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Guys who have not tried this have to understand something going into it. That is that it will reduce the amount of leads that you will be able to follow up on. It does not bring you new higher end customers, but simply reduces your prospects to those who value you enough to pay the fee. You can't lose sight that the most important thing is to sell landscape jobs rather than collecting small fees. Don't let the fees get in the way of selling landscapes by over reducing your leads.
Paid consultation (I'm talking about introductory consultation rather than being retained to specifically lend guidance) is really reserved for people who start to get burdened by too many leads. It is more effective at saving money by not wasting time rather than being an income generator. Until you are in the position that reducing leads makes sense, it is hard to see how you stand to benefit by charging a fee for an introduction to a job.
If and when you get to the point where you are burdened by too many leads, which I believe those who are charging have, then you really need to use the fee system to cut the dead leads. You'll also lose a lot of good leads, but as long as you still are left with enough leads they will be very strong ones.
You have to earn the ability to have this work. Some of these guys have.
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