April Showers Bring Cemeteries May Flowers (and grass).

Some people think grave care is strictly about mowing grass and cleaning gravestones.

Now that we’re truly coming out of the winter months, the demand for Grave Care Services will rapidly increase. If you offer any of the Grave Plot Maintenance Services suggested in our Grave Care Business Guidebook, you will be busy this spring.

Some people think grave care is strictly about mowing grass and cleaning gravestones. While those are two important aspects of providing grave care services to your clients, grave care business owners provide many beneficial services.

Grave care equates to cemetery beautification. Wildflowers certainly beautify a cemetery. As a grave care business owner, you can nurture proper wildflower cultivation to beautify the graves you maintain. We will show you how to do this properly.

Of course, some of your clients will solely want the grass maintained on their loved-ones’ gravesites…and, that’s okay, too.

Many of our customers in the warmer states are already providing their 3rd mowing services of the season. This time of year, it is very easy to build a client list. In fact, demand is sometimes so heavy that we have had to turn clients away in years past. Of course, a good pricing strategy will assure you can keep your best, and most profitable, clients.

Pricing and Job Estimating is something new Grave Care Business owners struggle with. It is difficult to know exactly how much money to charge your customers. If you charge too little, you won’t make as much money as possible. If you charge too much, your customers might not hire you. Our guidebook teaches you how to price your services so you can make the most amount of money in your business.

Grave Care is a rewarding business. It’s not only about money but it is also about helping people and doing work that is fulfilling.

If you have ever thought of starting your own Grave Care Business, our guidebook and software course will help you get started, today.

For more information on how you can purchase the course, visit our main website at:

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Grave Care – Spring 2021

Now that we’re truly coming out of the winter months, the demand for Grave Care Services will rapidly increase.

April Showers Bring May Flowers (and Grass)

Springtime Grave Care

Grave Care Services – Price Estimation

Equipment selection is important. Our guidebook includes hints and tips of which equipment works best for gravesite upkeep such as industrial-grade equipment for large cemetery upkeep or battery powered lawn mowers for smaller jobs (pictured above). Also, we discuss many of the rules and regulations that you will need to know before providing Grave Care Services.

The materials within the Grave Care Business Course include an extensive section on how to properly price your services so you can make the most money possible. Additionally, the software section includes ESTIMATING SOFTWARE to help you calculate your prices.

Grave Care is a rewarding business. It’s not only about money but it is also about helping people and doing work that is fulfilling.

The Grave Care Business Course covers a wide-range of grave care services that you can offer your clients.

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If you have ever thought of starting your own Grave Care Business, our guidebook and software course will help you get started, today.

For more information on how you can purchase the course, visit our main website at:

https://GraveCareBusiness.com

Grave Care Entrepreneurs are Straining at their Slips

This morning, one of my Facebook friends posted the following quote:

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,

Straining upon the start.

The game’s afoot;

Follow your spirit:…

The original context of the Shakespearean reference was a message to soldiers preparing for battle. But, this morning I was thinking of it in terms of entrepreneurs who are “straining upon the start” to become business owners.

As I write this, it is early on a cold crisp February morning. The world is still sleepy but soon the sun will rise and everyone will come to life. Likewise, the year is still early. We made it past January and the year is beginning to come to life.

The year is still new. Maybe your New Year’s Resolutions have begun to fade. However, if you are an entrepreneur who thinks about starting your own business, I want to give you encouragement to start RIGHT NOW.

January passed by in a flash. If you let it, February will pass by just as quickly. And then March…and then April…and then May. Don’t let the whole year pass you by. Seize it right now!

If you have ever thought about starting your own business and if you have a love of cemeteries, a Grave Care Business is a wonderfully rewarding business to start.

By starting a Grave Care Business, you can choose your own hours, perform your work in beautiful surroundings, and operate a profitable and fulfilling business.

We have developed a professionally produced business course designed to help you Start & Operate your own Grave Care Business. To learn more about the course and order it, visit our main webpage: https://GraveCareBusiness.com

I love the line “straining at the start.” I think most entrepreneurs can relate. We’re all straining like greyhounds in our slips…barely able to contain our excitement. I understand it. I’ve been there. I’m excited to help you get started.

