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Presto Tape Offers Retail Packaging for Blue Painter’s Tape and Floor Protection Films Bensalem, PA February 16, 2016—Presto Tape introduces retail packaging for its USA made blue painter’s tape, floor protection film and carpet protection film. Presto’s P621 Blue Painter’s Tape will be packaged under the name R2 SuperBlue™ with “R2” printed cores. The packaging […]
In an industry that is slow to adopt technology, SwatchDeck mobile app breaks through the barrier, allowing you to order your paint in-app. Released in April 2014, SwatchDeck has been helping home owners and professional contractors and decorators keep their customers’ paint colors and finishes organized.
Titan™ Receives Sherwin-Williams’ 2015 Vendor Product the Year Award MINNEAPOLIS — Feb. 17, 2016 — The Titan™ FlexSpray HandHeld paint sprayer was recently recognized by Sherman-Williams as the winner of the company’s 2015 Vendor Product of the Year Award. In January, representatives from Titan received the award at a ceremony held at Sherwin-Williams Paint Stores […]
Introduction When bidding to and working with general contractors, there are a number of things that are critical for your path to success. These include Marketing, The Bidding Process and Contract Negotiation. Marketing Your success starts with smart marketing. I would encourage anyone to evaluate the General Contractors within their target market area. You can […]
Contractors from around the nation have submitted their videos, and now it’s your turn to decide who will make it to the top ten! Voting ends February 18th and you can vote once a day from now until voting closes.
Are you still staring at that white screen waiting for inspiration to blog better? Blogging can be intimidating because you are trying to create content that brings people to your website and encourages them to do business with you. For online leads, this will be the first impression a new customer gets of your company. […]
Did you know that companies using email to nurture leads generate 50% more high-quality leads? (source: Hubspot) Thus, if your painting business isn’t leveraging newsletters in your marketing strategy, you’re missing a quantifiable amount of revenue. DK Marketing Group has developed the following 6 keys to help ensure your newsletter program is successful: Develop Newsletter GoalsUsing a […]
If you have been following along in our Roadmap series, you likely understand why you should be blogging and may now be wondering where and how to build your online property. One of the first things to consider is whether to build it (website/blog) yourself or hire part or all of it out. For an industry that […]
As painters we have 2 main roles we are responsible for on every job: 1. Putting paint onto areas that are supposed to be painted. 2. Keeping paint off of areas that are not supposed to be painted. Almost everything we do from the time we set foot on a job until the time we […]
As sales continue to be competitive for paint contractors, blogging has come back around as a hot topic. It is easier than ever to find helpful tips on how to set up a blog. Contractors are putting more energy into building nice looking sites with blog space, and conversations quickly move to “Ok, so, what […]
A simple paint job is one of the best ways to completely update an office building. It’s not all about the looks, either. The way you utilize colors can have a huge impact on emotions, creativity and even productivity. Nowadays, trends in office decor are based not only on making good impressions with clients and […]
Blogging Now that most everyone has a built a platform to blog on and published several variations of “Why we are the best painters”, “Which Paint should you use” and a few “Before and After” posts it’s time to rethink content and why we are blogging. In 2016, contractors are ramping up their blogging efforts, […]
As a bunch of reformed internet forum junkies ourselves, we could not be happier than to have seen in 2015 the online evolution (some say revolution) that came with the emergence of the online social media group phenomenon. Members ourselves of some remarkable – and some private – assemblies of painters, we see painter to […]
Our talented BP staff have put their collective heads together to look at everything that made an impact in 2015 and what we predict will be hot in the coming year. We’ll be drilling deep into these topics in 2016, and invite you to get involved by checking out our interactive map!
The folks at Zibra have supplied several of our readers with their Palm Pro and Chiseled Wedge Brushes.
