http://carolinaorganiclawns.com


Hey people, many of ya's know Jonthepain here, fisherman, hunter, Dad, and entrepeneur. He just started a company http://carolinaorganiclawns.com

He's been a contributing member to this community for a while now, and I thought we could give him a small hand if it's not too much trouble.

I'll do a write-up of how this happened, Jon if you read this please correct any details I left out or inaccuracies.

Background -
Jon is a "jack of all trades" with many talents. He's been a house painter, housing remodeler to an extent, among several other jobs to keep food on his family's table.

I believe he has formal training as an architect, with CAD experience.
He was working in that industry for a while, but new construction and building permits went down the tubes in this recent recession, so he was forced to find other ways of making money.

He started an online book/training manual publishing company.
He does websites and SEO for people, and acts as a network service provider for anyone with a small business who needs cheap server space.


Recently he came to me asking advice about a lawn care franchise that did organic lawn care. The one he was looking at wanted a fee of about $85k to cover start-up, plus franchise fees with each transaction.

I looked at some of the numbers, and thought the financial outlay was way too high, and that he might not break even. He agreed. As resourceful as he is, he put together an organic lawn service company on his own, with much less of an investment.

The only thing, is that without a lot of franchise marketing muscle going on, he's been getting one customer at a time.

Winter is a slow season, so he was thinking of ways to increase his Google position with the website.

I thought of this forum, and maybe we can help him increase his rankings.