I thought today I would post about something that is an important but overlooked part of the painting business and that is scheduling. The more experience that you acquire the more you'll understand that this is an integral part of running a successful business.
Being a boss means that you have to sometimes make decisions that have an impact that might be two or three weeks down the road, and your planning might make sense to only you but in the end it will make the difference between a successful job as opposed to a unsuccessful one.
In the painting business, much like any other contracting work makes you a slave to the weather so your job planning has to revolve around the weather is like on that day so as painters and business owners we have to plan for when we can start and complete a job so we can bring everything in on time & budget.
As I know you've heard many times that "Time is Money" and that is extremely accurate when applied to real life situations like job planning. Unfortunately I've witnessed too many situations were contractors have done a poor job of scheduling and had their guys at jobs at the wrong times or scheduled an exterior job when the weather person has been calling for rain(or snow) all week.
Make sure that you plan ahead because "Time really is Money", and when that money is yours it can make all the difference in the world.
