If Your Logo is On It, Your Reputation is On the Line

Have you ever been driving down the road and been intentionally cut off by a driver in a business truck or van?  Of course you have – everyone’s had that experience.  Now ask yourself – if you were lucky enough to see the business’s name on the side of the vehicle,...

Avoid These Online Scams Targeted at Business Owners

It seems like you start getting junk e-mail as soon as you start a business.  Someone from a country you’ve never heard of offers to have you searching on page 1 of Google.  A “bank” you’ve never heard of offers you a loan before they know anything about you at all. ...

Marketing Your Painting Business to All Generations

As much as people complain about how different each generation is, they all go through the same phases.  As generations grow older, they find themselves interested in the same things as their parents were – for millennials, this means leaving the big city and moving...

Boost Your Search Results without Paying a Penny

It takes a lot of hard work for a painting contractor website to reach the first page of Google.  There are many things that Google wants to see on your site, including relevant content about painting services, updates with new content, and connections with other...

Trying to Hire or Retain Great Painters? All It Takes Is a Ladder.

If you’re trying to hire almost any type of employee right now, it’s a tough market.  The unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been since 2000, and the weekly jobless claims are the lowest they’ve been since 1969.  It’s even harder to hire in the trades, where fewer...