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How To Make Big Money Mowing Small Lawns

A COMPLETE GUIDE Recommended for Ages 15 and Older This book explains how to start and operate your own lawn mowing business: It shows the easiest ways to get customers . . . How to set prices . . . How to make the most income per hour of work . . . How to keep a simple schedule and much more . . . Tells you everything you need to know . . . * * *When done on a part-time basis, there are no tight schedules.Grass can be cut at your own convenience, without interfering with other activities. Grass grows and work is available during three seasons of the year. There is practically no investment if you already have a mower. Expected earnings can be three to four times higher than the minimum wage rate of pay, sometimes much more.

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5 Stars A good gift–birthday or otherwise
This book was used as a gift to my brother who soon will be retiring and I thought perhaps this would be a good side job for him and he could do it on his own hours. It was autographed and he was pleased to receive it.

5 Stars A Great Book: Simple and Direct About the Business of Mowing Lawns
I reviewed a recent, updated version of the book “How To Make Big Money Mowing Small Lawns”; the 2008, Fourth Edition. First, this is not a technical book about lawn care. It is a unique book, simple and direct about the business of mowing lawns. And, it thoroughly covers the most important thing: showing exactly how to get customers and make money. This chapter alone is well worth the price of the book. Techniques here will likely never be outdated. Overall, the book is a complete guide.

Of particular interest, the author has geared this book for even a 15-year-old to go into business and to do it with only a minimal investment and approach. And to then grow to a point, where (in the book) his son (while in High School) was earning twice the weekly income of many local factory workers.

I have considerable experience in various businesses, and books like this, about making money, usually do not fully satisfy one’s expectations. However this book does. It’s a “gem”. I highly recommend it.

Note: I noticed that there is another, particular reviewer, who was excessively critical of this book. Then he recommends a different book. Do we detect a conflict of interest here? His review, sadly, misrepresented this book. And, he referred to individuals who would do this work as being “scrubs”. Why?

3 Stars Too Old
The book over all was OK. I was able to get some pointers from it. However, the data and examples are very outdated (in some cases more than 20 years). A re-write with more modern information would make this book much better.

5 Stars Great book for a start up in business! Or refinement of existing.
The paperback is a little dated, however on greenfromgreen.com you can get the 2006 version. I found this updated version to be much more helpful. Thanks for the tip OLDSAGE it has helped me lots.

Who would think I can get my execise and make money at the same time. Great book that any lawn care professional would want to ban in his area least he face stiff competition. It takes complex buisness planning and simplifies them for the average reader.

2 Stars Outdated but informative
I recieved the above book, although it was a bit outdated the techniques and tribulations seem to have remained somewhat the same. Do not purchase this book if you are new to the business.

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How to Make Big Money Grooming Small Dogs The Absolute Amateurs Guide to Profitable Professional Canine Styling

A “How To” canine styling guide book designed for those who have absolutely no Dog Grooming experience, but wish to learn … and earn!

How To Make Big Money Grooming Small Dogs is virtually a home study course in one volume. Written by a well known authority & Educational Director of one of the first State Licensed Dog Grooming Trade Schools in Pennsylvania and one of the first in the country. The author,with over 30 years of experience gives expert instruction and teaches the most amateur pet enthusiast how to control and style pets without the use of dangerous drugs, grooming posts and nooses, or inconsiderate treatment.It includes tips, tricks, and professional secrets never before disclosed to any except registered students. The book includes a FREE written consultation guidance form for any of the subject content, & introduces newly patented specialty tools for Groomers. The absolute amateurs guide to profitable,professional canine styling! END

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5 Stars “THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY RIVETING!”
This Book is absolutely riviting! “How To Make Big Money Grooming Small Dogs!” lies next to my bed at night, and before I doze off I read another interesting chapter. I have really learned a lot about styling Poodle faces, and my friends have commented on how lovely my dogs look. I have followed the proceedures and details step by step. I’m not ready for a dog show yet, but my doggies are the best on the block.

Thanks to the author,for a facinating,well illustrated, practical book.

Marietta Nel, Somerset West, South Africa

5 Stars This book has enabled me to get a job in job in Dog Grooming
Judy McGlaughlin Moscow, PA USA

My interest in learning Dog Grooming has been with me most of my life, but being a single mother it was an impossible dream to go away to school to learn it. By my purchasing this book, and studying it, and purchasing an inexpensive clipper, and practicing on my own toy poodle it was enough to give me the confidence to apply for a groomer trainee position at a local kennel/grooming shop. They are putting me on payroll, on a part time basis for now.

Anyway, the purpose of my writing this is to tell you that without this book I know I would never had gotten this far. I can never thank the author enough. This book is EXCELLENT! It covers every topic!

5 Stars You can….”Make Big Money Grooming Small Dogs”!
I am usually sceptical of books that make big promises, but “How to Make Big Money Grooming Small Dogs” is a winner. I’ve always wanted to be a groomer, but couldn’t afford the cost of a grooming school. Well I’m here to tell you that this book is all you need. Nine months ago I couldn’t even hold a clipper, and now I have my own profitable mobil grooming business!

This book is clearly written, beautifully illustrated, and easy to follow. Best of all, the author generously reveals numerous trade secrets and sources of unique equipment to save you time and money. I highly recommend this excellent “how to” guide to current and would-be groomers alike. If you ever thought of going into the dog grooming business, this book is the ticket!

