Business Tips
In 19-minutes, I’ll solve your toughest painting problem? Walkin’ with Brandon
In this edition of Walking with Brandon, I am going to solve your toughest painting problem in 19 minutes or less. Do you think I can do it? I believe I can. Um, our members tell me that I don’t do these walk-in with Brandon enough and that they like them. Why? I have no…
Read MoreHave You accidentally “dammed” your cash flow?
Have you accidentally damned your cash flow in your business? I don’t mean like doomed it to Hades. I mean damned. Have you stopped somehow the flow of cash that ultimately ends up in your bank account? Chances are if you’re not making money, the answer is absolutely yes. So where is the money stopping?…
Read MoreDo Mailed Newsletters Work Anymore? The Truth for Painting Contractors
Do physically mailed newsletters or printed collateral even work anymore? In this digital age where everything is social media and digitally connected, folks have thought that this medium no longer performs. And the truth is, it’s untrue. As I’ve worked with hundreds of painting contractors, one of the key elements in our program is that…
Read MoreHow Videos Help Painting Contractors Dominate Online Search | Free Strategy
How do you take these same video assets and turn them into something that can generate leads, especially for specific high value keywords like commercial painting, warehouse painting, and things of that nature, and even epoxy floors and cabinets, which we all know have higher profit margins. So, if you’re painting cabinets, and let’s say…
Read MoreAre You Treating Your Painting Clients Like a “Human ATM”? 🏧
When you communicate with your clients, are you treating them like a human ATM machine, but you don’t even know it? Let me explain. Do you ever have a friend or a family member, and I know I do. I can think of the individual right now that the only time you ever hear from…
Read MoreJust a little of THIS make a LOT of MONEY
If I asked you right now if you’ve got a business plan, what would you tell me? If I asked you, do you have any type of written marketing or recruitment or operations plan? It’s likely that you would like to see big changes in your painting business. Maybe it’s just kind of all in…
Read MoreSystems, Strategies and Real World Lessons Episode #1 Strategic Leadership
Hi everyone and welcome to the Pro Painter Playbook powered by APPC, a podcast where painting contractors come to get plays to help them stop guessing and start scaling. I’m Tom Tucker, senior adviser, business growth and performance at the Painters Academy. And I’m Tara Riley, COO of the Academy for Professional Painting Contractors. In…
Read MoreStop testing New Painters on the job…Do this instead!
So, the painting industry has a bad reputation and it’s deserved. Like, why do pitbulls have reputations for biting people? Because they bite them. And so, painters are not very professional. Often, we have issues with addiction and a lot of other things and criminal records, you name it. And then just people that have…
Read MoreA Poor Painters EYE’s are Always BIGGER than his Stomach
The older we get, the more we realize our eyes can be bigger than our stomachs. Brandon Lewis starts with that exact thought – comparing a Thanksgiving plate piled too high to how many painting business owners approach marketing. It’s easy to chase more leads and bigger sales, but if you don’t have the team…
Read More#1 Change for higher closing rates (even if you are more expensive!)
Are you often being told that you lose the jobs because your price is just too high? Let me give you the most important thing you can do to increase your closing rates without really changing much of what you’re doing. How are you delivering your estimates? 90 plus percent of painting contractors think that…
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