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	<title>The Lawn Blog - Green Industry Information Resource, Landscaping, Lawn Care Richard Murphy</title>
	
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		<title>Overcoming The Language Barrier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>I was recently speaking with Larry Upton of edioma and their new product called iDigo.  iDigo is a program that runs on the iPhone.  Have a read through the press release and let me know what your thoughts are about this product.
edioma™ SHIPS IDIGO - IPHONE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE APPLICATION
AUSTIN, TX – edioma™, a [...]
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		<title>SUMMER LOVIN’ FOR YOUR LAWN</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/06/07/summer-lovin%e2%80%99-for-your-lawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>Spring-Green Lawn Care Offers Tips to Keep Landscapes Lush As Temperatures Climb
(Plainfield, IL)&amp;#8212;Ever wonder how your neighbors achieve thick, vibrant lawns year after year or how they keep their lawns and landscapes healthy as temperatures continue to rise throughout the summer months? The answer is simple: They work at it!
“This is the time of year [...]
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		<title>GopherHaul 31 - Lawn Care Business Software Show.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLawnBlog/~3/AFGyrWqYwS4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/04/13/gopherhaul-31-lawn-care-business-software-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>&amp;#169;2009 The Lawn Blog - Green Industry Information Resource, Landscaping, Lawn Care Richard Murphy. All Rights Reserved..
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		<title>Equipment Maintenance - Part One Trimmers</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/03/30/equipment-maintenance-part-one-trimmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>Well with spring on our doorstep and our feet itchy as ever to get started; there are a few things to do with our equipment before we put them through the paces.  This will be the first part of a multi-post on equipment maintenance.  All equipment repairs and maintenance should be recorded.  This is a [...]
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		<title>The Only Web-based Invoicing Software You Need</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLawnBlog/~3/auBq7tYueW4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/03/27/the-only-web-based-invoicing-software-you-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>I have been talking with the founder of GreenerBilling.com Dave Kollasch over the past couple weeks regarding his fantastic web based invoicing software.  This will be the first of my posts about this program.  I&amp;#8217;ll continue to follow it and make posts in the future about changes, updates and addons.  This product [...]
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		<title>GopherHaul 30 - Landscaping and Lawn Care Marketing Business Forum Show.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLawnBlog/~3/SdFetXSCJm4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/03/27/gopherhaul-30-landscaping-and-lawn-care-marketing-business-forum-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>&amp;#169;2009 The Lawn Blog - Green Industry Information Resource, Landscaping, Lawn Care Richard Murphy. All Rights Reserved..
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		<title>10 Rules for Lawn Care or Landscaping Sales Success</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/03/09/10-rules-for-lawn-care-or-landscaping-sales-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chestin Salisbury</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>Looking to bump up your closing ratio when doing sales presentations for your lawn care or landscaping business?
Give these 10 suggestions a try and see if they don&amp;#8217;t help increase your closing rate: 
 1. Be enthusiastic. Nothing has more power to sell than enthusiasm, especially if you&amp;#8217;re enthusiastic because you truly believe your products [...]
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		<title>Submit your lawn care product for review</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/02/26/submit-your-lawn-care-product-for-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>The message is going out to all manufacturers, software developers or anyone who contributes a product for the green industry.  We are currently looking for products to review for our new &amp;#8216;Green Industry Product Review&amp;#8217; section.  If you are interested to have your product featured and reviewed please send all requests to office@thelawnblog.com
&amp;#169;2009 [...]
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		<title>Propane Powered Line Trimmer</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLawnBlog/~3/vC9Fs6j_wUo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/02/24/propane-powered-line-trimmer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>I was sent this video about a propane powered line trimmer.  Check out the video and let me know your thoughts.

&amp;#169;2009 The Lawn Blog - Green Industry Information Resource, Landscaping, Lawn Care Richard Murphy. All Rights Reserved..
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		<title>Spartan Lawn &amp; Landscape - Wraps their truck</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelawnblog.com/2009/02/04/spartan-lawn-landscape-wraps-their-truck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>I have been speaking with Clete Jarvis of Spartan Lawn &amp;#038; Landscape and he let me in on his newly wrapped truck.  I think that the job In-Depth Signs &amp;#038; Graphics  did is awesome.  What do you think?
Here is a profile of Spartan Lawn &amp;#038; Landscape.
Spartan Lawn &amp;#038; Landscape would like to [...]
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