The Online Resource for the Painting Industry
SteadyDoor is the perfect sized tool. It easily spans between two doors and is small enough to be conveniently stowed in a tool box. Overall dimension are just over 10 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. Just about the same size as that pile of junk shims you have been fighting all these years. Source: […]
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS EXPANDS EMERALD® LINE WITH URETHANE TRIM ENAMEL Emerald interior/exterior waterbased cabinet, door and trim enamel provides an enduring and premium appearance CLEVELAND — Sherwin-Williams has expanded the Emerald family of products, its finest interior and exterior paints, with the new Emerald® Interior/Exterior Waterbased Urethane Trim Enamel. It’s perfect for cabinet, door and trim projects […]
What exactly is dynamic ad text? The easiest way to understand dynamic ad text is with a quick example. Consider the following scenarios: A property manager pulls out their iPhone and searches “local painting contractor”. At the same time, a homeowner runs the same search on their laptop. Now consider these two potential headlines for […]
Don Searcy, the inventor of the Bottom Feeder has invented a product that he says: In the paint industry, time and resources are a valuable asset. Any time saved during the cleaning process, by making clean-up faster, enables you to get more work done and finish more jobs! With resources saved through the use of […]
Every painting company is unique, and every digital marketing campaign requires a unique strategy tailored to the needs of your business. With that said, there are consistent “pillars,” that together can work to help your painting business increase online traffic, leads, and sales. In part one of this two-part post, we discussed two of the […]
Here at Blogging Painters, we often are contacted by inventors, software developers and industry representatives. They are very interested in the feedback from our readers on products and ideas. Recently the folks at Field Pulse contacted us, they want to refine their product to make it better suited to the painting industry. I posted in […]
What are call only ads on Google? While the answer to this question seems self explanatory, there are key distinctions between call only ads on Google and text ads with call extensions. Checkout this picture of the Google search results for a mobile search on an iPhone for the keywords: Baltimore Commercial Painting Contractor The […]
Running a successful painting business is not limited to simply working harder and giving the best output; it involves a lot more than that. Creating strong relations with your clients, spending on advertising and marketing, managing your costs and expenses as well as finding ways to make your way into the mainstream business community are […]
With the “sharing economy” and “gig economy” continuing to grow, the debate around employment classification rages on. Companies like Uber and Lyft are at the forefront with lawsuits being filed around the country. According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber recently agreed to pay $100 million dollars to resolve disputes in California and Massachusetts. We […]
What is this and How can it Benefit Contractors? If you want to successfully market your business and make it grow, you have probably heard that SEO is the way to go. Search Engine Optimization is beneficial no matter what type of contractor you are. Whenever it comes to SEO marketing, local SEO is the next best […]
There is no doubt, the world is changing. In some categories, the paint world hasn’t kept up. Critical skill and knowledge standards that painters need have not evolved into reliable digital form. There are plenty of marketing, estimating and sales resources, but online paint training options for crews in the field remains behind. Paint contractors […]
In the service industry, existing customers are your bread and butter and you need to make sure they have an amazing experience. Yes, you might get additional business from them for add-on work, but that’s not how they are most valuable. According to a Nielsen survey, people are FOUR TIMES more likely to buy when […]
Yelp. Google Reviews. Angie’s List. Ugh. Doesn’t it seem like everybody always has something to complain about? Studies have shown that, unfortunately, people are more likely to write a review of a negative experience than a positive one. So even if only one out of twenty jobs leaves a customer feeling unsatisfied, you might find […]
“Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” – Herman Wouk Imaginative fiction that can cost you, if you’re not careful. There’s nothing worse than paying penalties on top of what you owe the IRS. The IRS can hit you with many different tax penalties. Here are 3 basic IRS penalties and […]
Project Manuals are the other tool that is provided, along with blueprints, to enable us to assemble an accurate bid. Whether you are bidding to general contractors or directly to the owner of a project, often you will be provided with an FTP site link where you can download the “Plans and Specs”. Once you […]
