Has anyone used Angie’s List or something like that and have had success?

Completed a mulching job a couple days ago where the guy called from website wanting a area cleared on new property he bought to open it up. Stated only wanted about 4 hours of mulching and the job was an 1 1/2 hours away. Told him the only way I would be interested in it was as full day job and quoted over the phone $2500 for the day. Set a site visit for Saturday. He called Friday and said to just do the job. Showed up at site visit with equipment walked the property which was extremely rocky. Told him I could mulch it down but would not be ground very fine due to the rock. He agreed and proceeded to mulch. Finished the job about 1 1/2 acres mulched, got paid and 5star review before leaving.

If you run a land clearing / forestry mulching business, you probably feel this: - Leads and jobs scattered across texts, Facebook, Jobber, your notebook - Guessing at pricing and hoping you didn’t underbid - No reliable way to see, “What’s booked and what’s actually hitting my bank in the next 30 days?” That’s exactly what drove me crazy in the early years running Bear Claw... Since then, we’ve been duct‑taping GoHighLevel, Jobber, and a bunch of spreadsheets together. It works, but it’s way harder than it should be. So this year I finally said: screw it, I’m building the software system I wish existed. What I’m building (and why you should care) Over the last few months, we’ve been building OPS ENGINE: The operating system I use to run a 7‑figure fire mitigation / land‑clearing business… turned into software you can plug into your business. -Profitable Pricing -Fast FB Lead Capture -Automatic Text/Email Follow Ups -CRM Sales Pipeline -Speed To Lead Tracking -Quoting, Scheduling, Invoicing -Payment Capture -Dashboard (with metrics that actually matter) OPS ENGINE is built for one purpose: Take a “guy with a machine” and turn him into the owner of a real, scalable land‑clearing business by saving time, automating repetitive tasks, and tracking the most important metrics. If you follow along, you’ll see exactly how we: - Price jobs using crew‑day math so you stop working for free - Capture every lead from FB Ads, website call, form submission into one clean pipeline - Automate follow‑up so bids don’t ghost and jobs don’t slip through the cracks - See jobs + expected cash 30 days ahead so you stop riding the feast‑or‑famine rollercoaster Last year I used these same systems to help a guy go from $0 to ~$150k/month in 6 months. I’m not sharing theory; this system was designed on what already works. What you get now (before it ever launches) OPS ENGINE is not public yet. Bear Claw will run on it first. Then OPS ACCELERATOR members

Here's a list of things to do if you're waiting for the snow to melt like I am! - Contact any customers from last year that might need work this year, get them in the pipeline - Make sure your equipment maintenance is up to date - Order shirts or other merch your crew is going to need this year - Reorganize and clean up the tools in your truck/trailer/machine - Check the tire pressure on all your tires and top them up - Make sure you've got what ever spare parts will get you up and running faster in the field (For me this is a few specific hydraulic hoses that take a lot of abuse) - Update the profiles on your various socials, post whatever content you can muster to get the algorithms warmed up - Check all your insurance policies, make sure you've got appropriate coverage and check around to see if you can get better pricing That's all I've got for now. What other ideas can you guys come up with?

Howdy all, What insurance coverage do you have and who is it with? What made you choose them over others and how has it worked out so far? If you had to put in any claims, how easy or difficult was it with your provider?