by Greg Herring | Mar 26, 2021 | Business Strategy, Planning, Webinars
This webinar is presented by Greg Herring, the founder of the Herring Group as a resource for the Green Industry. WEBINAR: A Checklist for a Profitable Green...
by Greg Herring | Feb 23, 2021 | Business Strategy, Forecasting, Planning
This two-part webinar presented by Greg Herring and Kevin Kehoe of Aspire Software demonstrates the importance and mechanics of forecasting for landscaping businesses. WEBINAR #1: Gathering Data to Create a Better Future (and Better Forecasts) Landscape companies can...
by Greg Herring | Jan 14, 2019 | Business, Business Strategy, Growth, Leadership, Mindset, People, Planning, Pricing, Profit, Results
Many people think your company makes too much money. What do your employees think? Do they have guilt about profits? (Note: this post was originally published on August 29th, 2016. It has been updated to reflect new data.) According to a Pew Research Center poll in...
by Greg Herring | Aug 16, 2018 | Business Strategy, Planning, Portfolio Analysis, Profit
We have spent the past two weeks discussing portfolio analysis in great depth here on Profit. Value. Life. Now we will take a look at some portfolio analysis case studies. First, I introduced the benefits of portfolio analysis: greater margin—in both profit and life....
by Greg Herring | Aug 7, 2018 | Business Strategy, Planning, Portfolio Analysis, Profit
As discussed in my last post, the chief goals of performing an in-depth portfolio analysis are to gain insight into ways to optimize a business and its profit margins. Net profit margin is a percentage calculated by dividing pre-tax net income by revenue. That...
by Greg Herring | Jul 31, 2018 | Business Strategy, Planning, Portfolio Analysis, Profit
Far too many business owners suffer from a lack of time. The business takes everything they have in terms of time and energy. They run from one fire to another – doing their best to put them out quickly. There is no spare time; there is no spare energy. They lack...
