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Lawn Care Service - Landscapers - Nurserymen - Grounds Maintenance - Snow Plowing Contractors

75 Easy Ways to Make Money off season during the winter

No more draining your savings

No more waiting and depending on snow

No more seasonal lay offs for your key people for lack of work

No more borrowing money to make it through the winter slow season

No more being pressured into making 12 months income in only 8 months time


Winter Income Producers 100% Guaranteed Proven Money Makers!

End the cash poor off season winter months by making money during the one to four months of your yearly off season winter slow downs. Have the money you need to keep your business and personal bills current and the funds available to enjoy some well deserved vacation time off during the winter season.

Reduce your dependency on snow and end the question of "what if it doesn't snow" ? Or if it only slows a little or not even enough to pay for and make the snow equipment payments. Snow money can be "good money" but you can't count on it. Our off season Winter Income Producers will help you develop reliable incomes sources 12 months a year. Depending on where your lawn care service or landscape business is located, being without income during the two to four months off season can cause serious financial shortfalls and eat into profits you earn during the regular season and limit your company growth.

Keep employees working making money for you in between snow storms and guarantee cash flow if it doesn't snow or if it doesn't snow enough to pay all the bills. Off season Winter Income Producers will allow your employees to get paid and remain on your payroll and continue to earn a living. This one company benefit alone gives them even more reason to stay with and work for your company rather than seek employment elsewhere. Employees are far less likely to have accumulated the savings needed during the off season winter months. They may have no choice but to work the off season winter slow times on temporary jobs or find more stable, permanent jobs elsewhere.

Retain key people by having the money to pay them to get them through the slow season on your payroll. Don't let your best, most productive, experienced employees walk out the door and go to work for somebody else. Having a constant turnover of employees means your business lacks experienced people who can provide your customers with quality work.

Eliminate the need to borrow startup working capital loans to get going in the spring and spending the following season paying it back. Use and reserve your credit lines and borrowing power to grow your business ... not pay for unproductive idle time that produces nothing.

Reduce employee turnover and thereby reduce employee training costs and loss of productive employees not returning to work when the winter off season ends. Don't chance losing your best and most productive workers when the season ends and hope to replace them next season.

Turn idle down time into added income. You'll get 75 of the best ways for lawn care service and landscapers to make money in the off season, and any one of them is enough to get you started. The good news is that most of them require little, if any investment. No long start up times either. There's something for everyone. Pick a money making method that satisfies your off season income cash flow needs.

And, even if you yourself decide to "kick back", relax and take it easy during the off season winter months, doesn't mean your employees can't continue to make money for you during your slow season. No matter where you live, no matter what your specialty within the landscape industry, you'll find something of interest. I guarantee it. My Winter Income Producers book is 100% satisfaction guaranteed to make money for you.

75 Ways To Make Money Off Season. 100% Guaranteed For Lawn Care Service, Landscaping, Green Industry, Books, Ideas, Mowing Contractors, Teachers, Hydoseeding, Pest Control, Patio, Night Lighting, Christmas Decorations, Yard, Grounds Maintenance, Sprinkler Service, Mower, Outdoor Power Equipment Dealers, Painters, Construction, Remodeling, Roofing, Fencing, Line Marking, Paving Contractors, LCO's, Solo Outfits, Tree Care Service, Sprinkler, Irrigation, Garden Centers, Nursery, Pressure Washing, Home Improvement, Golf Course, Horticulture, Green House, Swimming Pool, Summer Vacation Resorts, Key Employees, Crew Leaders, Foreman.

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Nilsson's Job Estimating Package has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, price landscape installs, or complete a lawn analysis. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements. Nilsson's Job Estimating Package includes a model bid example that takes you through the entire bid process step by step from work site information gathering, cost and profit calculations based on site conditions and specifications, outlines price proposal details, and customer contract writeup along with a cover letter outlining the work. Use the bid model as your permanent estimating guide and improve the accuracy of all your bids.

