We launched our socials two weeks ago today. TBH it feels like a year ago. Not going to lie managing social media is a literal full time job itself! We made the commitment to post something on all platforms every single day and we’ve learned a lot of lessons in that short amount of time. I figured I’d share what’s worked and what I’ve learned in doing this in this time. We don’t have a huge following YET, but we are getting new followers every day on all platforms but most importantly we have booked 4 jobs off simple organic posted content, not boosted or ad. I AM NOT AN EXPERT. But I I can save someone the trouble and stress just starting that I went through then it’s a win in my book! Discuss here what works for you if you have a different way of doing anything! I’m all ears. This is trial and error that I’ve found. So where to start…. Film everything. My business partner comes to every single thing we do. Quotes/jobs/equipment maintenance runs. EVERYTHING. We have a camera going constantly. Our top performing video was literally a blooper the camera caught with us screwing around after practicing an ad. If you’re a one man crew it seems weird but buy a phone holder or selfie stick and film. I know it’s weird but DO IT. It’s a pain but also set up a tripod and film yourself in the machine if you don’t have someone who will come with you. Film straight up and down with your phone, not sideways. It transfers to the most platforms that way!!! Buy a good microphone- I bought the Rode Microphone set from Best Buy and they’ve been Awesome. They were $105., they have cheaper ones and more expensive ones. You may think you don’t need a mic but I’m telling you the difference is night and day. Here’s an attachment that plugs into my phone and the mics work and are clear as far as 30 feet away. Also clear Audio inside a machine while running. Mics clip right to my shirt. Practice with CapCut or another video editor I use cap cut. It’s the first one I’ve found and I have just became familiar with it. Important *dont over edit* when you first start editing you’re going to want sick explosions and awesome graphics and all sorts of frill. I went through it too. It doesn’t work. We aren’t machine salesmen, we are selling a service to people who don’t care about the machine or crazy edits.

Got this job from Facebook ads, I have 4 quality leads in just over 4 days running the ads. Lot was around 1/2 acre. Variable but flat terrain, dense brush, total machine time 5 hours. I don’t know how many pictures I can add but this is the coolest before/after I got! Big difference! Quoted it out at 1,800 as a base day rate. Question for y’all: When would you start quoting jobs rather than day rates? At what point do you have “enough” data to make that decision?

in the time I’ve been doing this I’ve already had some amazing interactions and connected with some awesome people. Today we went out to do a qoute and we ended up spending an hour and a half just talking with this guy about his life and travels and property he purchased. He found a full blown fall out shelter in a barn with Cold War era food supplies inside!! Just an awesome guy, awesome story, awesome day… And accepted qoute on the spot! We are inherently in sales. We are selling ourselves and selling our services but when you can just be yourself and take the time to actually connect to people, you’ll sell yourself. Look at everyday as an opportunity to make real connections instead of just “quoting a job” and I promise you’ll find success one way or another. Can’t wait to get started on this property!

I’ve been making my way through the live stream videos and I recently started a pricing video for my website and for socials. Have a look and tell me what you think! How can I improve?

Hey everyone, in the spirit of the group posting their ads on here for review, I wanted to see what your take on this one is. My wife and I made this last fall right after getting the machine here in Alaska. This was before I found Austin and this group and photos weren't bringing anything in and we didn't know what we were doing, but we knew we needed before and after and action videos. My wife did the voice over because we didn't think about doing that out there. We also didn't put any text in the video. So this was a boosted post. We paid about $1200 over about 2 months starting in November last fall (2025) and it brought in over $12k worth of work before the snow got too deep to do anything and before it got old and didn't work anymore. We're working on a new one from the stuff we're learning on this school group, once I can get access to land through the ice and snow. What are your honest thoughts on this? We're really curious what you all think! This has been quite the journey and we're learning more all the time!