By Mike Gambino Competitive bidding is not good for business and its not good for the consumer either. Besides the time spent doing an estimate for a job we may not get, there is an additional element that most homeowners are not aware of. The following...
By Mike Gambino Last week's blog article was about What to expect from a Gambino landscape lighting design consultation . As a designer, one of the most important skills we must learn is how to qualify our prospective clients. Why? Because if we don’t, we’ll waste our most...
By Mike Gambino You will be meeting with me, Mike Gambino, owner operator of Gambino landscape lighting who has been selling, design, building and maintaining high performance landscape lighting systems 6 days a week (sometimes 7) for the past 26 years. Opposite of popular belief all design...
By Mike Gambino Landing a new client takes a lot of time, effort and resources. So once we have them, wouldn’t it be nice to keep them for years to come? To make clients happy and improve their outdoor living areas, we can do the landscape lighting construction...
By Mike Gambino When landscape lighting system builders screw up, two things happen: the industry gets a bad name and other designer builders like myself get more work. Or a property owner has to live with the problem every day knowing the money they spent was...
By Mike Gambino Before starting your lighting project, make sure to get everything down in writing. It is state law in California that all work exceeding $600 in value requires a licensed contractor. Lighting your Home and Garden can add comfort and convenience and help make your...
By Mike Gambino If you are fortunate your property already has many thriving, established, healthy and vibrant trees, shrubs and plants that are prime candidates for accent lighting at night. A healthy young plant with a strong form is more likely to show well in your yard...
By Mike Gambino You may have grown up with an independent attitude, always trying to do things on your own. The classic philosophy is that doing something yourself will save you money, but when it comes to Low Voltage LED landscape lighting systems, that may not...
By Mike Gambino At Gambino landscape Lighting, we strongly encourage proactive landscape lighting system maintenance due to many important benefits. Just as your vehicle needs regular service to ensure that everything is operating correctly, your low voltage landscape lighting equipment should be inspected and adjusted to...
By Mike Gambino Just recently, I received an email from a long-time customer. I did not build their landscape lighting system initially, but I have been cleaning and putting band-aids on their chronically problematic system since the start of our professional business relationship. Finally we were...
