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How to better execute on your goals.

Become Clear With Your Vision and Then Pursue With Passion

John C. Morley April 19, 2022

John C. Morley is the Founder, CEO of The JMOR Connection, Inc now a 28+ year company in Franklin Lakes, NJ. When I was in college not too long ago; I realized that many were frustrated with technology but also being given bad advice. No matter whether you have never touched technology or use it daily my team and I will help you as we Make IT Easy. During 7th Grade, I started one of NJ’s largest BBS Systems to build community before there was internet with fancy formatted pages and graphics usual forms. I am also the President of […]

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Branding and Marketing

How to improve your brand and improve your company awareness.

Determining Your Brand Identity and Crush Your Competitors

Michael DeLon April 12, 2022

Michael DeLon creates credibility for his clients. As America’s Foremost Authority on Credibility Marketing, he helps business owners publish a book that positions them as the expert in their field. Business owners seek out Michael to clarify their brand strategy, make them bestselling authors, and set up their profitable podcast. They use his Credibility Marketing strategies to gain more clients, get more referrals, and grow their revenue. Michael is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of On Marketing. Since 2013, he has worked with business owners across the United States and internationally to establish and market their credibility. Michael is the […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

Getting Out of the Weeds

Jeff Davis April 5, 2022

Entrepreneur Jeff Davis went from working every night and every weekend with 80+ hour work weeks to traveling for 2 years with his family, seeing 29 countries – all while growing his business. He attributes making that life-changing leap from being stuck in the day-to-day weeds to being able to travel and focus on the vision to doing 7 particular things. When any other entrepreneurs go through these same 7 steps, they also build dramatically more scalable businesses, they start growing their companies with more freedom to focus on the bigger impact things and they’re also able to pursue other […]

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Branding and Marketing

How to improve your brand and improve your company awareness.

How to Successfully Determine Whether to Outsource Social Media Marketing or Not!

Kelly Dowell March 29, 2022

Kelly has over 15 years of experience working at a residential landscape maintenance company in St. Louis, Missouri. Starting young plowing snow with her dad and mailing invoices with her mom – she was quite literally born into the green industry. Since those early days, she’s trail-blazed nearly every position, experiencing all angles of what it takes to run a successful business. As an extrovert, she naturally gravitates to sales and marketing, but became passionate about understanding how to establish systems, then hire and train others to multiply the rewards. In 2017, Kelly won Lawn and Landscape’s Emerging Leader Award […]

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Leadership

How to become better leaders in your company.

Living Life By Design

Robert Clinkenbeard March 22, 2022

Genesis Amaris Kemp is a Visionary Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Author. A Firecracker and “Mindset Hacker” a force to be reckoned with. Genesis is a woman that empower others to speak up for themselves. Yes, it may be challenging; yes, it may hurt. But in the long run, she desires to encourage others to help those who may not have a voice. She is a trailblazer who wants others to live out their dreams, goals, and visions. We all have been given an excellent purpose in life. It is up to us to walk it out and live victoriously! […]

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Culture

How to improve your company culture.

How to Successfully Retain Young Professionals

Kamber Parker March 15, 2022

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Kamber moved to Greenville, South Carolina after attending Furman University. In addition to her full-time work in the nonprofit sector as a Development Director, she started her company The YoPro Know in 2018, a platform designed to be the bridge between ambitious young professionals and the companies that wish to hire them and most importantly, retain them. Kamber is the author of the Ebook “The Young Professional Guide: 7 Smart Career Decisions To Make Now To Maximize Your Young Professional Years” and offers consulting services for companies looking to increase young professional retention and engagement. In her […]

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Landscape

General landscape knowledge and principles.

The Current State of the Landscape Acquisition Market

Brian Corbett March 9, 2022

Brian D. Corbett is the Founder and Managing Partner of CCG Advisors, an Atlanta based investment banking firm founded in 1997. He has over 25 years of experience representing the owners of successful, privately-held companies in the maximization and monetization of their companies via strategic sales, private equity recapitalizations, and ESOPS. Mr. Corbett and his team at CCG have closed hundreds of transactions with purchase price totaling billions dollars. They have successfully represented clients in a wide range of industries covering the broad sectors of manufacturing, service, and distribution. Examples of specific transaction experience would include healthcare and professional services, […]

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IT

Understand ways in which technology can improve efficiencies.

Using Technology To Help Streamline Your Business

Katie Elzer-Peters February 22, 2022

Katie Elzer-Peters is the founder and CEO of The Garden of Words, LLC, a digital marketing firm that specializes in green industry clients. For 14 years she has helped brick and mortar and e-commerces businesses of every size (from small, family-owned to large corporations) grow and thrive in the digital age. The Garden of Words takes a broad approach to marketing plan development and implementation, blending tried and true traditional marketing techniques with new and emerging solutions. Katie and her team specialize in making digital marketing tools and tips accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or experience. Elzer-Peters has […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

Being hyper-focused on building a profitable company while having work/life balance

Chris Imlach February 1, 2022

Graduate of Plymouth State College (NH)Started Swazy Alexander Landscaping in 2004 part time and went full time in 2005. Rebranded our Fertilization division as Green Sphere, Turf, Trees, Ticks in 2016 with an organic focus. Our Tick and Mosquito control has been 100% organic for 8 years. We have an exclusive deal with Bee Safe to offer their organic lawn care products on the North Shore. Our traditional fertilization program has eliminated all synthetic fertilizers, uses fully organic products for most of the steps while providing the control products for insects and weeds. We offer:Property CareFertilizationEnhancementsSnow Removal We are an […]

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Business Strategy

Where is your company headed?

How to start the program of Operational Excellence

Brian Brueggemann January 25, 2022

Brian Brueggemann, former director of landscape operations at Focal Pointe Outdoor Solutions in Caseyville, Illinois, has joined the Bruce Wilson & Co. team as a productivity improvement consultant and trainer. “In today’s competitive environment, improving workflow is key,” said Brian. “By looking at the activities landscape teams repeat all the time, we can eliminate bottlenecks and distractions, and improve factors that increase capacity and ensure consistent performance.” “Brian is a great asset to our team,” says Robert Clinkenbeard, BW&Co managing partner, “and his work optimizing process-level improvements is a powerful tool for CEOs looking to manage profitability and speed up […]