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The Grow Group Led by Marty Grunder, The Grow Group helps landscape professionals to grow their businesses and reac

🌱 August has a way of sneaking up on you. Summer crews are still out, and snow contracts are already landing.Easy to kee...
09/01/2026

🌱 August has a way of sneaking up on you. Summer crews are still out, and snow contracts are already landing.

Easy to keep your head down in what's right in front of you. But the businesses finishing the year strong aren't waiting until December to build next year's pipeline.

This month across ACE, it came back to one thing: be professionally pushy.

→ Every client conversation is a sales conversation.
→ Order taker to order maker.
→ Know your top clients. Don't shy away from the close.
→ Sell today's season and next year's.

That's what ACE is built for.

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ACE Peer Groups Real conversations. Real growth. Facilitated by The Grow Group + McFarlin Stanford

📅 The Grow Group team will be at GROW! Snow this September.Hosted by Snowfighters Institute at Grunder Landscaping Co., ...
08/31/2026

📅 The Grow Group team will be at GROW! Snow this September.

Hosted by Snowfighters Institute at Grunder Landscaping Co., the event will bring snow professionals together for shop tours, equipment walkarounds, truck ride-alongs, and breakout sessions focused on stronger snow operations.

Already planning to attend? Keep an eye out for our team and come say hello.

📍 Dayton, Ohio
📅 September 22–23, 2026

Learn more: snowfightersinstitute.com/events-coming-soon/grow-snow

08/27/2026

📈 Getting to $2M takes hustle. Getting beyond it takes a company that can run without everything flowing through you.

In this week’s episode Marty breaks down the $2M trap and the six areas that commonly hold landscape businesses back: systems, hiring, delegation, structure, financial discipline and leadership development.

If every problem still lands on your desk, growth eventually turns you into the bottleneck.

The next stage requires better systems, clearer ownership and leaders you trust to think, decide and solve problems.

🎙️ Catch Episode 179 The GROW! Show podcast.

Now streaming on The Grow Group YouTube and The GROW! Show by Marty Grunder on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=V3uqd-xYH7s

Bidding blind against two or three other companies for an HOA contract? You're already fighting from behind.This came up...
08/26/2026

Bidding blind against two or three other companies for an HOA contract? You're already fighting from behind.

This came up at our Virtual Sales Manager Bootcamp, a member in SoCal asked how to stand out when property managers collect bids and you never get in front of the board.

Chris Psencik's take: don't wait to be invited. Push for the in-person presentation and push to go first. When you set the tone early, everyone who follows gets held to your standard.

If your next bid is a blind one, request the meeting before you submit anything.

Stay tuned for more events and training built to help you run a stronger landscape business.

Clear expectations make for better snow operations.When a storm hits, your clients already have enough to worry about. T...
08/25/2026

Clear expectations make for better snow operations.

When a storm hits, your clients already have enough to worry about. They shouldn’t have to wonder, “Are you coming? When will you arrive? What happens next?”

At GLC, we communicate before clients have to ask and set expectations before the season starts.

The same goes for our team. Clear dispatch plans, arrival times and communication keep everyone moving in the same direction.

In this week’s Great Idea, Marty shares how proactive communication can reduce confusion, improve service and help your team handle snow events more effectively.

See the process in action at GROW! Snow, September 22–23 in Dayton, Ohio.

08/24/2026

"A great student is a great teacher." That's the idea behind the Grow Show.

Marty's been running a landscaping company for 42 years, and he'll be the first to tell you he hasn't got it all figured out.

He shares these episodes with his sales team, his production team, other landscapers he meets along the way because the whole point is getting better together, not pretending you've already arrived.

Every Wednesday. For owners and leaders who want the real version, not the polished one.

Link in bio. Go hit subscribe.

08/20/2026

🤔 If you have to ask someone for the answer, you may have an access problem.

As your landscape business grows, you can’t be the bottleneck for every piece of information.

You need access to the numbers, client information, reports, and details that help you make decisions, when you need them.

And your team needs to know what they need to know, too.

In this week’s podcast, Vince shares how fixing information gaps can help your team move faster and build momentum.

What’s one piece of information you wish you had easier access to?

🎙️ Catch Episode 178 of The GROW! Show podcast.

Now streaming on The Grow Group YouTube and The GROW! Show by Marty Grunder on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=n8ZwgySlNbA

🌱 A garden is never finished.At least that’s how Marty sees it.When Marty and Lisa moved in over 20 years ago, the yard ...
08/19/2026

🌱 A garden is never finished.

At least that’s how Marty sees it.

When Marty and Lisa moved in over 20 years ago, the yard was young trees, full sun, and four kids at home. Today, the trees are mature, the kids are grown, and the way they use the space has changed. So the landscape changed too.

Marty is always tweaking, testing, and bringing ideas home from gardens he visits. His current favorites include Bottlebrush Buckeyes, Summerific Hibiscus, and a Katsura Tree.

But this week’s Great Idea goes beyond plants.

Burnout is real, especially this time of year.

Make time for something that gives you energy. Work outside. Take a walk. Read. Sketch something new.

For Marty, that’s time in the yard planning what’s next.

What gives you energy?

🔗 growgroupinc.com/blog/great-idea-a-garden-is-never-finished

🗣️ You didn't lose that bid because you were too expensive.You lost it because somewhere between the walkthrough and the...
08/17/2026

🗣️ You didn't lose that bid because you were too expensive.

You lost it because somewhere between the walkthrough and the proposal, the client stopped feeling sure about you.

Marty Grunder and Chris Psencik are running two days of live sales training built for landscape pros. It’s not generic sales theory, but real tactics for prospecting, pricing with confidence and closing without racing to the bottom.

Six sessions. Two days. Everything your team needs to stop leaving jobs on the table.

Register for The Landscape Pro's Sales Training:
🔗growgroupinc.com/landscape-pros-sales-training

08/14/2026

You already know winter's coming. The real question is whether your crew, your equipment, and your plan are ready before the first flake hits.

This week on The Grow Show, Marty sits down with Katie Roell from BOSS Snowplow to break it down: equipment mix, last season's data, team training, worst-case scenarios, and where automation is actually moving the needle on sidewalk work.

And if you’re heading to GROW! Snow 2026 in Dayton this September, Katie gives a preview of what’s ahead.

Winter will come. The question is how ready your business will be.

🎙️ Catch Episode 177 The GROW! Show podcast.

Now streaming on The Grow Group YouTube and The GROW! Show by Marty Grunder on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

🔗youtube.com/watch?v=IKOfxcUXY84

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