How to Successfully Estimate Painting Jobs
Here are seven tips to help you successfully estimate painting jobs. Painting contractors think there are tricks to estimating paint jobs, there are no tricks.
Read MoreHow to Estimate a Painting Job – The Sales Part For Painting Contractors
Just recently I talked to a young painter that was ready to quit his painting job and start his own business. He started telling me that he was going to start painting apartments. After describing his plans he told me the only thing he didn’t want to do was to sell. I just shook my head just to clear it after he said that. Why? Because we are selling ourselves whether know it or not; we all form opinions when we first meet people, so our potential customers form an opinion about us the moment the see us or hear us. So when this painter said he didn’t want to sell, I just thought that he will never understand this concept because he was so negative about selling and sales. He probably thinks that selling is some hotshot salesperson forcing someone to buy. Here are some points about selling.
Read MoreHow to Estimate a Paint Job – Painting Contractors Getting the Job by Looking Different
The estimating part of the paint job is easy, if you know your job costs, and your overhead.
Read MoreHow to Estimate Painting Jobs – Paint Specifications For Painting Contractors
You as a painting contractor always want to set yourself apart from the crowd in ways that your customer will understand that you are giving more value than your competition. These sheets are available from all paint manufacturers for free.
Read MoreHow to Estimate a Paint Job – Exterior Maintenance Painting Programs For the Professional Painter
How to win a painting job with little or no competition; you can if you offer your past and current customers an Exterior Maintenance Painting Program. This program can give you an on going source of work. We all like negotiated work rather than bid work and this is a superior way to get painting jobs.
Read MoreEstimating Painting Jobs – Avoiding Problems
Here are some tips to help you when you are estimating a paint job. There definitely some things that others recommend you use to estimate by, and I will do my best to tell you why their ideas can be harmful. I have also included some tips that are not necessarily refuting bad ideas, but are info that you can use to help with your painting estimate.
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