Magazine Features
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AI in your service shop
By Brian Rismoen Many dealership owners and managers are eager to adopt new technologies that can streamline operations and boost…
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Social Media Trends – 2025 edition
Here is our annual look at social media trends for service professionals, business owners, marketers and casual users. In this…
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Editor’s Letter: Rose, Bud & Thorn
Once a month with my peer group of 9 other professionals, I share my “rose, bud and thorn.” We meet…
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Boost sales with phased projects
By Joe Raboine Heading into winter, landscape contractors and business owners can take a breath and prepare for next year’s…
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Profile in Leadership: Charles Brian Quinn, aka CBQ
By Wanda Kenton Smith In this issue of OPE+, we’re pleased to recognize one of our industry’s most progressive entrepreneurs…
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NALP Elevate Conference recap
I attended the Elevate event put on by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). It’s half product expo, half…
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Cover Story: What’s Big is Small
Trends in Compact Equipment While equipment itself is getting more specialized, many commercial users are diversifying and expanding their applications…
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Awards Nomination time!
OPE+ staff is now accepting nominations for its two awards programs – the Movers & Shakers Award, and the Under…
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Sales skills in a paradox
Under the heading, “Two things can be true at once,” there is this: Everything about the sales process is different today…
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The Case for EVs
“You can’t learn if you don’t have any machines out there. It’s harder to learn from the sidelines. For us,…
