Shorten the sales cycle by being ready to provide before and after pictures to your prospective customers while meeting with them. Show them examples of work that you have done in their area, or on similar projects. Let them see immediately how the products and styles look so nothing is left to their imagination.

Avoid arguments and lost profit by logging existing jobsite conditions such as damaged driveways or landscaping. Note any problem areas before-hand, for example shrubbery that will need to be uprooted or holes that will have to be dug.