AI Can Sell the Dream but Outdoor Living Pros Still Have to Deliver It w/ Ryan King from King Landscape Design

So we've still got a huge gap between where we are now, AI and ideas, and the whole idea of actually creating a usable design, not just an idea,

and then building this thing too.

Welcome to the Sales Made Simple podcast. This podcast is dedicated to helping overwhelmed outdoor living professionals, landscapers, and hardscapers just like you increase your closing rate to over 75% without doubling your workload so you can build a seven-figure business that doesn't need you. I'm your host, Joshua Gillow. Let's dig in. Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the show. I've got Ryan King back with me this week. And if you didn't hear last week, we talked about AI integration into landscape design and how it's helping us streamline that process to improve our customer experiences, cut timelines, and not take away from the creativity that we all love to be part of, right? It's the whole idea of taking... sounds like, you know, words people say and turning it into a design and then turning it into a place you can walk through, right? That's never going to change. It's just a matter of how we do it. So last week, if you didn't listen, go back and listen last week about Ryan and I talked a lot about how to integrate how he's integrating it into his design practice. He does design work for a lot of contractors in our industry and even some homeowners. So he's looking for ways all the time to utilize this technology. So Ryan, welcome back to the

show. Yeah, thanks a lot for having me. I'm excited to have this follow-up conversation. Like Josh was saying, we had a great conversation last week. So if you guys haven't had a chance to check it out, definitely do so. And I'm excited to see where this conversation goes this week.

Absolutely, brother. I'm so excited to have you back on. I figured if there's anybody I want to talk to about this subject, it'd be you because your thumb is all over this, right? So tell us a little bit about who you serve and what those projects look like. And I'll let you were so gracious to help us with our outdoor living mastery. The last event we did with that gigantic structure. And I mean, that was like a three quarter million dollar project that we finished in a week.

Yeah,

that was nuts. But you were such a critical part in that. And I'm so, so thankful that you were part of that, too, because you made it so easy for us. So tell us a little bit about what you do and all that.

Yeah, that was an awesome experience to be a part of as well. So to give you a little background information on me, I work for primarily contractors and homeowners all across the United States, basically creating incredible outdoor living packages, anything stemming from simple patios with maybe a fire pit on it, all the way to complete backyard resorts with custom pools, structures, lighting, landscaping. And my goal as a designer is just to provide people The contractor, but also the homeowner were just incredible visuals of how we could really take their backyard to a whole new level from just a basic paper patio to a complete outdoor resort where they can just step out into their backyard and entertain friends and family for years to come.

Excellent. I love that,