We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tariq Mackey a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Tariq, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. What’s the backstory behind how you came up with the idea for your business?
Believe it not! Its was 2018 and I was awaken from my sleep from a vision I had, I immediately grabbed my phone and started creating what I saw. After a few drafts I had my Vision perfectly crafted!
Tariq, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I’m Tariq D.Mackey born in Decatur Ga, raised in Miami (Dade County) and Lithonia Ga. I’m an Artist at heart I live for creating. Im an owner of multiple businesses, I have a lawn Care business, creative design business as well as a clothing company. With my Lawn care company I strive to give my customers the best service possible! Our motto for IveyMack Lawn Care is “Its like a haircut for your House ” and I stand by that.. we will bring your house back to life Visually! I also create logos for other aspiring business owners with my 3BVISION imprint. As far As my Clothing company KŪAWIE which is a Acronym meaning , Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom is Everything. That idea was God Given to me and I treat it as such! I put my all into it and push it far as I can. The only problems I face are the things I don’t know yet as far as business but I study and learn to further my growth with my businesses . I’m proud to have things in life that I enjoy doing and not forced to do. Life is Exactly what you make of it!
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
Three years into starting my lawncare business someone ran a 4way intersection and destroyed all of my equipment, I was devastated by it because I knew how hard I worked to have everything and How hard it would be to start over. I Definitely wanted to Quit! But I didn’t, I couldn’t. I have loyal customers that depend on me and I didn’t want to let them or myself down, I keep pushing (literally) I had to start over just like I began with a push mower. I’m glad I kept goin you cant grow if you quit.
How did you build your audience on social media?
I built my audience on social media by posting my work, before and After pictures give me a lot of new customers, People seem to respond better to visuals from what I’ve noticed. Put it in their Faces! When they need you they’ll come.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @_iveymacklawncare_
- Facebook: Kuawie84classic
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCTepQ4y34d6Q5elAZjdSc7g
Image Credits
Images by 3BVISION