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The bigger your landscape company gets, the more people you’ll need to answer phones, measure properties, and send estimates. Do you have a plan for finding those workers? Most entrepreneurs aim to hire locally, but depending on where you operate, that might push your payroll budget too far. Luckily, you have another option: opening a remote office. How to Open a Successful Remote Office Going remote isn’t easy, but many landscape companies have done it! To help you understand how, Jack convinced successful entrepreneur Rafael Diaz of the Diaz Group LLC to share his secrets on “The Landscaper’s Guide to Sales and Marketing Podcast.” Over the last 20 years, Rafael and his brother, Reuben, have grown Diaz Group LLC from a small, four-person operation to
It worked! Today, Diaz Group LLC’s remote office produces high-quality work for a fraction of the payroll cost, and they’ve even partnered with local schools that feed them tech-savvy workers. It’s a win-win for their Tips From a $25 Million Landscape Company Owner!
a $25 million company based in Chicago. They used a lot of different techniques along the way, but opening their remote office in Durango, Mexico, was a game-changer. “Growing our business, we had a little bit of a challenge because we didn’t have enough time to measure and do the takeoffs for all the proposals we were sending out,” Rafael explains. “We wanted to experience a high growth spurt, but we wanted to do it smartly. [That meant we needed to] have the right measurements, [and] the right information for every customer.” There was only one problem: It was “too time-consuming and costly” to gather that data in Chicago. So, the brothers innovated! They started hiring workers in Mexico to measure properties remotely using Google Earth and Go iLawn. “We rented a space, and we bought a bunch of desks, we bought computers, and we opened our office. We recruited everybody through Facebook and whatever [way] we could,” Rafael says.
bottom line and the Durango community. Pretty cool, huh?
To learn more about Rafael’s
growth strategies — including recruiting trade partners with social media and the advantages and disadvantages of using outsourced staff — scan the QR code.
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