Say goodbye to drywall dust!
We build plastic rooms, cover furniture, tape over duct work and cover the floor all in an effort to keep the jobsite (and self) clean. Especially hard to manage in an occupied space.
Finding Joy in the Daily Tasks of a Painter.
I may be a strange person, I admit it, lots of people in this business are. Artists are made that way, it they were normal they wouldn’t have the talent to create like they do.
Bio Zapp – The Odor Elimination Specialists
I met Mark Kitterage, director of refinishing sales from Bio Zapp Laboratories a few weeks ago on Paint Talk.com. Mark was talking up a product that I found interesting,
Do It Yourself Paint Jobs on the Web
Show me a website designed and published by a painter and I will show you a website designed and published by a painter. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.
What is the best work you can be doing this January?
Most painting contractors are at their slowest season in January, excepting those who may have some special niches, or others who may have developed
PDCA-DECO Magazine
Check out the latest edition of DECO Magazine for information on the EXPO and great articles. Visit the DECO website for more information.
Linnea Blair
The president of Advisors On Target, Linnea Blair provides business coaching and consulting to business owners and executives, who are ready to take action to become effective leaders and run a more profitable and professional business. Her areas of experience include Strategic Planning, Business Plans, Financial Management, Marketing Strategy and Leadership. Linnea developed the On […]
DocuSign, Online Signatures
Most of you know me from writing about lead based paint, but I wanted to step outside the box for a minute and mention a product, DocuSign that painters may be interested in.
Do You Love What You Do?
Doing what you love isn’t easy. For many, the challenges of making ends meet; paying the bills or striving to survive takes the wind out of the love sail.
WordPress-Using the Grand FIA Gallery
The Grand FIA Gallery is a versatile way to manage media in your WordPress site. Install the plugin following the directions here or searching in the plugin panel for Grand Flash as I showed here. Then follow the instructions in the video to make your first slideshow! Here is a page I did as a Demo, […]
Facebook-Friends, Fans or Frustrations?
Are you using Facebook for your business? Facebook is still an enigma to many contractors, but many do find it to be an great way to intact with customers, friends and colleagues, and to broaden their online reputation. I wrote about it here in the latest edition of the The Paint Contractor. Facebook can be […]
WordPress-Plugins
WordPress Plugins are like little apps that you can install on your blog to customize it, add features, functionality and increase SEO. In this video we will locate and install a few plugins. Here are the plugins that you should install and the links for more details. You can also download them from these […]
Why Profit Should Be Your Most Important Goal
Today’s Daily pick is courtesy of John Janstch of Ducttape Marketing This time of year many business owners revisit goals and objectives for the coming year. I know that I do and it’s a practice that helps me focus on what’s really important all the way to the task level. Why Profit Should Be Your […]
The ROI on Social Media
“There is no such thing as Social Media” says Gary V! What!? So what have we been doing all this time? Gary V has a lot to say about this! Check out the keynote speech on his channel as well. What do you think? photo by linkedmediagroup.com
PDCA Expo 2012-Rivers of Revenue
I recently sent in my registration for the PDCA Expo and while I was looking at seminars offered, I was getting pretty excited about attending some of the sessions, as well as seeing new products and old friends. There is wide variety of information being offered, check the PDCA site for a complete list. I […]