By Mike Gambino It is my opinion that rarely do these words go together and result in a successful landscape lighting project. Whenever I am asked to give a "bid" I cringe and immediately my mind focuses on the fact that I am probably being set up...
By Mike Gambino I enjoy running my own businesses because I love and have a passion for the art of designing, building and servicing our custom landscape lighting systems on a daily basis. There is also a tremendous feeling of satisfaction when we are finished and...
By Mike Gambino 1. Are you a licensed landscape contractor that specializes in system construction and lighting design and may I please see a copy of your contractor's license? Most landscape lighting designers have a copy of their landscape contractors license in their design portfolio or have...
By Mike Gambino Or maintenance tune-ups scheduled during spring fall or summer months for that matter. So, you hear it from your dentist...
By Mike Gambino The Low Voltage Landscpe Lighting industry has a debt to pay to not only FB Nightingale, whose classic Garden lighting book, Myself and Mark Carlson added content to and republished, but to Nikola Tesla as well. Our low voltage landscape lighting systems primarily operate...
By Mike Gambino On our company Website, Facebook page and this blog we are constantly trying to get the message across that we are not the low price leaders of the landscape lighting industry. In fact we don't particularly care what our competitors are charging for...
By Mike Gambino Something we learned early was that working with good clients is as important as almost anything else we do. So while the prospects think they’re deciding whether to pick us, we’re also deciding whether we want to work with them at the same...
By Mike Gambino An owner-operator is essentially a sole proprietor, or an incorporated business in which the owner also runs the daily operations of his or her company. An owner-operator has the right to make all decisions regarding the business, without input from anyone such as...
By Mike Gambino After 25 years of meeting with prospective property owners interested in a custom low voltage landscape lighting system I have found that many go about the process of hiring a professional in an inefficient and improper manner. Here are some of the mistakes...
By Mike Gambino Selections are made, the Agreement is signed, and you’re ready to start your landscape lighting project.Before work begins, make sure a few details are handled to help things go more smoothly. This often takes the form of a pre-construction meeting, which may be...