Let me know if I can help or answer any questions. – Keith

Gravesite Mowing – Battery Operated Lawn Mower

Grave care is a fantastic business to operate. Grave care includes: gravestone cleaning, seasonal grave decorations, winterization, and other services. Plot maintenance is also a very important aspect to many grave care businesses. If you provide plot maintenance in your grave care business, grass mowing should be on your list of services.

Mowing Gravesites

Increasingly, I have found that customers, as well as cemetery management companies, are interested in reducing air pollution and noise pollution. Traditional lawn mowers spew a lot of pollutants into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, until recently, an internal combustion engine lawn mower was the only practical way to mow grass. However, in recent years, battery operated lawn mower technology has come a long way. The torque is great and the battery life is longer.

Environmentally Responsive Mowing

Internal combustion engines have a lot of negatives. They are noisy, require gasoline and oil, and emit pollutants into the atmosphere. I am always looking for environmentally responsible alternatives to traditional mowing practices especially when I’m working in cemeteries.

Last month, I picked up this 80V battery operated lawn mower on clearance. I have used battery operated lawn mowers in the past with lackluster results. Since this mower was on clearance, I was willing to spend the money to see how well it does at mowing overgrown gravesites. After mowing a few dozen gravesites, I’m impressed with its performance.

Grave Care and Grave Mowing

Due to its low noise and air pollution, I feel good about mowing with this mower. In the past, I had to stop mowing when there was a funeral service nearby, but the quietness of this lawn mower allows me to continue working. The fact that it is environmentally responsive is very good for public relations.

If you operate a grave care business, I recommend adding a battery operated lawn mower to your business. I believe you will find a battery powered lawn mower will be looked upon very favorably by your clients.

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For information on how to start your own Grave Care Business, please read through our website. We have developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business Course designed to help you start and grow your own business. Included within the material is a great discussion on proper protocols for mowing gravesites. The program also includes estimating software to help you know how much money to charge for your services.

Thank you. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Keith

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Springtime Grave care for April – May 2019

Spring is the perfect time to jump-start your own Grave Care Business.

Although the nights are still slightly chilly, daytime sunshine and warmth tell us that springtime is here.

With the change in season comes an increased need for work in your local cemeteries. Plot maintenance, gravestone cleaning, and floral decoration change-outs are much needed services right now.

If you already own a Grave Care Business, you are probably looking for ways to really jump-start your business and get the money really rolling in again. Springtime is the perfect opportunity for you to get a big boost in revenue.

We recommend visiting all of your current clients and the grave sites that you already maintain. Check for issues that cropped up over the winter months such as plot maintenance issues (drainage, erosion, etc.)
or damage that might have occurred to the gravestones. Often, during the winter and spring, weather and high winds cause branches to drop from trees onto grave markers.

Sometimes, there is no damage to the gravestones and you simply need to perform a plot cleanup. Other times, heavy branches can cause damage that you will have to assess.

Keep notes as you make your rounds of your current clients. Then, at the end of the day, take a few minutes to contact your clients and let them know of what is needed for their loved-ones grave sites.

Our Grave Care Business Course gives you great “Customer Contact” tools to help you with these tasks.

If you haven’t, yet, started your Grave Care Business, spring is a perfect time to start. I invite you to read through our website to learn about the Grave Care Business Course that will help you start and grow your very own Grave Care Business.

If you ever have any questions, please let us know. We love cemeteries and are always happy to help.

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Grave Care Business in 2019

Grave care has many facets. Plot maintenance, tombstone cleaning, and floral decoration placement are 3 services that can be offered.

I recently received a call from a lady who is ready to make a change in her life for the new year. As a Christmas present to herself, she purchased the Grave Care Business Course. She wants to learn about the business, use the guide to help her set up her own business, and begin getting customers in time to place Valentine’s Day grave floral decorations.

Cemeteries are my passion and I love helping people who want to start their own grave care businesses.

