Getting the first route
Zero to your first base of weekly customers.
- Your first 25 customersA first-month sequence for a new scooping business: Google Business Profile, neighborhood groups, door hangers and referrals — and the expensive things to skip until later.
- Getting Google reviewsThe ask that actually gets reviews, when to send it, what Google and the FTC prohibit — including the fine that now applies — and what to do about a bad one.
Pricing and quoting
What to charge, and how to answer the money question online.
- What to chargeA practical way to set weekly, biweekly and first-cleanup prices using route time, dog count, service frequency and your own target field-hour rate — with clearly labelled operator examples.
- The quote formThe seven questions that price a yard, the price ranges to show, why the first cleanup is quoted separately, and the form questions that quietly cost you customers.
- Pricing out-of-route customersA quote request just came in from across town. A two-minute way to decide: count the minutes the stop adds to your route, check what it earns per field hour, and quote the price that makes it worth the drive.
Keeping customers weekly
Stop starting every Monday from zero.
- Turning cleanups into weeklySpring cleanups are the best lead list a scooper has. When to quote the recurring price, what to say, and the follow-up that turns a one-off job into a route stop.
Fixing the leaks
When enquiries come in but customers don't.
- When ads don't convertTwo operators run the same ads: one gets daily leads, the other gets nothing for two months. The difference is rarely the ads. What to fix before spending another dollar.
Choosing tools
What software earns its cost, and who to hire — if anyone.
- Sweep&Go vs JobberOne is built only for scoopers, the other for every field service. Which fits depends on your service mix and size — and neither is worth paying for before about 20 clients.
- Compare your optionsCourses, niche agencies, website products, your own software, or nothing at all — what each costs, who each genuinely suits, and where hiring Scoop and Grow is the wrong choice.