Painting Tips
How to Ask for Painting Reviews (Without Breaking Any Rules)
Ask every customer, at the moment the job is finished and they are happy with what they see, and make the request take under a…
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Tips, guides, and advice for painting contractors on pricing, estimating, and growing your business.
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How to Get Commercial Painting Clients: Winning the Relationship Before You Ever Price a Job
Commercial painting clients are won long before a price is discussed. You get on the list by being qualified, insured, referenced and easy to deal…
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How to Get Painting Jobs From General Contractors: What Builders Actually Want From a Painting Sub
General contractors hire painting subs who bid quickly, show up on the day they said, hold the schedule when trades run late, and never need…
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Social Media for Painting Businesses
Painting is visual, so social media is a natural fit, but it is a slow trust builder rather than a lead tap. Pick one or…
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SEO for Painters
SEO for a painting business is almost entirely local. Get your business listing complete and accurate, keep your name, address and phone consistent everywhere, build…
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Painting Company Website
A painting company website has one job: turn a stranger who is already interested into an enquiry. It needs proof of your real work, clear…
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Google Business Profile for Painters
Your Google Business Profile is the free listing that puts your painting business in local map results. Fill every field, pick accurate categories, set a…
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When to Hire Your First Painting Employee (Signals and What Changes)
You are ready when you are consistently turning down work you could win, your quoting is slipping because you are on the tools all day,…
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How to Retain Painting Employees (Why Painters Leave and What Keeps Them)
Painters rarely leave over one thing. They leave because the weeks are unpredictable, the pay structure feels arbitrary, the work is disorganised, or there is…
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Painter Job Description: What to Put in the Ad and the Role
A painter job description should state the actual work, the standard it has to be done to, the hours, the travel, the tools and licenses…