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Road Warriors

No Road Warriors photos were available, so you get “Rowdy” Piper and Sgt. Slaughter instead.

Don’t get too excited. You didn’t open up your favorite landscaping magazine to also find a an article about the awesome 80’s WWE tag-team the Road Warriors.

Instead, it’s something that’s equally as enjoyable. Around this time, all of the writers from our horticulture magazines hit the road hard to bring you coverage from trade shows and events throughout our industries. So, check out our multimedia section at bit.ly/lawnmedia and watch all the videos from our travels.

You can also sign up for our Road Rally: California Spring Trial’s newsletter, which will wrap-up every day of the event that runs March 24-29. You will get a sneak peek of all the newest plants being grown that your customers will want on their properties. Just visit bit.ly/caroadrally to sign up and the e-newsletter will arrive in your inbox every day with up-to-date 2012 Spring Trials coverage.
 

 
Discover what customers want

Lawn & Landscape’s parent company, GIE Media, is launching a new digital magazine that you’re going to love. It’s called A Garden Life, and basically it’s for anyone who loves the urban outdoor lifestyle. There will be articles about new varieties for the backyard, gardening with children, sustainable practices, growing edibles and more. But why does it matter to you? Because the articles are going to feature products and ideas that your customer is going to want from you. You can read more about it at bit.ly/gardenlife. To sign up for the free digital publication, visit www.agardenlife.com.
 

 
Video fun

We try to keep our blog fresh with content from inside and outside the industry. Recently, we’ve stumbled upon some videos we think are worth watching. Type in the bit.ly links below and find out why we were so interested in these clips.

Dear 16 year-old me Most of you work outside in the sun. Here’s a chilling reminder of why you need to wear sunscreen. bit.ly/sixteenme	To the top Take a video tour of the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Green Roof. bit.ly/aslagreen	Croc vs. mower Yes, it’s a crocodile wrestling a lawn mower. Need we say more? bit.ly/crocmower

 

Popular posts

We’ve tweaked our Top Tweets section to include the most popular links across all of our social media platforms. Read on and find out what links our followers and friends found most intriguing.
 

Every office has them
Inc.com has listed the top 10 difficult employees and how to deal with them. How many of these are at your company, and, be honest, which one are you?
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A husband-and-wife duo drives success with a strong marketing program and goal setting.
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New Web-based software for contractors
ServiceTask has been designed to help landscape and snow contractors better track and organize customers and schedule jobs more efficiently.
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The small-business credit card returns
Here is what you should know before signing up for new plastic.
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