Marketing and sales in a painting business so often boil down to two things: Trust & Timing. First, people buy from painting contractors that they know, like, and TRUST. If you wanted to look at trust as an equation, it’s equal to the number of interactions you have with someone times the quality of those ...

Magazines for painting contractors are not found in the abundance they used to be. In fact, at the writing of this article, there are only six widely circulated publications to choose from. Below, find a list of painting contractor magazines in alphabetical order along with some information about the paint industry publications: Painter's Weekly - This ...

As seen in APC Magazine... For most painting contractors, residential repaints are the bread and butter of the business. However, they can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.. 1 - Dealing with emotional wives, husbands, and lay-about teenagers is frustrating 2 - Constantly shuffling your schedule and splitting up crews for tiny jobs ...

Marketing a painting business effectively is much more than “dumb luck.” Recently, I gladly heard from an owner who reported some great news. “I just closed a $25,000.00 job that landed in my lap by ‘dumb luck,’” he told me. While I am certainly happy for this owner and he is a really hard worker ...

Do you ever feel like you are surrounded by opportunity, but can't do what it takes to seize it? Are you fighting the SAME routine problems day after day, yet struggle to solve them long-term? It may be that worry, procrastination, or "overthinking" have held your progress in check. As a special gift to you ...

I was 14 miles up a dirt road in a primitive camping site situated in the Cohutta Wilderness when everything electronic stopped working in my small, pull-behind camper. No water. No lights. No tunes. My father-in-law, Craig, and my good friend, Ashley, started diagnosing the problem. Now, these are two of the handiest men I ...