What’s New in Painting-Industry Tech?

The tech indus­try is always bustling with inno­va­tions to help con­trac­tors oper­ate more smooth­ly and prof­itably, and 2024 was no light­weight when it came to new fea­tures on some pop­u­lar tech plat­forms. Keep in mind that tech­nol­o­gy choice is a very per­son­al choice. Your tech should fit your pref­er­ences, needs, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion style. Here are a few fea­tures we loved. 

Base­camp: This project man­age­ment plat­form unleashed its redesigned, cus­tomiz­able home screen in 2024, and we loved the flex­i­bil­i­ty. Here are a few of the oth­er key updates.

• New Card Table: Keep­ing track of every project can be a chal­lenge. The Card Table has stream­lined com­mu­ni­ca­tion on project sta­tus, cre­at­ing a quick way to mon­i­tor the sta­tus of tasks.
• Line­up: This easy-to-scan cal­en­dar gives you a 10,000-foot view of projects in play and their due dates.
• Doors: You can now link Base­camp to the oth­er MVPs in your tech stack to min­i­mize dou­ble entry and data inconsistencies.

Check out Base­camp to learn more about new fea­tures and how it can help your busi­ness.

Mailchimp: This mar­ket­ing plat­form has always been user-friend­ly, but the new fea­tures released this hol­i­day sea­son might give you one more rea­son to be thank­ful for MailChimp! 

• AI: Now you can use data to help you decide on tim­ing and top­ics for your most impor­tant messages.
• SMS: MailChimp isn’t just email. Adding SMS to your omnichan­nel mar­ket­ing strat­e­gy can boost engage­ment and rev­enue. New addi­tions include pro­mo codes that inte­grate with your e‑commerce store and A/B test­ing to ensure you always know what mes­sag­ing is engag­ing your audi­ence most.
• Per­son­al­ized Jour­ney Sug­ges­tions: A new library of pre-built jour­neys pulls togeth­er rel­e­vant jour­neys so you can eas­i­ly choose the best option!

Check out MailChimp to learn more about new fea­tures and how it can help your business.

Com­pa­ny­Cam: A fan­tas­tic app to keep your pic­tures and projects orga­nized, Com­pa­ny­Cam keeps adding fea­tures to love. 

• Com­pa­ny Dash­board: If you need quick stats for a spe­cif­ic peri­od, this new dash­board is the answer. Grab a look to see what pho­tos each employ­ee is log­ging or how many projects have been cre­at­ed on this one sim­ple screen.
• AI Fea­tures: AI is pop­ping up every­where, and now it’s help­ing you stream­line your project doc­u­men­ta­tion on Com­pa­ny­Cam. There are quite a few new AI tools includ­ing AI project snap­shots, report gen­er­a­tion, and descrip­tion generation.
• Pay­ments Fea­ture: We all like to get paid! Now you can request and take pay­ments with Com­pa­ny­Cam. It just requires quick set­up and approval!

Check out Com­pa­ny­Cam to learn more about new fea­tures and how it can help your business.

PaintScout loves painters and painters love PaintScout! Always evolv­ing and adding, this esti­mat­ing soft­ware announced new PaintScout Reports so you can have smarter busi­ness insights at your fingertips. 

• Access insights instant­ly: Instead of dig­ging through spread­sheets, just check out PaintScout Reports.
• Fil­ter and break down your data: See the data and reports that mat­ter most to you.
• Mon­i­tor sales per­for­mance: Always be able to access reps’ sales results.
• Fore­cast with con­fi­dence: Make deci­sions that dri­ve growth.

Check out PaintScout to learn more about new fea­tures and how it can help your business.

Stay tuned as we cov­er more tech­nol­o­gy updates and strategies.