The Landscaper's Guide to Modern Sales & Marketing

In this episode, Jack Jostes sits down with Vania Mickos of Mullin Landscape to explore her remarkable journey from growing vegetables on her family’s farm in Brazil to becoming an account manager in Baton Rouge. Vania shares how grit, agronomy expertise, and a deep commitment to kindness shaped her leadership style and career path. We discuss her early start in agriculture at age 11, her transition into agronomy, her move to Europe, and eventually her growth into the U.S. landscape industry....

After five years, 300 episodes, more than 75,000 audio downloads, and over 110,000 YouTube views, Jack Jostes shares the biggest lessons he’s learned from producing The Landscaper’s Guide. In this milestone solo episode, Jack breaks down the marketing mindset that has helped hundreds of landscape and snow companies grow with social media, storytelling, consistency, and simple video production. You’ll hear the real behind-the-scenes journey—starting the show in a tiny shed, leveling up gear ov...

In this episode, Jack interviews Edward Morales, second-generation owner of Tropical Landscaping Services in Buckeye, Arizona. After years of the company relying on hard work and word-of-mouth without a clear sales process, Edward stepped back into the business and realized it needed structure, clarity, and consistency. He rebuilt their sales process from scratch and discovered how communication and predictable workflows create a better client experience. Edward also shares how he uses AI as ...

In this episode, Jack Jostes breaks down one of the simplest and most profitable sales activities any landscape company can run: the Call Jam. Jack shares why calling customers still outperforms every other marketing channel, how to structure a winning Call Jam with your team, and how to prioritize your leads so you focus on the prospects most likely to buy. He also explains the Hopper Dropper method for doubling your response rates and gives a real example of a landscape company that generat...

In today’s episode, Jack sits down with Jeff Riddle, founder of Alterra Landscape Design in Dallas, to talk about what it really takes to keep a landscape company growing—even when the market softens. Jeff shares how Dallas is seeing more competition than ever before, why lead volume has dipped, and the surprising reasons many landscape firms are feeling anxious even in a still-healthy market. Yet instead of cutting back, Jeff explains why Alterra has intentionally increased marketing investm...