What your client really needs and wants
By Chris Weigl One of the best ways to keep your customers happy, as well as gain their repeat business, is to make sure you understand what they really want when they ask for your help with their...
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DynaSCAPE Software: DynaSCAPE Design
Photo: DynaSCAPE Software Whether you prefer to present your designs in black and white, full color or 3D, DynaSCAPE has the CAD tools you need to express ideas clearly and impressively. DynaSCAPE...
View ArticleThe design/build brain
Q. When creating job descriptions, what’s the best way to separate the roles of design and production? —Mark Muzio, The Landscape Design Group, Waltham, Mass. A. This is a great question that companies...
View ArticleDrafix PRO Landscape Version 20
PRO Landscape Version 20 is the latest version of Drafix Software’s industry-leading design software for the landscape professional. PRO Landscape gives the user the power to easily and effectively...
View ArticleBig Picture: Holidays, Spectacular
LOCATION: Fashion Island, Newport Beach, Calif. COMPANY: ValleyCrest Cos., Calabasas, Calif. THE DETAILS: This property, which won a 2013 National Landscape Awards of Excellence Grand Award from the...
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PRO Landscape by Drafix Software
Sell more jobs with PRO Landscape Contractor—the ultimate visual landscape and garden design tablet app for landscape professionals. Simply snap a picture of a customer’s house and create a visual...
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Drafix releases PRO Landscape Version 21
PRO Landscape Version 21 is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Photo: Drafix Drafix Software released its PRO Landscape Version 21, which includes a number of new...
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Ep. 120: Subcontracting your design work
Patrick DuChene of DuChene Design Solutions and Jody Shilan discuss the pros and cons of working with an independent designer for your company. DuChene and Shilan explain the concept of outsourcing...
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Case study: Staged to sell
Buyers of landscape staging services are often looking for quick fixes. Photo: Schmechtig Landscapes One landscape company helps clients sell their homes. As Michael Schmechtig observed real estate...
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OLA offers landscape design workshops
The Ohio Landscape Association (OLA) is offering four workshops to help landscape professionals develop and strengthen design skills. Instructed by Kathy Stokes-Shafer, APLD, and Kevin O’Brien, APLD,...
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Using consumer financing to close sales
How offering financing could help you close more, larger sales. Would you like to increase the scale of your clients’ projects, close more jobs and avoid having to track down payments? Offering...
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Recommender: What design software do you use and why?
A reliable and complete design software can help bring a design to life for clients. (Photo: Vectorworks; illustration: fonikum/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images) What design software do you use and...
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