Hey guys, Brandon Lewis here with the Academy for Professional Painting Contractors. I speak with dozens of painting contractors each and every week over the phone. I correspond with probably 100 or more via email and we reach thousands with our content. And so I will hear things through the grapevine that very few people ...

Friends, First, let me make something clear: Just because there is something wrong with your painting business does not mean there is something wrong with you. For most painting contractors, men especially, our personal identities – and even sense of self-worth – are tied up in the performance of our business. If the business is ...

  John Schofield: My wife wasn't with me yesterday to watch you guys. When I went home, I said, "Baby, listen, they killed it and I got to start this thing tomorrow, and I'm really nervous about this. You got any words of wisdom, some sage advice?" She's good with that. She looked at me ...

There are 12 mistakes that may be costing you a small fortune, and I am sure that you're doing a few of these. This training may save you more money and make you more money than anything else you've ever watched. For me, it's Brandon Lewis with the Academy, for Professional painting contractors. And it's ...

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 ...