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Contact: Sherry MacDonald
Phone: (703) 736-9666
E-mail: sherrymacdonald@landcarenetwork.org

For Immediate Release

                    PLANET’S NEWEST AFFINITY PROGRAM FOCUSES ON DEBT COLLECTION
                   — Professional Landcare Network partners with American Profit Recovery
                        to assist members with profit solutions —

HERNDON, Va., March 3, 2008 — The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is pleased to announce a partnership with accounts receivable firm, American Profit Recovery (APR), to provide PLANET members with a discounted debt-collection program that uses a proactive approach to handling overdue accounts.

APR is a leading accounts receivable firm, providing innovative profit recovery solutions to a number of industries, including lawn care and landscape professionals. APR was founded in 2004 by five industry veterans who have extensive backgrounds in the collection industry. They currently serve over 2,300 businesses and are licensed to conduct business nationwide.

“Our goal is simple; recover our clients’ money, and keep their customers,” says Matt Moskowitz, one of APR’s five founders. “We’ve found that taking a more diplomatic approach towards the consumer collects more and helps our clients to keep their customers coming back. We will work very hard to help PLANET members ease the burden of the collection process.”

In addition to managing and tracking collections, the program makes collections summaries readily available through proprietary technology called APR Web®. From a simple overview to a more detailed summary suitable for ongoing activity monitoring, control of the entire outsourced collection process is handled through this fully secured, browser-based program.

For more information about this and other PLANET programs, contact the PLANET office at
(800) 395-2522 or visit LandcareNetwork.org.

About PLANET
PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,200 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.

About American Profit Recovery
American Profit Recovery (APR) is an accounts receivable management firm with offices in Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Founded in 2004, APR specializes in the collection of third-party debt in industries such as medical/dental, banking, trades, lawn care/landscape, and other professional services. The firm serves approximately 2,300 clients nationwide.

APR has developed a proven system of third-party debt resolution with a flat, low-fee system and state-of-the-art, client-controlled technology not typically seen in the collection industry. APR uses a two-tiered approach to resolving debt for clients. With early intervention and a strong focus on ethics and diplomacy with consumers, APR works hard to preserve the relationship between client and consumer with an ultimate goal of keeping the business relationship in tact.

APR’s technology and business model has proven very successful, as their success rate is far above the industry average of 11 percent. As a result, APR was recently named one of Collection Advisor's 50 Most Influential Collection Agencies in the industry.

For more information on APR and its debt collection services, visit americanprofit.net.