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  • AI and tree care
    May 1, 2025

    Transforming Tree Care With AI: Practical Applications for Your Business

    By MONICA HEMINGWAY, Ph.D.

    As a licensed arborist and marketing strategist for tree care companies, I’ve seen my fair share of industry transformations. But none quite matches the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize how we operate our businesses, serve our customers and [...]

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  • CRM and tree care
    January 1, 2025

    Adapting to CRM Pays Off, But It Takes Time

    By Rick Howland

    There’s a venerable Chinese saying that the longest journey begins with a single step. For this article, we talked with end-users who pretty much agree that successful implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) software comes after many steps accompanied [...]

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  • March 1, 2023

    Sales Tools in Arboriculture: The Second-Most Important Tool

    By Jeffrey Ling

    We may be living in the “Golden Age of Arbor Care!” Both science and technology have advanced to new levels – new tree cultivars and hybrids, and new exotic pests and diseases that keep cropping up. And we are dealing [...]

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  • January 1, 2023

    Selecting a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System

    By Joel Montgomery

    In our current age of technology, the use of an effective customer relationship management (CRM) system seems to be more and more a necessity than a luxury. According to WebFX, a digital marketing agency, 91% of companies with 10 or [...]

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  • January 1, 2023

    Leveraging Software for Greater Profitability

    By David Rattigan

    It is more evolution than revolution, but the paper-and-pencil tree care industry has advanced to the modern age. As a result, some arborists’ toolboxes include not just the chain saw, chipper and grapple saw, but also the many software packages [...]

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