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Choosing to Be the Best Painting Contractor in the Area
If you want to be considered the best painting contractor in the area, you need to be different from your competition in a way that really matters to customers. That’s not as easy as it sounds, but if you can pull it off, your business...
ProPainter Websites’ Most Popular Blog Posts of 2018
From marketing to business operations to winning more bids, we covered plenty of topics in 2018. Three of these topics, however, were far more popular than the rest. Unsurprisingly, these three topics each have the potential to have a...
What Makes a Great Painting Contractor Employee?
One of the biggest challenges for any painting contractor looking to expand is hiring employees. We covered some of the basics required when hiring an employee in our recent infographic, Hiring Your First Employee Without Having to Fire...
What Is Your Body Language Telling a Potential Customer?
There are so many factors that go into selling painting services. We’ve covered the importance of process, response times, and great customer communication. But there’s more to communication than what you’re saying – more than half of...
Why Google Ads Don’t Work for Painting Contractors
If you’ve been disappointed by your results from expensive Google Ads, you’re not alone. In fact, they’re a bad investment for most painting contractors. View the "Why Google Ads Don't Work for Painting Contractors" infographic below for...
One Person Painting Businesses: Process is Profit
If you started your own paint company, it’s probably because you like painting and don't mind working alone. One of the things that you get away from is all of the rules and red tape associated with a corporate job – you get to set your...
Should You Start a House Painting Business?
Some people start painting on the side, and then realize that they are making more money than they do at their primary job. Others pick it up as a high school or college job, and see potential for growing it into a business. Still...
Hiring Your First Employee (Without Having to Fire Them Two Days Later)
Congratulations! You’ve decided to bring your first painting employee on board. Click here for a few tips that will set you up for success and continued growth.
Staying Visible to Bolster Winter Sales
Winter isn’t a great time for painting in most places. It’s especially bad in the northern parts of the country, where it’s too cold to complete exterior jobs. But the number of paint jobs declines in the winter elsewhere too; home...