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Systems, 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 ...
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Stop 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 ...
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Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know About 404 Pages (And Why They Matter)

Let’s talk about something we’ve all encountered but rarely think about: the infamous 404 page. You know, that annoying message that says, “Oops, this page can’t be found,” when you click on a link? It’s the internet’s equivalent of wandering into the wrong room and realizing you’ve interrupted a private meeting. Awkward, right? But what ...
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A 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 ...
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Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: What’s the Difference and Why Your Painting Business Needs Both

Alright painters, let’s talk maps - not the kind you’d fold into a glovebox and never unfold the same way again, but the digital ones that customers rely on daily. Whether someone is whispering “Hey Siri, find a painter near me” or typing “house painters nearby” into Google, Maps is often the very first step ...
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#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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Systems, Strategies and Real World Lessons Episode #1 Strategic Leadership

Apr 15, 2026
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Stop testing New Painters on the job…Do this instead!

Apr 13, 2026
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Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know About 404 Pages (And Why They Matter)

Nov 13, 2025
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