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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...