With mild spring-time weather upon us, most of the nation’s painting professionals are heading into their busy season. As crews add hours to their schedules and tasks to their lists, the likelihood for injury also increases. Take these safety practices to heart as workloads ramp up: TIP #1: PRIORITIZE PREVENTING FALLS FROM…
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Adding complementary service lines is always a great way to grow any type of business, as long as the added service doesn’t distract from or impede your primary service. Power washing is one service line addition that is helping more and more painting professionals expand and market their businesses. Here, three of…
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Being able to offer financing can be beneficial to contracting businesses of any size. It can help close more deals, increase the scope of work, and is a great service differentiator. But just like paint contractors and projects, no two lenders (and their offerings) are exactly alike. “Choosing a financing partner requires…
MoreJeff Winter is the VP of residential marketing for Sherwin-Williams. In his role, he communicates with contractors to better understand the products, marketing and other resources they need to effectively run their businesses. The labor shortage is one topic that comes up frequently in conversations with contractors these days, and Sherwin-Williams has…
MoreJeff Malmer is an Advanced Application Engineering Specialist for 3M. He has 38 years of experience in developing and improving adhesives and tape products for a variety of applications. He also trains 3M customers, end-users and sales and marketing professionals on the various tape products the company produces. Here, he answers a…
MorePDCA is working to assess the potential of bringing benefits—medical, dental, vision and even retirement plans—to painting contractors and their employees in late 2019. Working with Decisely, a benefits consulting company, PDCA conducted a recent survey to get an initial assessment. There was an overwhelming response, which revealed a large need in…
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