How to Do a Painting Estimate For Painting Contractors – Try Something Different
Benjamin Franklin is credited with this quote. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” So why are some painting contractors afraid to try a different approach to their painting estimate? I would say fear is the biggest reason, I guess this is why some painters get upset with my articles. You don’t have to try these ideas just think about them. I am writing about them because each one of these ideas has made me money.
Read MoreHow to Get More Painting Jobs at a Higher Profit
It’s pretty basic; the way to make more profit and have more paint jobs is to have more people calling. You might say, “duh no kidding”. Bear with me on this point.
Read MoreHow to Create a Winning Paint Estimate For Profit
Here are some ways to create a winning paint estimate. If we do the same as all the other paint contractors, then how will we appear different? How will our paint estimate be different from all the others? Some inexperienced paint contractors will only use low pricing to appear different and that is a sure fire way to not make a profit.
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 – Selling Tools – Digital Photo Colorization – Painting Contractors
Sometimes all it takes is a different approach to win the painting estimate. One of the things I like to do is to take the Benjamin Moore colorization software and show the customer what their paint job will look like with their different choices of colors. This software is very easy to use but to the customer it has quite a “WOW” factor.
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.
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