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Crafting Success, Building Bonds with the PCA

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Founded in 1884, the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) is on a mission to help painting contractors run efficient and profitable businesses. In this article, Lauren Forman of the PCA outlines some of the ways that paint pros can benefit from membership in this nonprofit trade organization.
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Never Guesstimate Again: The Foolproof Way to Estimate Painting Projects

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Once again in 2023, PPC is teaming up with the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) on a series of articles to help you grow and improve your painting business. This year’s theme: Productivity is the path to profitability. In this article, Jon Bryant, CEO of Paint Scout, shares his secrets for foolproof estimating.
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Build Your Business Chops with Free PRO+ Training Webinars

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Running a successful painting company. It’s more than just how to hold a paint brush or how to cut in a wall. There’s estimating, sales, marketing, accounting, managing people, and so much more. Sharing ideas about how to excel at the business side of painting is the concept behind the new PRO+ Training Series on the Sherwin-Williams YouTube channel.

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My 5 Biggest Mistakes, and the Lessons I Learned from Them to Improve My Business

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In this article, PPC contributing writer Terry Begue talks about the biggest mistakes he made when he started his Ohio-based residential painting company, and what he did to correct them and turn his business around.
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