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Financial Strategies for Tree Care Businesses

  • September 4, 2024

    It’s all in the details A Consultative Sales Approach

    By Ash Connelly

    TCI EXPO ’23 Saturday morning, like the sunset of a few days jampacked full of learning, connecting and staying up late. Coffee in hand and sleep in their eyes, an unexpectedly large crowd filled the room to gain a [...]

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  • September 10, 2024

    Mastering the Estimate

    By Josiah Georgeson

    A masterful estimate involves establishing trust, providing effective solutions and setting the stage for your crew to exceed expectations. This article addresses some of the nuances of performing an outstanding in-person estimate. It highlights the significance of using thoughtful [...]

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  • September 1, 2024

    What Business Owners Need to Know About EBITDA and the Value of Their Business

    By Ron Edmonds

    With a high level of merger-and-acquisition activity in the tree care industry, owners are naturally interested in what is driving all the activity and how it will affect their businesses. One term being bantered about is the EBITDA, a [...]

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  • Dan Mayer, owner of Mayer Tree Service, a 32-year TCIA member company based in Essex, Massachusetts, with his Rivian R1T all-electric pickup truck.
    August 1, 2024

    Funding the Transition to Green Fleets

    By Mark E. Battersby

    It’s no secret that many tree care businesses are adding electric or zero-emission vehicles to their fleets. Chipper and bucket trucks, vans, dump trucks – just about every commercial vehicle has an electric option. Dan Mayer, owner of [...]

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    March 1, 2024

    Lean Practitioner Model Five Years In

    By Jeremiah_Sandler, BCMA

    The pruning van holds the chipper as well as all the gear for climbing and rigging. Photo and graphics courtesy of the author. From our company’s inception, we wanted to keep overhead low. This makes sense for any startup, but [...]

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