Rolling Into Q3 No Time To Collect Moss!

By George Schmok

Whew . . . What busy year it has been so far . . . Hope you all received and are finding the May LC/DBM Buyer?EUR??,,????'?????< This year there were more than 250 ads and 300 profiles in the edition and when you factor in that each profile had 7-9 parts, and factor in the lists of suppliers and nurseries et.al., and factor in that LC/DBM?EUR??,,????'?????< Picture one month a year where although you are a Landscape Contractor, you personally layout the plans for 30,000 uniquely different sprinkler heads. That?EUR??,,????'?????< Oh yeah . . . Then we put all those product profiles into the individual landscapearchitect vendor profiles so you can now also find them in the product search as well . . . Did I say, ?EUR??,,????'?????< Speaking of landscapearchitect, we also re-launched the newly designed and super functional site in January 2012. This year we expect close to a million visits, virtually all from professionals, and upwards of 1.5 million page views. (No wonder ad revenues and banner space are both beating expectations as well . . .) In the very near future you?EUR??,,????'?????< While there are other functions to the site, like the construction business section and the association section with hundreds of associations and thousands of events across the nation, (plus the e-store and Trade Show Division) the main function of Landscape Online is to help you with researching projects, news, laws and products. Virtually every article ever written for LASN and LC/DBM, plus thousand of other news items and features, and about 30,000 vendors, contractors, consultants are all found in the site. If you haven?EUR??,,????'?????< And if that wasn?EUR??,,????'?????< Yep . . . There?EUR??,,????'?????< In the mean time though, I?EUR??,,????'?????<

Aloha . . . and . . . God Bless!

George Schmok, Publisher