How I turned a hobby into a successful business - The Premier Lawns Story

01/04/25 • 44 min

For the last podcast of the year, we are telling the Premier Lawns story of how Robbie turned a hobby into a successful business.
From struggling in school to accidentally discovering his passion for greenkeeping, Robbie's journey is a testament to the power of perseverance and self-belief.
His strategies for business growth, marketing, and building a successful team, as well as how he diversified his services and embraced new opportunities.
He discussed the importance of networking, videos, and podcasts in his business strategy. His plans are to expand his content and manage multiple revenue streams.
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Roots to Revenue - How I turned a hobby into a successful business - The Premier Lawns Story

Transcript

Robbie00:00:00.050

My first year of being self employed, I made the classic mistake of not charging enough. You have a mindset that you think people will not pay that. My first year it went from a thousand to seventeen thousand in a year, but that was the Covid effect. It just totally blew up on me and then I seen an opportunity. So this year, I'm not going to be taking on any new customers. Anybody fills in a form, I'll have to just say, look, I'm sorry. We're not ta