When work gets slow in the winter, residential repaint contractors will often turn their attention to other markets to keep painters busy and income flowing. There are two markets these contractors often explore: new construction residential and commercial repaints. New construction residential is a losing game. Margins are low, supervision is necessarily high, pay is ...

Finding winter work. It is the bane of every painting contractor's existence. You work hard all season long when the sun is shining and it's a little warm to make money, and then here comes winter and it takes all your money away and it depletes your bank account. If you're a smaller company, you've ...

There's a good chance you may have read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Kawasaki. It was a bestseller, continues to sell, and the principles that are in there you can apply to your own financial future. Well, we're going to call this video Rich Painter, Poor Painter. And I'm going to do the same thing ...

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 ...