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How to Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business Unexpected Rules Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know

ver dream of starting your own business? According to USA Today, more than 47 million people want to own their own businesses and over 20 million actually do. In How to Make Big Money in Your Own Small Business, bestselling business author Jeffrey Fox offers sound rules to succeeding in small business, whether you’re running a bookstore, consulting business, or restaurant. In short chapters that range from administration and cash flow to marketing and hiring, Fox reminds entrepreneurs what’s important and what’s not, what makes a business succeed, and what causes it to fail.

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4 Stars big biz
Jeffery fox gives some good ideas that will basically work with any type of business. ideas can be adapted to suit your ideas and plans

5 Stars Easy & Motivating Reading…
The book inspired and motivated me to do bigger things. There were lots of free space between the chapters whereon I took numerous notes that created my topics for brainstorming. I wished that all the books are published in the same manner, so that we have free space to take notes-think and create new ideas.

3 Stars Good reminder of Nothing new..
You will probably not find anything new in this book. However, it lists you several things that we tend to forget in our everyday activities.

Easy to read and motivational.

4 Stars Value Depends on Where You Are in Small Business Cycle
The book is divided into roughly 3 sections: for the budding entrepreneur, for the micro (i.e. one man) shop, and for the small (under 50 person) business.

Pages 1-25 and then 129-144 focus on what to do/understand before you actually start your business. Based on my own mistakes in the professional service field, I’d like to have seen a statement or two about don’t quit your day job until you have a paying customer, but Mr. Fox gets close enough to the ideal. That said, if you are a micro-sized business (10 or under people), this is good refresher stuff and may even give you some ideas to tackle to improve your business. If you are over 10 people in your business, consider skipping these sections.

In between page 26 and page 128, the advice applies equally well to micro and small businesses, although pages 92-97 are only applicable if you have more than 10 people working for you.

Throughout are some real gems of advice … and more importantly … the logic behind the advice. The ones that I found most intriguing and resonating were:

1. Cash in the bank is more important than “to be collected” profit

2. Stay off committees, boards and other time-intensive activities that networking gurus often proclaim as key to building business

3. The difference between a penny-saver and a penny-pincher, and why you want one but not the other.

I’ve read nearly all of Mr. Fox’s books, and this is certainly a good one that deserves to be read by anyone thinking about starting up their own business or anyone currently running their own business…or anyone working in a small business.

3 Stars Worth the read…maybe not a buy.
I’ve decided, as I’ve started to do some more extensive reading in the area of small business, in the hopes of shortly starting our own family business, to provide some more thorough reviews for books, whether good or bad. I started with this one, from the library I might add and I have to admit some of the recommendations and the fact that it seems more of a motivational book almost geared towards some type of stereotypical “soccer mom” or “housewife” wanting to start her own business put me off.

The book, though short (150 pages) makes for a good read I must confess. It seems centered on providing a lot of good motivational passages and some of the later chapters that I’ll mention make it worthwhile in the end. He starts off early on by giving a nice little small biz priority list one should keep in mind at all times.

I’ll start off with the negatives. The author makes several over the top suggestions by the author, you be the judge. In section XII, “Hire ex-paperboys”, he suggests that those who were (and you can imagine the millions that were…) are “mentally tough”, “independent” are better businessmen because of this. I tend to disagree seeing that any work done in teenage years can teach the importance and value of working. But what really disturbed me is that he went on to say “good child labor produces good adult employees” and last but not least “if you interview someone who washed out as a paperboy, wash your hands of that job candidate”. Advice I think most business owners would be wise enough NOT to follow.

It however gets worse when the author makes the suggestion that in order to “maximize” your time and money, we hire I kid you not, a personal driver. He goes at some length to explain the benefits of this, suggesting it’s not a luxury, but that driving is a “time thief”, doesn’t allow an owner to maximize his time and money and that there are plenty of retired people and part time works who would fit the bill. Unfortunately for me this is just a ridiculous point that I could only see happening in either Manhattan or possibly LA, if even that, especially if meeting clients or going to them is part of your job and what you enjoy.

I also disliked the following chapter on how to cope with the loss (firing or quitting) of an employee in that you should treat it as a death! The section itself is entitled “What if he had died”. Not something I think needs to be brought up in such a way for a small business book especially in such a sinister comparison. He ends that section with “What if he had died? You can’t care. You have customers to sell, to serve. You have a business to run. Get on with it.”

As for the positives, and there are many spread throughout the book including tips such as the difficulty of truly doing productive work from a home office, and the difference between “fame” and “fortune” when stating “unless fame is part of your marketing plan, fame is for ego. You can’t put ego in the bank.”

What I enjoyed the most from the book, not necessarily being a numbers person but rather someone who understands its importance in day to day operations, was the chapters regarding the break point analysis. I don’t believe many small business owners consider it from the get go, especially in retail, and it is definitely more applicable for those types of businesses versus “service” businesses (consulting, landscaping, painting, etc).

This is obviously a very if not overly thorough summary of this book but hopefully one that will provide the best possible insight into what you can get out of it. I would have given this book most likely a 2.5 out of 5 if not for the last few chapters that actually could benefit many small business owners as well as for some of the useful motivational tips the author often quotes, some of which can definitely be ignored and others that provide more food for thought.

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