business cards?

I'll show you what is inside the folder once I can convert my Word Doc into a PDF file.
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Inside of the packet I provide the following:

1-Copy of my Certification
2-Copy of my license to do tree work in town
3-Tree Removal information (with illustrations and photos)
4-Tree Trimming information (ISA stuff & personal stuff)
5-Why topping is a bad practice for trees (ISA info)

It is real nice. I just can't show you because I cannot work this computer right now.
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I have a similar model and made this my principle goal in Idaho and it worked. It was not with the folder but with the flyers from ISA and time invested.

After moving to California, I am finding a shift in preception of clients. I started with the same model with time, flyers, presentation but I have found that most of the people down here choose the lowest bidder legal or not.

It is unfortunate. The funny thing is that I sense an attitude toward the Green Industry as "you are beneath me because you work in the yard". I think it is due to all of the illegal labor in the area, the pricing due to that illegal labor, and the amount of people claiming to be "professionals".

I am a firm believer in the saying "it takes money to make money". The funny thing here is that pricing for the tree industry is lower in california than in Idaho. Go figure.

I will keep plugging away at my business model.

I like you packet and your attitude toward great tree work. Good job.
 
Jamin, Nice packet!! I try to be more thorough than other companies in my area but you've taken the cake! My packet is the estimate form, biz licensing; and proof of insurance. I haven't heard of another local company voluntarily giving this info. I like the informational flyers and green folder to hold it all!

I also hand out magnetic biz cards and feel that they are worth their weight in gold. People DO hold on too them. Some don't like them, but most folks don't care and more folks are impressed with them.

Survey says..... Spend the money for the magnetics.
 
Your stuff looks great !! We do very similar stuff. hand out some ISA info appropriate to the work and maybe even highlight a few key phrases. Also printer and computer in the truck .printed quotes on the spot
ANSI definitions are a nice touch..... our clients like it as well
Great job by you
 
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But, I don't think it is good for the business card. I think it is too busy/stressful for the eye.

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A little like what I was thinking - mainly that it might look better without an edit for effect, and remain closer to the original look of the photo.

I'd just put at least my name & phone on the front, or name & website on the front, even if just small, and repeat it on the back with the bulk of text.

But basically - yes, I like the image.

The only thing that would matter for a few people, is that the image of a climber denotes or connotes pruning and removals, not tree health, planting or consulting. And a climber rather than a tree logo or a tree photo, have a wide chasm of commnunication between them visually.

A climber photo will etch a thought in their minds like a laser engraving, that text has a hard time to overcome or even add too.

Just depends on the company.
 
If you have a color printer you can make some up yourself to check out what it'll look like. Definitely clean up the background to make sure you standout. It would be a conversation piece if it's presented in a way that gets the customer looking at the pic. Too often it's after the fact that a customer will say, "So that's how its done. I didn't realize how complex a job it is."

Or words to that effect....
 
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Jamin...

The estimate doc you attached with that reply - well, I'd have to use about 10 pages of that on some yards if I went with that style, with notes on the backsides too
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Sometimes one tree needs 3 limbs off to clear the sidewalk for the city's 8' code clearance.

Then an apple tree needs manicuring, which fits none of those descriptions.

Occassionally, several trees need to be shifted by manipulating them through selective removal of leaders, to steer away from homes. That's neither a thinning nor reduction.

I just have a full contract sheet with like 20 lines and I just write in what each tree and shrub needs.

It's almost just as fast.

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Not very colorful, but can handle a large volume of job description for landscaping or tree work.
 

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Try DeskPDF.
 
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The estimate doc you attached with that reply - well, I'd have to use about 10 pages of that on some yards if I went with that style, with notes on the backsides too
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Sometimes one tree needs 3 limbs off to clear the sidewalk for the city's 8' code clearance.

Then an apple tree needs manicuring, which fits none of those descriptions.

Occassionally, several trees need to be shifted by manipulating them through selective removal of leaders, to steer away from homes. That's neither a thinning nor reduction.

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I have similar situations all of the time. I learned quickly that writing out stuff gets monotonous and takes too much time at the bid. So, I developed a fast way to communicate my intentions and still educate the customer. If you notice, I have very little need to write because it was all done for me on computer. You should try something like this. I bet you'd like the time you save.

Your fist example I'd write the type of tree and check the box "Crown Raise"

Your next example I would check the boxes "Clean, Thin, & Raise."--That covers them all.
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And your last example is tricky, but I would verbally explain that I would be "re-directing" the growth near the home by marking the box "Crown thin" and then in parenthesis I would put (near home).
 
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