4 tips to boost your brand and generate quality leads
As a painter, finding new quality leads is the lifeblood of your business. One way to find a larger audience and generate leads is by building a well-managed Instagram account for your business. Continue reading How to Use Instagram as a Painting Contractor
Generate more leads online with these SEO-enhancing tips
As a painting contractor, you’re probably already familiar with SEO—search engine optimization—and how it affects online traffic to your business’ website. SEO is all about making your website show up earlier and more frequently in search engine results. But you may not know that SEO is handled differently for local businesses compared to national websites or organizations. Continue reading The Painting Contractor’s Guide to Local SEO
3 tips for improved time management
It’s the curse of success—what you always wanted when you first became a painting contractor. Leads are rolling in, and jobs are plentiful. In fact, there’s more than you and your team can handle. How do you juggle all these jobs and balance your existing workload without losing the quality your customers have come to expect? Continue reading A Painter’s Guide to Balancing Your Business
Finding a good mentor can help your business flourish and grow
Sometimes a little advice from a trusted source can be just what you need to take your business to the next level. That’s what many people in the workplace are realizing, as mentoring programs are increasingly common among the most successful businesses.
Studies have found that people with mentors report greater happiness in their work, experience less workplace anxiety, and are more likely to receive promotions and higher income than people without mentors. Those benefits aren’t just limited to big Fortune 500 companies either; they can work for your painting business too, helping you make more money, retain talented employees, and enjoy your job more. Continue reading Do You Have a Mentor?
Every painter has an origin story. An aha moment when they realized their true calling. And while each story is unique, there are often common threads that tie them together. When we sat down to chat with two expert pros, we discovered it is their love of the trade, a desire to build their knowledge and skills and an openness to collaboration that led them to turn “just a job” into businesses and lifelong careers.
Continue reading When My Craft Became My Calling: How Two Paint Pros Turned Jobs into Careers
