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How to Generate More Reviews for Your Painting Business
Getting reviews for your painting business is essential for a lot of things. Number one, it really does help with SEO. And if you ever need help with that, John, in my office, builds painting contractor websites exclusively. So if yours isn’t generating leads, isn’t optimized, looks bad, looks dated, isn’t functional, whatever it is,…
Read MoreThe Top 4 Techniques for Making a Sale as a Painting Contractor
As we approach winter, which is where we are today, it’s not important that you just find more work. It’s important that you close more work, and it’s important that you get your billable rate where it needs to be. People think that the only thing you can do to make winter better is to…
Read MoreThe Most Essential Business Tools For Every Painting Contractor
I want to share something with you that I’ve never shared before. It seems trivial and for many of you, you may think, “Well, that’s kind of remedial,” but I’m here to tell you that it isn’t. You would think there would be some sort of very complicated approach that turns a painting business around.…
Read MoreHow To Bid on Commercial Painting Jobs
A lot of painting contractors are intimidated by the thought of estimating larger commercial painting projects, acting as if it’s just this completely different animal. However, this does not have to be the case. If you’re looking to break into commercial painting, I’m going to give you some tools and resources that will help guide…
Read MoreIs It Possible to Sue Someone Over a Negative Review on Your Painting Business?
In business, reputation is everything. Most successful businesses have established themselves as a company people can trust and rely on. A solid base of referrals or reviews can quickly cement your company as a local or industry leader. Online reviews play a huge role in building a business’s reputation—most modern consumers research businesses on the…
Read MoreThe Best Way to Calculate Estimates for Residential Paint Jobs
Do you have an effective process for estimating new paint jobs? If you’re a painting contractor, understanding your pricing is critical in order to win bids and bring your projects in on budget. Stop guessing and start using documented data from the field to develop accurate estimates that meet your budget more often and keep…
Read MoreWhat Are the Most Effective Ways to Build Referrals for Painting Contractors
How are you currently building referrals and repeat business for your painting company? Often, I’ll hear painting contractors tell me that word of mouth is their best form of advertising, but when I press them on specifically what they do, the answer is usually absolutely nothing. Meaning, word of mouth is something that happens, even…
Read MoreIs Subcontracting Right for Your Commercial Painting Company?
Are subcontractors right for your commercial painting business? Or if you own a residential painting company and you do some commercial work, are subcontractors right for that type of work in your business? For commercial painting companies who want to extend their capabilities and handle large commercial projects, working with subcontractors can potentially be a…
Read MoreHow to Get More Paint Jobs When Business Is Slow
What do you do to generate leads and to find business when things are slow? Whether it’s back to school, getting out of school for summer break, some kind of terrible catastrophe, or the winter slow season. What do you do to keep the phone ringing? Understand Organic Demand for Painting Jobs The first thing…
Read MoreCharging for Painting Estimates Is Stupid and Costly for Painters
Charging for painting estimates is remarkably dumb. It impacts your income in amazingly negative ways, and it’s no way to really solve the problem of anemic closing rates. I’m Brandon Lewis with Painters Academy and Painters Weekly. A lot of people are jumping on this bandwagon of over pre-qualifying people over the phone or…
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