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“What paint should I use in my own home?” Can you explain what the single most important aspect should be in a type of interior paint? Should it be ease of use? How well it covers? Clean ability? Odor? Versatility? Affordable? It is quite difficult to pinpoint exactly what a paint should be, and to […]
Painters have “stuff” As we are heading full force into the exterior season I am sure there are guys (like my husband Rob) who are digging thru toolboxes and finding tools in all sorts of buckets and places they don’t belong! Some guys have a pretty good system of organizing their tools, like Scott showed […]
I’m in the middle of a Elevated Blood Lead Investigation. This is where I try and find the source or sources that caused the lead poisoning of a child. One suspect is a painter who transferred lead dust from his clothes to the family car and then that dust was transferred to his wife’s clothing and […]
Brian J. Nolan, MBA Brian is Managing Partner of Summit Services, Inc., a organization dedicated to helping contractors implement business systems to experience profitable growth. He has 18 years experience in business planning, financial management, project management, quality improvement and business systems development. His was formally Chief Operating Officer for Baltimore Medical System. He has […]
Andrew Amrhein is a Consulting Associate with Summit Services Inc. He has been with the company since December of 2005. Andrew came to Nolan Consulting after working as a Sales Representative for Pella® Windows and Nolan Painting, Inc. Andrew has earned an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies and New Ventures from Penn State University, Great Valley, with core […]
By far, one of the biggest draws to social media is the ability to expand your “reach” in your market. Social media helps create awareness for causes, and it gives us the ability to connect with others. It is no secret that social media has revolutionized how we all do business – from communicating with […]
Yes it can! Are you short on time but full of marketing ideas for your painting business? Maybe outsourcing your marketing plan to a consultant is just the boost your company needs to grow its presence online and within the community. We can quickly implement the necessary strategies that will boost awareness of your company […]
How does a busy, driven, type A painting contractor and an equally driven, type A marketing consultant work together to develop and implement a marketing plan that works?
Why don’t more painting contractors use LinkedIn effectively? I’ve often citied the statistics I’ve gathered over the years from coaching over a hundred painting contractors and tracking their numbers. Those statistics continue to hold up. 65% or more of your business comes from relationships, whether they be repeat customers, referrals from customers, referrals from strategic […]
I have been in the painting business for 30 years. Like many of us “old dogs” change is a foreign word analogous to using waterborne finishes on interior trim. Nevertheless, I would like to think wisdom is one of our strengths, and the waterborne finishes are actually quite nice, therefore I have accepted change into my business operations as well.
What are the options for Painting Contractors when it comes to choosing, or help customers to choose paint colors?
April is a time of renewal and new life. It is also National Donate Life month. There is a great need for organ and tissue donation; in fact the need vastly exceeds the available donors. According to the Donate Life America website, over 100,000 men, women and children currently need life-saving organ transplants. In 2011, […]
If you are a painter that likes to keep on top of trends, the latest one to emerge in color and paint is something called full-spectrum color. Basically it is color created from a minimum of five colorants and without the use of black or gray in the mix. The result is richer and bolder […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that LeadCheck is now approved to test drywall or plaster. You can verify this by going to http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/testkit.htm This approval was in the works back in September of 2010, but wasn’t made official until a few days ago. It seems LeadCheck had to do some of their own test, […]
Good things sometimes take a while—from painting prep to making dreams real. More than simply open-the-can-and roll, communication is an important part of the house-painting and color-selecting process. Visualizing is another piece of the process and sometimes we need all the help we can get. Have you ever wished you could see your home painted […]