Grave care has many facets. Plot maintenance, tombstone cleaning, and floral decoration placement are 3 services that can be offered. Additionally, there are many other services that family members want for their loved-ones’ grave sites. Our business program teaches you how to perform these services, how to deal with cemetery management, and learn how much money to charge your clients.

Building a client list is one of the most important things you can do in the early stages of your business. Grave care is, obviously, a very delicate business. Your clients are entrusting you with a task that is very important to them. Our business course handles this subject with care. It is a very respectful and very rewarding business.

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, please read through our website to see what we have to offer.

If you have questions, feel free to get in touch via phone or email on our contact page.

Cemeteries are my passion. If you’re ready to make a change in your life in 2019 by starting your own business, I think you will be very pleased with the amount of information, tutorials, and business tools included in the Grave Care Business Course.

The Full Version is only $259.95. Order directly through our order page and we will make sure your parcel is mailed out promptly.

Thank you – Keith

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Christmas Grave Flowers – December 2018

Yes, the weather is cold but right now is a perfect time to start your own Grave Care Business.

Christmas Grave Flowers is a Great Add-On for your Grave Care Business.

As we move into December, you might think Grave Care Business services are finished for the year. However, there is still a large opportunity for you to take advantage of this time of year. There is still a full month left and 3 weeks before Christmas.

Though weather in your area might reduce your ability to provide Grave Care Services for your clients, I would like to remind you that a lot of people are still wanting Christmas Grave Decorations for their loved ones. This is a perfect ADD-ON service for you to provide your clients. This will help you make a lot of much needed money for your business right now before Christmas.

So, even if your business is still small or if you’ve not yet gotten off the ground, keep working at your business for the final month in 2018. You will probably pick up some last minute clients right before Christmas. This will be an additional benefit for you next year because those clients are likely to hire you next year when springtime rolls around.

Yes, the weather is cold but right now is a perfect time to start your own Grave Care Business.

If you don’t know where to start and need some help and motivation, our Grave Care Business Course will help you start and grow your own Grave Care Business.

Read about it on our homepage. Once you order the Grave Care Course, we’ll ship it promptly to you via priority mail.

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Gravestone Damage Caused By Lawn Mowers

information on how to avoid damaging gravestones when you are mowing cemetery grave plots.

Gravestone Damage Caused By Lawn Mowers

Spring is here and grass is growing in the cemetery. For the next several months, lawn mowing will be a much needed cemetery maintenance task. Proper mowing around gravestones takes greater care than a standard mowing job of a residential lawn. There are proper procedures to follow to avoid scoring gravemarkers, damaging flower urns, and scalping uneven ground over grave sites.

Lawn Mowing in a Cemetery

When I visit a cemetery and look at gravestones, my biggest pet peeve is seeing damaging work performed by careless workers.

One of the most notoriously damaging pieces of equipment in a cemetery is the riding lawn mower. Particularly, large Zero-Turn-Radius lawn mowers operated by neglectful lawn mower operators cause extensive damage. In cemeteries during lawn mowing season, lawn mower operators are often in a big hurry to finish their mowing jobs. They speed between headstones and zoom up & down rows of grave markers. Their rubber tires grind the ground and their large mowing decks scalp the earth. More damaging than what they do to the ground, however, is the damaging effect they have on gravestones.

Here are two examples of damage caused by lawn mowers. In both of these instances, gravestone material has been scraped away by mower decks. In the third picture, I have reason to believe the monument might have been toppled after being run into, repeatedly, by a neglectful lawn care operator.

If you plan to offer grass cutting in your grave care business, please make the effort to choose proper equipment. Also, operate that equipment properly to avoid damaging tombstones and the graves you are supposed to be manicuring.

Proper Cemetery Maintenance Procedures

Do you need some professional tips on how to properly operate a Grave Care Business? Our professionally produced Grave Care Business Training Course will help you start (and operate) your own successful grave care business. We even include excellent information on how to avoid damaging gravestones when you are mowing cemetery grave plots.

Learn more about it on our main webpage. You can order the course directly through our website and we will ship it to you promptly.

Please let us know if you have any questions. We are passionate about cemeteries and are always happy to help.

