Episodes
Laura talks to Just Add Water's Chris Thompson about the top four things he has learned about business and how these items can help all business owners.
Published 09/25/23
Laura talks about the difference between job descriptions and mastery ladders and why you need both.
Published 09/18/23
Laura talks about why team meetings are so important to a healthy business and shares her weekly meeting agenda
Published 09/11/23
Laura talks about how her company has extremely high profit margins and what you can do to increase yours as well.  
Published 09/04/23
Laura talks about the need for systems to grow (or start) your company. What are the items you NEED for success?
Published 08/28/23
Laura talks to AquaReale's Customer Service Manager, Sandy. on her role and how she helps us make more money
Published 08/21/23
Laura gives ideas on how to generate more work this summer.
Published 08/14/23
Laura talks to her AquaReale co-owner, Matt, about their year so far and what is working well and what isn't.
Published 08/07/23
Laura brings Break the Image's Jeff Gutowksi back to discuss SEO (search engine optimization).
Published 07/31/23
Laura talks to Break the Image's Jeff Gutowski about Search Engine Marketing, what it means and how to excel at it.
Published 07/24/23
Laura talks about customer avatars, including what that means and how to create your own to help you sell to the right people.
Published 07/17/23
Laura talks to The Pond Gnome's Barbi Holdeman on how Barbi is working toward and preparing for semi-retirement.  
Published 07/10/23
Laura discusses what a CRM is and how her company uses theirs.
Published 07/03/23
Laura (and her cat) talk to Garden State Koi's Tom Smith about how to handle sales in a challenging year.
Published 06/26/23
Laura talks to Jay from Oklahoma Ponds on how he empowers his employees and his advice to start empowering yours.
Published 06/19/23
Laura talks to Dan and Will from Good Earth Water Gardens on how they decided to have a Sales Manager and what exactly he handles.
Published 06/12/23
Laura talks about the importance of branding, what it means for landscapers and how to create and maintain your brand.
Published 06/05/23
Laura talks to her 27 year old maintenance manager about what employees in their 20s are looking for and how to learn to communicate with each other.
Published 05/29/23
Laura her husband and co-business owner, Matt, talk about the many things they have learned on how to hire and keep the right employees.
Published 05/22/23
Laura talks to her customer service manager, Sandy, about what her position entails.
Published 05/15/23
Laura talks about how her company is handling getting less big leads this year.
Published 05/08/23
Laura talks to Tara Stohler about accountability in different aspects of life.
Published 05/01/23
Laura talks to Navy Builder Greg Falvo on how he handles being in the Naval Reserves and running an outdoor living company at the same time.
Published 04/24/23
Laura talks to Million Dollar Landscaper's Scott Molchan on how to use Artifical Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT for your marketing-- and how NOT to use it.
Published 04/17/23
Laura talks to Donnie Beck about how to market his company in the resort community in which he lives.
Published 04/10/23