Whether you have been in business for years, or are just starting a painting company, you have a lot on your plate. As the owner you must market your painting business, know how to estimate paint jobs, price those jobs properly, sell them, and then see them through to completion. And this doesn’t include the tasks associated with administration, accounting, and finance.
You may be the best painter in the world, but you will not have a successful paint contracting company if you do not perform these myriad tasks well. If the marketing for your painting company does not generate leads, or you do not know how to bid paint jobs profitably, or you do not sell at the right price, you are likely to struggle. Success as a painting contractor has more to do with business skills than painting skills.
Proven Business Systems for Painting Contractors
You know the proper steps to follow to prepare and paint a house. You know that if you follow certain procedures you can produce the results that you desire—a durable and attractive paint job. The same principle applies to every aspect of a painting company. If you follow certain procedures in marketing, estimating, sales, and finance you can achieve the goals that you are seeking.
Since 2003 Out of the Bucket.com has been providing painting contractors with tips, information, and resources to help you build a better, more successful painting company. We offer articles on marketing, estimating, sales, finance, production management, starting a painting business, and more. (See our Archives and Categories in the right column.)
Our proven business systems can help you:
- Implement marketing systems that consistently generate leads
- Estimate painting jobs accurately and profitably
- Sell painting jobs at the price you need to meet your financial goals
- Produce more efficiently and with fewer customer issues
- And much more…
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Just as you wouldn’t try to paint a house with a 1” sash brush, you shouldn’t try to build your painting business without the proper tools. Just as you wouldn’t try to invent a spray rig, you shouldn’t try to re-create business tools that already exist. We’ve done the hard work—we have “contractorized” sound business principles.
Our popular e-book, Getting Out of the Bucket, and supplemental 36-week course provide you with forms, worksheets, and actions steps that make it easy for you to implement these principles into your painting business. Our FREE workshops give you an opportunity to pick up free tips and ask questions pertaining to your painting company. And we offer one-on-one coaching to help you build a better painting business.
When you have a technical question about preparation or products, you rely on the experts at your paint store. When you have a business question about marketing, estimating, sales, or finance for your painting business, rely on the experts at Out of the Bucket.com
