some of those services.
Mowing
When To Replace Lawn Care and Landscaping Equipment
Tips and advice on when to replace landscaping and lawn care equipment
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Mowing & Maintenance
From Bid/Build to Design/Build
Reverse your thinking and emphasize salesmanship
Over the years Town & Gardens has worked on numerous high-profile projects, including several well-known Manhattan rooftops.
Mowing & Maintenance
The New Business Model
The contractors who’ll continue to survive are the ones who are finding ways to deliver more for less.
Jeff Bowen: “Our clients want to do business with one company that does many things.”
Mowing & Maintenance
Way More Than Mowing
Georgia contractor’s all-season offering drives growth
Chris Shipp
Mowing & Maintenance
Hey, You Can't Do That
Equipment is now more efficient, cleaner and quieter
Industry Updates
How To Remain Viable in an Increasingly 'Sustainable' Environment
LCOs must tout the environmental virtues of lawn care
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Mowing & Maintenance
Be Innovative In Other Ways
Especially in today’s hyper-competitive selling environment, anything a seller can do to turn the spotlight on customers’ needs and away from what they think are commodity services/prices is a positive move.
Industry Updates
Laying the Foundation For Growth
The LaurelRock Company started out as a landscape design company that soon added lawn maintenance services. A healthy balance between the two, along with an aggressive marketing push, has helped the company withstand the recession.
Burt (left) and Dickson DeMarche (Photo by Peggy Garbus Photography, peggygarbus.com
Lawn Care
The Green Enigma: Sustainable Maintenance
In this installment of “The Green Enigma”, sustainable landscape maintenance in the Green Industry is explored, highlighting what several leading contractors across the U.S. are doing.
Mowing & Maintenance
The Green Enigma: Sustainable Technology
Lawn and garden equipment such as zero turn mowers and trimmers which feature alternative power sources such as propane fuel tanks and lithium-ion battery packs are becoming more widely available to landscape contractors looking for sustainable solutions.
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