Nikki Sabato is a writer with a background in landscape architecture and design. She currently works in the field of marketing and design communication.
Landscape maintenance is an essential service required for residential landscaped areas. Included in this service are lawn mowing, watering, fertilizing, weed control, hedge clipping, tree planting, transplanting, balling. Services also include paving, deck construction and wall facing construction. Marketing these services may prove to be challenging considering a small marketing budget. A simple and effective marketing strategy can be the use of print materials such as catalog printing or postcard printing. Below are small and simple printed materials that can be used to promote landscape maintenance services.
Flyers-Flyers are informative and direct. They are ideal mediums to spread news about any product or service. Flyers can easily be distributed, door to door around the neighborhood. They can be given during community fairs or meetings. They can be given in garden and plant stores, landscape design trade fairs and gardening seminars. Flyers today can be printed in bulk orders conveniently through online printing services. Online printers offer full front and back color printing of flyer pages. Customers are also free to upload their designs online or choose from expertly-designed templates.
Brochures-Brochures are an ideal medium to essentially print and illustrate landscape services. Customers need to know details about the service and brochures can provide helpful information. Online printers can print large quantities of brochures on offset printers starting at 500 pieces. Brochures today can also be printed in both standard and custom sizes starting at 5.5x 12 inches. Brochures serve as effective promotional materials in gardening stores, gardening aisles and nurseries.
Rack cards-Rack cards are useful, attractive and also handy materials. Rack cards can be placed in garden and landscaping stores to promote maintenance services. They can be used as discount coupons or serve as special promo materials for customers to avail of complimentary services when they avail of any other type of services offered.
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