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Kilauea Volcano Affects Hawaiian Cemeteries

If you are fascinated with cemeteries as I am, you might consider starting your own Grave Care Business.

Volcano Reminds Me of the Need For Proper Grave Care and Documentation of Cemeteries

As I read the news this morning, I see the volcano on Hawaii’s biggest island is once again erupting dangerously close to civilization.

I see the pictures and I am reminded of my trip to The Big Island a few years ago to study the cemeteries there. I took particular interest in the cemeteries within the Kalapana region of Hawaii. Those cemeteries were largely affected by previous eruptions of Kilauea. Some cemeteries were covered with 30′ of lava and some grave sites were lost forever. Other cemeteries experienced community outpouring to reestablish the cemetery boundaries and locate individual grave sites.

I saw the destructive process of nature and the possibility that cemeteries, in an instant, might be lost forever. This past trip to study the cemeteries of Hawaii is what really prompted me to take and active interest in using GPS technology to properly document the locations of cemeteries and individual grave sites. Technology has come a long way in the last few years. With cell phone apps like Find-A-Grave and Billion Graves, I am able quickly geo-reference hundreds of grave sites in a day. Also, I now use drone technology to aerial map and make 3-D interactive images of the cemeteries I visit.

So, as I sit here this morning watching Kilauea’s lava, I am reminded of the importance of proper documentation of our country’s cemeteries.

If you are fascinated with cemeteries as I am, you might consider starting your own Grave Care Business. It’s easy to do this as a side-line source of income or to grow it as a full-fledged full-time business.

We have developed a professionally produced Grave Care Business Instruction Course designed to help you start and grow your own grave care business. You can learn more about the course on our main webpage (www.GraveCareBusiness.com). You can order directly through the website and we will ship it out to you promplty.

Winter Grave Care Tips for your Grave Care Business

WINTER IS A Good Time To Start Your Grave Care Business

A week ago, I was working in a local cemetery in shorts and a short sleeved shirt. Today, I’m hunkered down in a leaf-strewn cemetery wondering if we will have any warm days before spring arrives. Well, one thing that is an absolute certainty is springtime WILL eventually arrive. When it does arrive, there will be plenty of customers and lots of demand for your grave care business services. However, until then, we have a couple months of winter weather before us.

Southern states with warmish weather can operate Grave Care Business year-round. For everyone in the northern states (and Canada), winter does bring a challenge. Although it is a bit difficult operating a Grave Care Business during the depths of winter, there are a few saving graces that will carry you through and keep money rolling in. Christmas is in December. This month brings you many customers who want their loved-ones’ grave sites spruced up for the Christmas season. Pre-winter plot maintenance and Christmas Grave Decoration placement will keep you busy. December can be a prime earning month as there is a lot of income potential.

Grave Care Business Opportunities in December and January and February

January will probably be a bit slower for requests for grave care services. However, I normally think of the first month in the new year as a time to begin preparing contract agreements and price bids for new clients. The preparation work you do in January will pay HUGE dividends once spring rolls around. Current and new clients will appreciate your diligence during the winter months. Also, you should remember that Valentine’s Day is in February. Many, Many people want Valentine’s Grave Decorations placed on Valentine’s Day.

In addition to Christmas and Valentine’s day floral decorations placed on Gravestones, we’ve noticed grave blankets placement is once again gaining popularity. Additionally, gravestone Christmas present decoration is something many parents like to do for children who have passed away. I believe this is a real psychological comfort to parents who have lost a child. This act of giving allows them to share Christmas at a time of year when they are truly heartbroken.

As passionate as I am about cemeteries and as interested as I am in helping people operate their own Grave Care Businesses, I never lose site of the fact that grave care is an act of caring that families WANT to do for their loved-ones. Services such as plot maintenance, tombstone cleaning, and grave decoration help families deal with the loss. It helps them heal. It keeps them connected.

By providing grave care, you are truly helping people and they are grateful for the services you provide.

If you have ever thought about starting your own Grave Care Business, please read through our website. We have developed a professionally produced grave care business training course designed to help you start and operate your own grave care business.

Merry Christmas!

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