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Great Website Search Results Aren’t Complicated
When technology companies explain how likely your website is to show up on Google’s search results, it sounds very complicated. “Search Engine Optimization,” they’ll say, “is based on an algorithm with over 200 factors, and they’re...
4 Things Your Response to a Potential House Painting Customer Needs
If you have a lot of questions from potential customers coming to your smartphone via text or email, it can be difficult to provide thorough responses to each of them – especially if you get them in the middle of a paint job. But if you...
A Fresh (Blue) Coat of Paint Can Increase a Home’s Value
Professional painters know that a fresh coat of paint can provide a range of benefits, from home protection to homeowner happiness. It can also improve a home’s resale value, of course. But did you know that certain colors have been...
Infographic: Standing Out From The Competition
There are over 125 million households in the United States. Unfortunately, there are also over 300,000 painting businesses. There’s a good chance that several painting businesses are competing with your own business. How do you stand out...
Great Visuals = Great Marketing for Professional Painters
When you’re running a business, you’re so familiar with information about the industry that it’s easy to get lost in it. As a painter, you have probably done enough jobs to have a pretty good estimate of how much you’re going to charge...
Should You Incorporate Your Painting Business?
You may have heard commercials that promise that they can incorporate your business with only 15 minutes of work. But they don’t promise it’s free! In reality, incorporation can cost several hundred dollars after legal and government...
Win the Paint Job with Great Customer Communication
It’s true that for many customers, price is the primary factor in selecting a painter. But just how important is price? If a customer receives quotes from three painters, and they’re all within 10% of each other, will they select the...
The Importance of Mobile-Friendly Websites for Painters
Did you know that more searches happen from a mobile device than a desktop or laptop computer? More than half of people in the US search for a local business online at least once a month. Around 60% of those searches are happening on...
Five Important Traits of a Great Painting Company Employee
If you’re trying to expand your painting company, finding qualified painters is probably one of your hardest tasks. That’s because it takes much more than just painting experience for painters to help your company increase sales and...