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Common courtesy is part of a business-building communication strategy Your bid offered a low price using reputable products and your workmanship is highly regarded, yet your competitor won the job. What’s up with that? If you’ve ever encountered such a…
Read moreCommercial/Industrial Painting Contractor Sees Their Rep as a Key Team Member According to Waukesha, WI-based Porta-Painting President & Owner Amanda Martin, there are four adjectives that best describe her Sherwin-Williams sales rep for the past 11 years, Kevin Zei:
Read moreEmployer Resources Board provides tools to address the hiring challenge A program developed by Sherwin-Williams features a collection of resources designed to help painting contractors overcome the current hiring challenges facing the industry.
Read moreGet ready for outdoor painting projects with these tips Yes, many readers may step outside and realize that winter isn’t quite ready to give up control of the thermostat. However, that doesn’t mean a successful painting contractor should just be…
Read moreGet more work from customers who value quality So you’re not the lowest-priced painting contractor around. That’s fine. Certainly, a lowest-price strategy might earn you additional work, but the margins will be thin, your profitability will suffer, and the type…
Read morePopular Paint Pro Training Videos help PROs — and their teams — achieve more A Sherwin-Williams initiative designed to help grow the skill sets of new painters and address an overall painting industry labor shortage continues to be a major…
Read moreYour appearance, attitude and timeliness all contribute to your customer’s satisfaction A new paint finish may be what a customer has hired you for, but the experience of having you deliver that paint job is just as likely to leave…
Read moreHow your company can achieve more if you do less A recent Gallup survey of company leaders demonstrates that those who effectively delegate authority see their companies grow faster and generate more revenue.
Read moreA spring 2021 survey conducted by Sherwin-Williams asked more than 1,000 members of a DIY advisory panel a question of particular relevance to painting contractors: Why, exactly, do homeowners decide to hire out painting services?
Read moreHow to make old business your best source of new business A recent survey of painting contractors conducted by Sherwin-Williams reports that your best generator of new business remains the satisfied homeowner-customer whose house you just finished.
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