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Hit 50 clients this year and it honestly threw me off

I started this landscaping thing on my own back in 2018, just cutting lawns for neighbors in my truck. Never thought I'd stack up that many customers, but last month I counted and there it was, 50 active accounts on my books. The thing that got me wasn't the number itself, it was realizing 12 of those came from one guy who just told people about me at the local hardware store. I remember when landing 5 clients felt like a huge deal and now I'm managing schedules and equipment for a full roster. It makes me wonder how many other small operators out there are sitting on a bigger client base than they realize. Has anyone else hit a milestone that just kinda snuck up on you?
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finleym37
finleym3713d ago
Same here once people start talking they don't stop.
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black.oliver
Man I had the exact same thing happen with my pressure washing gig, just word of mouth took off before I even noticed.
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wesley639
wesley63913d ago
I used to think you needed to plan everything for word of mouth to work honestly @black.oliver but this changed my mind.
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