Labor Time Data Handbook
Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating. Bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance. Book # A-7, Price $69.50 To order Click Here:or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Grounds Maintenance Manual - A complete guide to maintenance. How to sell services, bid jobs, assign crews, control the work. You'll get bid outlines, scheduling formats, cost calculations, checklists for year round services. You'll learn how to evaluate every site for profit potential, pinpoint best crew size, control costs, and know what to expect on a daily basis. Book # C-1, Price $49.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Writing The Maintenance Specifications - No more trying to find the right words to explain job bids. Contains hundreds of samples of contract language that fits any situation. Produce professional specs, avoid bidding unrealistic site requirements. What to include and exclude. Covers summer and winter work elements, and work options to look for on any site to boost sales. Book # C-2, Price $34.50
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Maintenance Estimating Kit - This kit has everything you need when you visit a site to get an estimate. Working from a model spec. it takes you step by step. Assesses the model, finds the price, prepares the model bid, writes the proposal, along with cover letter and outline of the work. Book # C-21, Price $32.50
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Maximizing Profits In Mowing - Some people make plenty of money mowing, while others lose their shirts! Mowing is 50% of most contracts. Covers key factors for better profits, best crew size, selecting the right mowers, setting work quotas, scheduling problems. Mobilize your people to work as a team! Book # C-6, Price $24.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Writing Your Company Policy Manual - You'll save time using this fill in the blanks format to create your own policy manual. Copy it, customize it to fill your needs. Includes owner's message to employees, sequence of info, the do's and don'ts of making promises, a benefits checklist and how to word them. Book # G-2, Price $19.50
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Keys To Motivating Employees - This book focuses on the unique challenges of motivating seasonal, temporary and key people. Discusses why some people work hard, others don't. Why a paycheck alone is a poor motivator. Tactics to use to promote team players, get better production, and create interest in a job where none exists. Book # G-4, Price $19.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Entry Level Training - Landscapers - This book trains new hires & seasonal help and avoids you having to explain the basics over and over each season. It covers materials, commonly used tools, equipment, safety, vehicle use, hazardous substances, work practices, attire, customer relations, personal behavior, terms and definitions, and question/answer review. Book # ET-1, Price $42.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Crew Leader Training - Landscapers - Overcome the difficulty of unsupervised jobs. Train your workers to accept responsibility and you'll probably increase business. This is a step-by-step approach designed for the employee with little or no supervisory experience. Covers task management, what owners need from crew leaders, how to win respect and get cooperation from peers, planning the work, getting it done! Overseeing the equipment, goal setting, Question/Answer review. Book # ET-2, Price $39.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Training In Pruning And Planting - Covers everything workers need to know to properly install and prune shrubs and trees. Shows how, when, why to prune. Explains the tools, how to prevent damage, planting methods, staking and guying, mulching, transporting stock, thinning, forming, shaping, and pinching. Best times to prune flowering species. Question/Answer review. Book # ET-4, Price $34.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

AUDIO TAPE-Employees . . . Find Them, Keep Them - Listen & learn the secrets to finding and keeping employees. These tapes reveal untapped sources of finding prospects, what to offer, how to prevent the competition from hiring away your people, benefits, incentives, what works, what doesn't, interviewing and selection. $39.50 2 Tape Series To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

How To Be A Great Boss! - Ever wonder how employees like you as a "boss"? Highly respected, well liked? How they perceive you is key to your success in today's labor market. This report examines easily misunderstood concepts of attitudes, work ethics, and self esteem that can make or break your business. You can either "turn them on" or "turn them off" by what you do and say. Book # G-5, Price $12.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252

Subcontracting the Work - This book shows & tells everything you ever wanted to know about subcontracting your work to others and being a subcontractor to others. The ins and outs of partnering jobs, legal requirements, how to make money on others, limit your risks, protect customer contacts, forms & agreements, qualifying your partners, performance guarantees, insurance concerns, covenants not to compete, lien waivers, ... all about "owning the work" but not "doing the work" and how to profit from the growing trend in subcontracting. Book # H-4 Price $49.50 To order Click Here: or order by phone Toll Free 1-866-280-2252




Nilsson's Job Estimating Package has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, price landscape installs, or complete a lawn analysis. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements. Nilsson's Job Estimating Package includes a model bid example that takes you through the entire bid process step by step from work site information gathering, cost and profit calculations based on site conditions and specifications, outlines price proposal details, and customer contract writeup along with a cover letter outlining the work. Use the bid model as your permanent estimating guide and improve the accuracy of all your bids.


