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How Much Does a Crappy Sales Process Cost?
I know you’re “covered up.” Most painters are. For some reason, owners think this is a license to do a “pet the dog, email a PDF” sales process. “I’ve got more work than I can do,” I hear ya. But, that’s not the point. Here’s the point… Your sales process controls a lot more than your…
Read MoreDiscover How Much Money Should You Earn As a Painting Contractor In Annual Income
How much should you be earning as a painting contractor? It is a very straightforward question. Albert Einstein said something. He said, “If you don’t understand something well enough to explain it simply, you really don’t understand it.” As I watch consultants and painting contractors chit chat in Facebook groups, it just hits me in…
Read MoreThe #1 Way to Train Your Painting Staff on Processes – and Make it STICK!
It can be frustrating when staff fail to “get it right” the first time… or the second… or the third! While you may have selected the wrong employee, don’t be so quick to judge. Let me run your through a few methods commonly used by owners in the painting industry to teach staff how to…
Read MoreAre You Earning This Much as a Painter?
Brandon, this may be the most helpful email you’ll ever read from me. Delete it at your own personal peril… The other day, I was on the phone with a brand new member who had been on my email list for a long time. 6 years to be exact. He knew things weren’t going very…
Read MoreOpinions About Running a Painting Business
A lot of people have a lot of opinions about running a painting business. If you read the posts on Facebook groups for painters, you’ll see that. Not only does everyone have a strong opinion, each painter is convinced he’s 100% right – on everything. I’m only exaggerating a little bit. You know this is…
Read More3 Mistakes on Your Painting Website
If you’re not getting the best performance out of your painting website, here’s a little checklist of what may be wrong. This is something I’ve compiled after spending a few years constructing and optimizing websites exclusively for painting business owners. Just like I see the exact same problems time-and-time again in operations, sales, marketing and…
Read MoreStressed About Being “Behind Schedule?” Don’t Be…
Yesterday, one of my APPC members was really down on himself – in my opinion, unnecessarily so. He was worried about how far out he was booking jobs. He was worried about all the estimates he had to give. “How am I going to make these clients happy since we are so far booked out?…
Read MoreThe #1 Estimating Mistake That Kills Painting Profits & Causes Chaos
I eat lunch every day. I typically go for a little walk and I think I’m just going to start talking to you about the painting industry as I do it. And so I really wish that you could be with me on all these calls that I conduct with painting companies every day, because…
Read MoreHome Advisor Leads “False & Phony” Says FTC – Do you use them?
Brandon, Well, it looks like Home Advisor is in hot water again. This time, it’s with the Federal Trade Commission. Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said of Home Advisor “platforms should not use false claims and phony opportunities to prey on workers and small businesses.” If you’ve ever used these…
Read MoreWhat’s Your House Painting Method?
Brandon, I’m curious to know, how do you paint your houses outside? This is the method I always used… 1 – Pressure-wash 2 – Cover all the landscaping 3 – Scrape loose and flaking paint – sand if necessary 4 – Spot prime and spot paint raw substrates 5 – Starting at the top, paint the…
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