Saw these today in my feed and thought might be worth a share for y'all. Hold these cards against the clients phone and it takes them right to the review page. Might be overboard but hey, might help get those reviews up too.

I am at a critical point in the starting phase in picking a machine. They are both 205-215k here in north Texas. I’m thinking CAT however i thought i have read on some reviews that it’s cooling package doesn’t perform as well as bobcat. At that price i will have to go used it do monthly rentals for the first few months. Does anyone have any advice for a newb like me.

I'm relocating this fall to start this company with my brother. Building the brand and back end now. Claude has been so instrumental in running numbers, writing blog posts for seo and really giving me a clear picture on how to organize a cluttered mind. If you guys haven't used Claude I encourage it. The $20 a month pays for itself in 5 minutes. Great to be in a community full of winners. Let's all keep winning

Most of us are in “slow season” right now (or just coming out) Machines have been parked. Phone’s quiet. A lot of guys use that as an excuse to do nothing for those of you who want to do something about it, check this out! there are only 4 Ways To Advertise Literally. Every lead you will ever get comes from one of these four buckets. there are 2 types of people: • People who already know you (warm) • Total strangers (cold) Two ways to talk to them: • 1:1 (private) • 1:many (public) That gives you the “core four”: Let's start with the 2 ways to reach your WARM audience 1:1 (Private) aka WARM OUTREACH: Text / call every past customer, GC, realtor, excavator, and buddy who’s sent you work in the past: Script is simple: “Hey __, it’s __. I’ve got a couple March/April openings for mulching / clearing. Any projects you want me to look at or quote ahead of time?” Goal: 20–50 real conversations this week, not 2 half‑hearted texts.\\ 1 to Many (Warm) aka POSTING CONTENT: You’ve already got followers, friends, and people creeping on your profile. Show them you’re alive. • Post before/after pics of your best jobs • Write 3–5 “what to expect with forestry mulching” posts • Do a simple selfie video walking a job and explaining what you’d change Hit Facebook profile, Google Business page, local groups, email list. Goal? 1 useful post each day (don't overthink it - you don't need an editor) Now, let's cover the COLD audience 1:1 (COLD) – aka COLD OUTREACH Builders, developers, realtors, property managers, HOA boards. Most of them don’t have “their mulching guy” yet. Make a hit list of 50–100 and reach out: “Got a mulcher & crew. We handle ___ area. If you ever need overgrown lots / fence lines cleaned up, happy to be your first quote.”Your slow season is when they actually have time to talk vendors. hit the builders and GCs for land clearing jobs hit the real estate agents for the forestry mulching and property improvement jobs 1 to many (COLD) – PAID ADS

Name's Tolli, owner of Cascade Mulching Pros LLC out of northwest and north-central Washington. I run jobs in Whatcom, Skagit, and Okanogan Counties, based out of both Everson (west side) and Winthrop (east side, Methow Valley). Background is a little different than most of you probably. Spent my 20s doing environmental consulting fieldwork, then pivoted into IT for 30 years, the last 16 as a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft. Got laid off in June 2025 and after no luck finding another job paying $200k/year I decided to stop trading hours for someone else's stock options and build something of my own. Started Cascade Mulching Pros last September. Here's where I'm at honestly: Equipment I own: - HY14C mini excavator (1.4-ton, hydraulic thumb) - 14hp gas - needed for a house project but use for root removal on blackberry clearing projects billing at $225/hr for equipment & operator ($7200) - HY480C mini skid steer - 24hp gas, triple pump, 10GPM+ AUX flow - runs brush cutter well ($6700) - 14-foot 16,000lb gooseneck dump trailer to haul everything and use to dump debris when I upsell that ($11700) - 2005 F350 diesel dually with goosneck ($9000) - 72-inch Chinese drum mulching head - bought for $3000 off Marketplace last fall so I could do 2 demo jobs to create marketing material (broke 6 teeth holders the first day hitting rocks, cheep junk Chinese steel, so had to buy a welder and weld them all back the first night - field-repaired, gets the job done as long as I keep it out of the dirt until I can afford a used Fecon) What I rent: Mini CTL 42" Brush Cutter ($85/d), Grapple ($50/d), land leveler ($40/d) as needed Full-size high-flow CTL for larger mulching jobs. Deliberate choice right now while I build the customer base before making a major equipment purchase. Unfortunately I have to hang a temp plexiglass panel in front of my rental equipment glass doors as none of the local rentals have the demo doors. Created LLC in September, did business plan and created website and all the social media sites for the business and then took a break over the snowy winter months in the PNW. Started back up early April after I finally got my insurance and general contractor license all in order. Printed business flyers and put them on all the bulletin boards in the 3 local counties I am targeting (Whatcom, Skagit & Okanogan for those in the Washington) Started getting some calls almost immediately. In the first 2 weeks I got two paying job completed for blackberry & debris removal projects.