When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more landscape industry pricing information than Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants. Nilsson's Job Price Guides covers lawn care bids, job bidding & estimating for tree care, irrigation installation & service, pavement sweeping & maintenance, snow plowing operations, landscaping and hardscaping job bids for both commercial & residential customers as well as real estate management, parks & recreation departments, municipalities, college and univeristy grounds. The prices cover; estimates & bids for grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bid the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimate contracts, price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, most all outdoor maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price for sanding.


For more information about Pricing Click Here for FREE Job Pricing Guidelines


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FREE Job Pricing Guidelines

Nilsson's Job Pricing Guidelines are in use by lawn and landscape contractors nationwide. See what other landscapers are currently charging from price lists compiled and updated by Nilsson Associates. Avoid Pricing Too High - Avoid Pricing Too Low - Win More Bids. Compare Your Prices With Nilsson's Price Lists Before You Bid - Makes Pricing Lawn & Landscape Jobs Fast, Easy, Accurate, Competitive.

Nilsson's Job Pricing Guides takes the guesswork out of bidding, and helps build confidence in your bids before you present them to your customers. Makes Job Bidding easier, faster. Figure your price for a job, then compare your price with the list price before you bid, or use the price given in the price lists to bid on jobs shown below:

Includes Prices For:
Aerating lawns
Aerating Core
Back Pak Spraying lawns,
Bak Pak weeds shrub beds, curbs
Bed Edging - in lawns
Bed Construction
Cement Curbing Installation
Cement Borders Installed
Chemical Applications of lawn care chemicals
Deck Installations
Dethatching of lawns
Drain Gutter Cleaning to remove leaves
Drain Gutters Installed
Drain Gutter Screening
Edging Walks
Edging Beds
Fall Cleanups of lawns and beds
Firewood sales
Firewood Cords
Firewood Bundles
Firewood Delivery
Flower Installations Flats
Flower Pots
Grading & Filling of soil for lawns
Ground Covers - Plants
Ground Covers Mulch
Hardscapes - patios, stairs, walks
Hourly Rates lawn care
Hourly Rates - Landscape
Hourly Rates Landscape design
Hourly Rates Plowing
Hydroseeding of lawns
Hydroseeding Preparation
Hydroseeding Materials
Install Sod
Install Shrubs
Install Trees
Irrigation lawn Installation
Irrigation Service - lawns & beds
Irrigation Winterize
Irrigation Repair Rates
Irrigation Controllers
Landscape Designs - designing computer image landscapes
Landscape Lighting Installations
Landscape Lighting Fixtures
Landscape Floodlights
Landscape Solar Lighting
Landscape Grading
Landscape Installations lawns, shrubs, plants & trees
Lawn Aeration Spike
Lawn Aeration Cores
Lawn Care Service Chemical Applications Fertilizers Weed Controls
Lawn Chemical Applications
Lawns Fertilized
Lawn Mowing Riders
Lawn Mowing Walkbehinds
Lawn Mowing Trim
Lawn Weed Treatments
Lawn Treatment Programs
Lawn Chemical Prices - Acre, Square Foot
Lawn Grub Control Apps
Lawn Insecticide
Lawn Renovations - Slit Seeding, Reseeding, Elimination of Growth
Liquid Applications of Fertilizers, Weed Killers
Loam Installed for lawn building and planting beds
Mowing with walkbehinds
Mowing with ztrs
Mowing with riding mowers
Mowing with trim mowers
Mowing Residential
Mowing Commercial
Mowing Condominium
Mowing Sports Fields
Mowing Cemeteries
Mulch Installs
Mulch pine bark mulch
Mulch pine needles
Mulch Spraying
Organic Lawn Care of lawns
Organic Lawn Programs
Parking Lot Line Marking
Parking Lot Sweeping of sand and debris
Paving Installations and hardscapes
Pavers Stone
Pavers Concrete
Pavement Sweeping
Pavement and litter control
Pavement line marking
Planting Trees & Shrubs in landscapes
Pressure washing of houses, vehicles, walks
Pruning of shrubs,
Pruning trees
Pruning ornamental trees
Putting Greens Installations - artificial turf for golf
Retaining Walls Installed of wood, stone
Retaining Walls Timbers
Roto Tilling turf, soil, lawns
Roto Tilling gardens
Salting Roads
Salting Walks
Sanding Roads
Sanding Walks
Sanding & Salting of parking lots and roads for ice control
Seeding lawns
Seeding wildflowers
Site Work of grading, hauling, rock removal prior to seeding
Slit Seeding of lawns
Slit Seeders
Snow Plowing Prices
Snow Plowing and ice control
Snow Removal
Snow Plowing Driveways
Snow Plowing Hourly Rates
Snow Plowing By The Inch
Snow Plowing By The Storm
Snow Plowing Fixed Seasonal Rates
Snow Shoveling
Snow Blowing Walks & Driveways
Sod Installations on lawns
Sod Rolls Installed
Sodding from Pallets
Spraying Lawns
Spraying Weeds
Spraying Shrubs
Spraying Trees
Spraying Curb Lines
Spring Cleanups of lawns, beds and paved areas
Stone Installations for shrub beds, landscape areas
String Trimming Lawns
String Trimming Edging
String Trimming Obstacles
String Trimming Trees
Stump Grinding after removal and tree takedowns
Tree & Shrub Programs - fertilizing - weed & insect control
Tree Trimming of ornamental trees in landscapes
Trimming Shrubs
Trimming Trees
Trucking & Hauling of landscape materials
Vegetation Management for weed control, growth control
Weeding shrub beds
Weeds in lawns
Weeding Pavement
Weeding Parking Lot Curbs

