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Profit Time

Wayne Volz

Profit Time is a show for lawn and landscape business owners looking to take their business to the next level. Wayne Volz shares his nearly 50 years of industry experience and over 30 years of consulting experience and covers profitability, leadership and management skills, organization, marketing and advertising, sales, bidding and estimating, employee and customer relationships, and a lot more!

Profit Time is also offered as a LIVE show on Lawn Pro Radio every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10am-11am EST.

Listen on the Lawn Pro Radio app, online at Profitsareus.com or by simply clicking this link: https://streams.radio.co/sdd6135ad8/listen

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Episodes

53 episodes

  1. Take Leaves Seriously 58:39
  2. Winter Weather Outlook (Do We Need the Plows?), Managing Winter in a Mild Season with BAM Weather 57:37
  3. Post Halloween, Leaf Season! 58:22
  4. Fall Fert and Halloween 55:49
  5. Accurate Tracking for Snow and Ice Management Events - SnowScape and Tim Wasmer 55:17
  6. Mike Newland of PERC: Propane Education Research Council, Propane as a Fuel Alternative for Lawn Pros 53:26
  7. Equip Expo 2026 Recap 52:16
  8. Brand, Reputation, Word of Mouth 59:57
  9. Maximizing Profits for Snow and Leaves 1:01:12
  10. BAD RFP's, Please DO NOT SIGN THEIR CONTRACTS 1:03:00
  11. Pricing, Planning, and Providing Leaf Cleanup 1:05:06
  12. Brine, Salt, and Profitable Winter 1:02:35
  13. Warm, Dry October, Final Weeks of Lawn Renovations, Customer Stories, Weather Outlook 1:03:41
  14. Are Customers Becoming Unreasonable? 58:46
  15. Leaves, Holiday Lights and MORE Coming Soon 1:00:21
  16. Get it Going and Growing 43:27
  17. Gameday, Cutting Cable Wires, and MORE 1:04:21
  18. What Happens If You DIE? 1:00:00
  19. Making Your Bed: How Does That Impact Your Business? 1:00:00
  20. DId They Steal Your Client or Did You Lose It? 54:37
  21. Water Features with James Daily 55:43
  22. Satisfied Customers vs Loyal Customers 1:00:18
  23. Lawn Care Expectations, What Makes a Business Successful? 1:01:27
  24. Who's Excited for Fall Services? Getting Ready for the Goods and the Bads 1:00:44
  25. Marketing Flyers, Professional Subcontractors, MORE 56:47
  26. Business Ethics 1:01:39
  27. Managing a Lawn Business in a Rainy Year 1:00:48
  28. Weird Customer Service Experiences, Are You Training Properly? 59:44
  29. Rain Days, Going with Your Gut, and Sales vs Billing Dept. 1:02:03
  30. How to Get More Customer Feedback 1:03:39
  31. The Weirdest Customer Question in 47 Years 1:05:50
  32. Profit is the Goal, Customers and Their Cameras, Training, and MORE 58:19
  33. Creating Value for Fall Services, Know Your Cost and Be More Efficient 1:01:47
  34. One Time Mows, Mowing Overlap, and MORE 1:04:18
  35. Marc Mataya CEO of Leaf Burrito Joins the Show to Talk Efficiency, Ergonomics, Sustainabillty, and Profit! 1:07:09
  36. Iron Apps, Business Resources 56:46
  37. Using AI in Your Lawn Business, Tough Conversations 1:09:44
  38. Company Culture in the Lawn and Landscaping Industry 49:41
  39. The Price of Success: Are You Overpaying? Lawn and Landscape Business Ownership 59:28
  40. Ryan and Crystal Harrell of Ryan's Landscaping Share Their Story and Business Lessons Learned from Decades of Lawn Business Success 1:02:25
  41. Another AWFUL Cost Calculator for the Lawn and Landscape Industry 56:30
  42. Selling in the Slow Season in the Lawn and Landscaping Industry 54:57
  43. Production and Watering in the Lawn and Landscaping Business 56:39
  44. Estimates in the Lawn Business 56:36
  45. Nearly 50 Years of Wayne's Lawn Service: The Full Story 55:26
  46. Collect Your Money! Lawn Business Advice 48:55
  47. Surviving the Heat in the Lawn and Landscape Business 1:02:45
  48. Google Reviews and Payment Options in the Lawn Business 43:45
  49. Crazy Weather with BAM Weather and We Care Attitude in the Lawn Business 55:24
  50. Do it at 100%: If You're Going to Do a Bid, Do it Right! 1:01:29