Commercial Painting Leads – Should You Be Marketing for Them?

When work gets slow in the winter, residential repaint contractors will often turn their attention to other markets to keep painters busy and income flowing. There are two markets these contractors often explore: new construction residential and commercial repaints. New construction residential is a losing game. Margins are low, supervision is necessarily high, pay is…

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10 Winter Work Strategies That NEVER FAIL!

Winter Work Stratigies

Finding winter work. It is the bane of every painting contractor’s existence. You work hard all season long when the sun is shining and it’s a little warm to make money, and then here comes winter and it takes all your money away and it depletes your bank account. If you’re a smaller company, you’ve…

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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…

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