Cluick here for more info: FREE Job Pricing Guidelines

About Nilsson Associates
Business consultant, speaker, nationally recognized best selling author, Phil Nilsson's articles are published in Lawn & Landscape, PRO Magazine, The Arborist and Landscaper Publications. Nilsson's books are endorsed by national trade organizations and are in use by thousands of landscapers, parks, municipalities, universities and property managers.
Nilsson owned and operated a successful Landscape Design-Build-Maintain firm for 15 years. Nilsson Associates are Consultants to the membership of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America.

When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more landscape industry pricing information than Nilsson Associates, Green Industry Consultants. Nilsson's Job Price Guides covers lawn care bids, job bidding & estimating for tree care, irrigation installation & service, pavement sweeping & maintenance, snow plowing operations, landscaping and hardscaping job bids for both commercial & residential customers as well as real estate management, parks & recreation departments, municipalities, college and univeristy grounds. The prices cover; estimates & bids for grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bid the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimate contracts, price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, most all outdoor maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price for sanding.


Other resources:
Sales Boosters
Job Estimating Package
FREE Job Pricing Guidelines
New Business Startup Package
Complete Operations management System

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Off Season Winter Income Idea #9 from Winter Income Producers by Nilsson Associates 75 Ways To Make Money Off Season.

Winter Income Idea #9
Move Ins, Move Outs Service
by Nilsson Associates www.nilssonbooks.com


One of the biggest dilemmas for any business that works outdoors, and is seasonal in nature is the off season. Lawn Maintenance, Landscaping, Construction, Exterior Home Improvement, Pavement, Patio, Painting Contractors, Builders, Hardscape, Swimming Pool Contractors and a host of other outdoor trades all share one thing in common. The rush during the season to make 12 months worth of income in just 8 months time during the normal season and good weather. Depending on where you live, the winter can stretch into 4 months or more. And in spring, getting started back to work is furthered hampered and often delayed by frozen ground, left over snow piles, spring rains, water saturated soil. In addition, the inability to retain and pay valuable employees during the long period of winter of no incoming cash and no work to keep employees busy can mean the loss of highly experienced employees who seek work elsewhere. During this period of downtime, much of the good (earnings wise) that was done in season, such as saving cash for the slow times is undone for lack of seasonal work.

Expenses don't stop just because the winter sets in. Rent, insurance, truck payments, untilities, and other expenses continue regardless of what month it is. Some contractors find themselves working extremely long hours and hard in-season, only to drain their savings accounts and exhaust their credit lines to "make it" from one season to the next.

Here then, is one way to create income during the slow times. It's a brief overview of my Winter Income Idea #9. It's from my Winter Income Producers book, it's one of 75 ways and business ideas to keep busy in winter, working indoors, and making money.

