Having Support

Hi again,
This post I wanted to talk about something that is very important to me and that's having the support of the one's we love. That sounds like a given but in reality it's not, too many of us don't have that assurance that if we screw up there's someone there that will help us get back on track.

I'm lucky that I have my wife Karen to lean on when things don't seem to be going like I planned them. She is always there to lend her support and give guidance when I need it and that gives me the confidence to go out on a limb sometimes knowing that she'll be there to help me if I fall.

That is something that I think gets overlooked at times when your in business for yourself and that the ability to have that special someone there to help you succeed, or to be there to help when our goals do not live up to our expectations.

I remember what coaches say all the time and it's true:
Work as a team and we can accomplish anything, work as individuals and we fail.

Energize your Marketing!

Spring is here and it's time to get out and promote your business, that means get your logo in front of as many potential customers as you can. So how do you do that? Simple just be aggressive with you marketing by following some or all of these ideas:

1. Leave your business cards everywhere.
2. Print up some flyer's and leave them in the neighborhood your working in.
3. Get some shirts printed up and make sure your employees wear them to work.
4. Leave your card or flyer in the local grocery store's bulletin board.
5. Network with as many contractors as possible and always leave them with you card.

And as always do quality professional work and your customers will always refer you to others who will want your services.

Exterior Photos

This is the pic I promised to show when I had it, This is the exterior of the house in Bethany Beach Delaware. The beach is so close you could throw a ball from the house to someone standing on the beach. All the siding is hardy board(painted) and all the trim is Azek(painted on the front of the house)Beautiful house,beautiful location.

Working with Colors

I just wanted to share some ideas with you about color,

as you'll see in these pics the use of color can really make a difference in how the room can come alive. The use of color is very important in our line of work, I am asked the best way to brighten a room and my answer is always the same and that's with a color or colors that compliment the room.

In this pic the use of an Extra White really brings this sun room to life.

While the use of a bolder color makes this bathroom seem fun & inviting

Use color wisely and you will really make a dramatic difference in the project your working on.

Check out some Pics,part 1

Here are some pics from a job we just completed.

The interior was 3300 sq. ft. The ceiling in these pictures was pickled white,tung & groove pine.

It was a really great project to be a part of. I'll show the pics of the exterior in part2.

Let's start a new year off right!

Hi everyone,
I wanted to say I hope you all had a merry Christmas & a Happy New Year and I hope all of you are ready to stay focused and get serious about your business this year, I know that your all saying "what are you talking about"? your convinced that you are taking your business completely serious and have been since you started. Well statistics show that most businesses fail within the first year of starting , so there must be something wrong with this picture.

These people didn't have a plan, a vision, a goal that they started that first year that should have been in place so they could see the BIG PICTURE. Society as a hole only can see what's right in front of their face,not what's 2,3,or 4 months down the road. Live for today and we'll worry about tomorrow some other time. Well I don't want to see you fail so I hope you take this advice.

When yo have some down time and your at the breakfast table with a cup of warm coffee, take out a notepad and start writing down the goals that you want your business to achieve this year,write down everything that you want to see happen to make this year turn out to be what you would consider a successful year, (not what someone else would consider successful) but what you would consider to be a year that you would be proud of. Write all that down then put it away and take it out from time to time and see if your sticking to it.

Success is what you make of it not what someone else is going to do for you.
Start now and let me know in a year how you have done.

Ho,Ho,Ho!

Seasons greetings everyone,
I have not posted in a while so I first want to say I'm sorry for that. Been busy wrapping up the jobs that have been a big part of what we did this year and of course getting ready for the Christmas season(shopping, etc...)but that brings me to the reason that I decided to post today.
This time of year professional painters as with any other types of contracting business usually find that the jobs are becoming harder to find because people are holding on to their money with Christmas and New Years right around the corner. The same thing happens every year and I'm hear to tell you that it will happen again next year and the year after that and so on, but as a business owner and a professional you need to stop panicking and quit worrying because everything will be fine.

What you need to do is exactly what you have been doing(or should have been doing)all along and that means that you need to keep advertising, promoting your business any way you can.
Calling your past customers and asking if they need any painting work done or if they have any neighbors that need any painting. There are many ways to get your name out there in front of potential customers, but the bottom line is you need to work as hard to acquire new customers as
you did with the customers that you had this previous year. You'll find that you'll build your pipeline back up again and be able to continue to move forward with building and growing your business and that is what we all strive to do.

Good luck in the new year and beyond.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!