| Public relations is important no matter what type of | | | | landscape company to have 10 units on the road. With |
| business you are in. Recently Landscaping companies | | | | these companies it is better to have stickers than |
| have taken a public image hit due to their perceived | | | | magnets. They will lose magnets and you will have to |
| use of illegal aliens for labor supply. It is important to | | | | replace them. The Landscape companies are very |
| re-establish such companies in the market place as | | | | active and may hit 12-15 houses a day and up to 100 |
| safe and legitimate. One thing a landscaping company | | | | houses a month. They will have both commercial and |
| can do to propel positive public relations is to join the | | | | residential customers, so they will be in shopping |
| Neighborhood Watch Community and keep an eye out | | | | centers, business parks, government buildings, parks, |
| for the areas they work in. | | | | golf courses, and housing areas. They are everywhere |
| How can they do this? By contacting the community | | | | on a set schedule and very visible. Try to pick the |
| policing officer and letting them know you wish to be | | | | Landscapers with the best image and the nicest and |
| involved and attending neighborhood watch groups and | | | | cleanest trucks. |
| homeowners association meetings. You see a | | | | Now then you can see with a little creativity and |
| Landscaping company can help protect properties | | | | innovation you can promote a smart public relations |
| while people are at work and they are doing their | | | | policy with nearly any type of company. Just because |
| business. How so you ask? Well consider if you will | | | | a landscaping service company is not a glamorous |
| the following observations of landscaping companies; | | | | business model does not mean it cannot have a public |
| LANDSCAPERS: In middle class America where most | | | | relations program and plan to promote goodwill. |
| families have two bread-winners, the landscape | | | | Consider this in 2006. |
| business has flourished. It is not uncommon for a | | | | |