The Move In, Move Out Business
by Nilsson Associates

Those who own or rent condos, apartments, summer homes, vacation cottages, and semi-long term rental properties are constantly on the move. At months end, in a large apartment complex with hundreds if not thousands of units, it's very likely somebody is moving in or out that month and the unit has been rented or will be rented to another party. In time, even that new party will move and the unit vacant again. This means that a steady, continuos market flow exists in which to sell what's known as move in and move out services. What are they? Well to begin with, every rental unit will need at least a general cleaning. Basic cleanups consist of scrubbing floors, vacumming, cleaning the windows, bathrooms and every room in the place. It's not a job that can be done in just a few hours in most situations. We're talking a major cleanup so that the unit is clean and acceptable to the new renter (move in). Some cleanups are modest and require perhaps just one or two workers a half day or so. Other units require extensive carpet cleaning, patching in walls, painting of ceilings, painting of walls, fixing leaky faucets, replacing broken windows, painting woodwork, replacing light fixtures, removal and replacement of appliances and on and on. You get the general idea that many of these cleanings can represent a great deal of elbow grease and that busy renters, condo owners, home owners simply don't have the time,energy or man power help to get the job done. Some are too busy moving to a new dwelling and don't have the time to cleanup the vacated unit, house or condo.

Going further, in addition to offering and doing the move in move out basic cleaning a fixup tasks, one could also provide a small scale modest furniture moving service as well and sell that service to the same customer as an upsell. You transport belongings from one location to another at the local scale. When that extra work arises, you rent a moving van and hire extra workers for the additional labor. You can do the moving for the customer as an "extra" on top of the other service labor supplied to make ready the properties. These cleaning and moving services can be offered in just about any residential market setting in small town or large but one can sense the income opportunity of operating this service in a large city such as Atlanta, Boston, New York, Los Angeles etc.etc. where there are thousands and thousands of apartment units, condos and homes.

Customers
and Contacts:
Real Estate Agents
Apartment Superintendents
Condominium Associations
Vacation Resorts & Time Share
Retirement Villages & Communities
Individual Homeowners
Apartment & Condo Renters
Real Estate Property Owners

Winter Income Idea #9 is an excellent off season or even full time year around venture because ... it's low skill, low investment, the work be scheduled well in advance, very few tools or vehicles are needed. The demand for this work is steady.

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The Snow Plowing & Removal Business Handbook

The Snow Removal Business Book is a complete guide to just about everything there is to know about the winter snow plowing and snow removal maintenance business. Includes bidding methods, costs of snow plowing operations, scheduling the plowing routes and snow plowing trucks by capacity, how to maximize snow plowing and ice control revenues. Shows you how much to charge for the services. Shows the average time snow plowing takes to do the work. Shows different ways to bill clients for snow plowing ... such as by the storm, . per push, by the inch, fixed price annual contracts, hourly and by subcontract. How to manage a snow storm, plowing trucks, snow plow maintenace and overhaul, snow plowing employee training, snow vehicle . maintenance checklists, snow removal contract preparation and what to include for job specifications terminology, complete snow plowing bid proposal package, winter season contract language, best ways to sell snow plowing services, documenting a snow storm, dealing with damage claims, pricing the work . . .everything!

The Snow Plowing Book
Table of contents:
. How to find the best snow plowing accounts & make the most from a storm
. Tapping into the snow plowing business commercial accounts
. How to get snow plowing contracts that pay you even if it doesn't snow!
. Custom Designing of a commercial snow removal contract to fit site conditions
. How to properly price and profit from snow plowing, snow removal, ice controls, sand, salt, blowing, shoveling
. The Snow Plowing Bid Proposal Package - a complete outline sample contracts that fit any situation
. How to write Snow Plowing and Ice Management Specifications - and what to say to limit your liability
. How To Maximize each Snow Storm for Income from Plowing
. Documenting a Snow Plowing Event - why it's important to keep records - what's needed
. Snow Plowing Truck Maintenance & Repairs
. Snow Plows, Snow Equipment & Parts rundown lists to keep you plowing
. Suggested Spare Parts for Snow Plowing Vehicles
. Snow Plowing Business - Business Forms - Formats - Schedules

How to order
The Snow Removal Business Book
Book # C-8, Price $39.50
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"Our members have found your books extremely helpful. Thanks for your insight and creativity"
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"Nilsson's books are must reads, and have helped our readers tremendously. Thanks for your continued support."
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"Your way of explaining the subject shows you know what we need to do to make money in this business, thanks."
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"Nilsson's series of books filled a void in our program ... Our students needed more insight into management, costs, profits, and how to successfully operate a business.
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