Wouldn’t it be nice if you had an app that managed all of your photos of your jobs in one place?
It has been a real challenge for painting companies to take pictures of projects, organize them, share them with other members of the team, collaborate and store them. In this post, I want to share a little bit about the features and benefits of a cloud program called CompanyCam and see how this could be a good solution for painting contractors.
Let’s be honest. You typically hire painters when you’re swamped. Right? You filled up your pipeline and have 8 weeks worth of work on the board. You put your hand on your head and say to your team, “We need to hire some painters! Let’s get to it!”
Most painters are very busy when the economy is strong. Right now, this is definitely the case; especially since we’re entering into the late spring months. Is it easier or more difficult to find painters when they’re all busy? It’s much more difficult. All the good painters are working right now — or at least should be working. Read More
I got a quote to replace my sliding back door with a new unit. I asked the guy doing the estimate a fairly simple question, and it will sound familiar to all you estimators out there! “I know you have to work up the numbers back at the shop, but do you think it will cost more than $2k or less than $2k for a ballpark.” Fair question, right? I did not want to waste his time…as I had a budget figure in my head. Read More
Many customers of mine and friends have used and continue to use Dropbox to upload, store and share files and folders. It has become the “Kleenex” brand of online file storage. Dropbox is a fantastic program. It is super easy to use and has a number of great features including its newest collaboration piece called Dropbox Paper. Read More
I was recently asked by Melody Infinger of A David Creation to provide a few of the local SEO tips contractors should follow to increase their online visibility and leads. Here are the top five areas that every contractor that serves a specific service area should keep in mind. Read More
This tip, Make Customers Feel Comfortable, might be a no-brainer for many of you reading this blog. However, I am surprised at how often employees of home improvement companies can get customers into some awkward moments.
Let me give you a real-life example that happened this week. Read More
How do you communicate in your company? Do you rely on text messaging, email, calling one another, or an internal communication (social network)? We have many different ways to communicate these days with friends, family and coworkers thanks to popular sites such as Facebook. Those sites make it more fun and very easy, right? Now, with that in mind, I wanted to do a bit of a technical article talking about internal communications between your team members. Let’s look into why this type of communication is important, mention of some of the products on the market (specifically: Yammer) that do this sort of thing and then round it out with my favorite program and why I recommend it for the home improvement industry. Read More
Online reviews have been around for well over a decade now. It grew in popularity thanks to services like Amazon.com. It then began to find a place in the home improvement industry, especially in Google’s local search and services like Yelp. Consumers are relying less and less on what their neighbor’s think about a service provider and putting more faith in the reviews they see and read about online. Can you blame them? Most of us don’t connect much with our neighbors anymore. We whip out our smartphone to do our research now! Read More
As many of you reading this post are doing your 2017 planning and perhaps purchasing end of the year office equipment, I thought it was timely to answer the question, “Do I still need a physical server in my office?” Read More
It is absolutely crucial for every painting company to use a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool. If you want to grow your business, increase revenue, and build valuable customer relationships, you need to start using a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool. Painting companies who do not use a CRM to it’s full capacity can really struggle, should the economy turn. Another major benefit is if you keep very good records of your prospects, leads and customers, your business will be sellable and worth more than a company that does not keep good records. By taking advantage of key features in a good CRM, I guarantee your painting company will successfully grow business. Read More
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