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Marcus vandeVliet
Marcus delivers a proven systems approach and 20 years of experience to his landscape business consulting.
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Episode 1
Find Out What’s Really Going on in Your Business
As your business grows, staying in touch with what's happening on the front lines becomes harder. Marcus shares critical sources of intelligence to make sure you really know what's going on in your company. From your staff and customers to key metrics and reports you can stay aware of what is working and what needs your added attention.

Episode 2
Key Metrics For Landscape Construction Companies
You've heard that you should manage by the numbers, but which numbers are the right ones to watch? Marcus looks at numbers that expose key success factors like productivity and profitability, and which numbers can hide growing problems in your business and on your balance sheet.

Episode 3
Job Costing
Job costing is a super-business process. Marcus takes you through the process from estimating, tracking your costs in the field, and comparing your results to the initial bid to identify changes you need to make in sales and production to be profitable. With these results you can plan budgets, set strategy and manage for success.
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Marcus vandeVliet

Prior to emigrating from South Africa to the United States in 1985, Marcus vandeVliet obtained a degree in horticulture, managed a garden center in Johannesburg and served in the South African Intelligence Corps during the Angolan/Namibian War. Over the next 20 years, Marcus worked with several landscape companies to develop and implement operational systems, including Scenic Landscaping and Lipinski Landscaping, with annual revenues ranging from $500,000 to $23,000,000.

Once he discovered his personal life mission to extend the benefits of his experience beyond one company at a time, Marcus joined the staff of consultants of Vander Kooi and Associates, and started his own consulting firm, MV Consulting, in 2004. He is committed to improving the professionalism and profitability of the landscape industry, and wants to work with companies that are committed to achieving their full potential.
marcusv@aol.com
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Marcus vandeVliet

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Find Out What’s Really Going on in Your Business
This process will shape budgets, strategy and profitability. Marcus gets you started.
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Key Metrics For Landscape Construction Companies
Which numbers really matter and which numbers may be hiding real problems in your business?
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Job Costing
As your business grows how do you stay in touch with what is working, and what's not, on the front lines?

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Successful Selling in the Green Industry
Simple secrets that transform order takers into effective sales people.
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Survival at the Speed of Life
Managing the time you can't afford to waste.

Jeffrey Bruce

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Where Will Our Water Come From?
Without water you're out of business? As cities shut of the faucet, where will landscape water come from?
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Look Up: The Green Roof Opportunity
It's not just digging holes thirty feet up in the air. Learn what it takes to enter this emerging market.
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The Landscape Industry of the Future
Pretty is not enough. The new landscape is being put to work.

Jeff Korhan

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Is Facebook the New Google
Facebook sees more information each day than Google. What does this mean to customers who are looking for you?
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QR Codes: Beyond Barcodes
What if your customers could scan a "barcode" with their phone and find more information on a website? They can.
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Blogging: The Heart of Your Social Media Efforts
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5 Steps to Hiring Good People Who Stay
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Systems - from design to execution - define your success. What's your role in the process?
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Grow Through Life's Narrow Spots
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Meetings Can Change Your Business
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The Change From Player To Coach
Going from star performer to great manager isn't magic. It's a process you can put to work for your business and your career.
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Are There Enough Hours In the Day?
It's not how many hours you have but how you use the hours available. Here are three easy steps for taking control of your schedule.

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The Change From Player To Coach
Going from star performer to great manager isn't magic. It's a process you can put to work for your business and your career.
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The Social Media Questions You Are Dying to Ask
What do you say, who do you say it to, who gets it done and how do you know if it's working?
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Shrink the Shrink
Where are your profit dollars slipping away and how can you plug the leaks?
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Financial Fundamentals
Marcus provides a set of easily calculated ratios to gain a quick understanding of the financial health of your business.
Job Costing
The information generated by job costing is one of the most powerful management tools available to the small- business owner....
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