Every industry has its challenges, and the coatings industry is no different. In addition, Hispanic paint pros have their own unique barriers to overcome. To help address these challenges, Sherwin-Williams has established its first ever Hispanic Customer Advisory Board.
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A Quicker QuickBooks® Connection
If you’re like many small business owners, bookkeeping is not necessarily your favorite part of running your own company. The good news is that there are excellent tools to help make these tasks faster and easier for you.
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Renovia Contractor Summit: A Commitment to Excellence
In the world of commercial painting and repair, partnerships with top suppliers are essential to success. This was evident at the recent Renovia Contractor Summit, where Sherwin-Williams and its major suppliers, including 3M, Festool, Graco, Shurtape and others, played a crucial role in supporting contractors and elevating the industry.
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Crafting Success, Building Bonds with the PCA
Founded in 1884, the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) is on a mission to help painting contractors run efficient and profitable businesses. In this article, Lauren Forman of the PCA outlines some of the ways that paint pros can benefit from membership in this nonprofit trade organization.
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Acá Entre Pros: An Opportunity for Hispanic Paint Pros to Connect, Learn and Grow
Looking for ways to improve your painting business? Sherwin-Williams has a new program called Acá Entre Pros that is geared especially to Spanish-speaking paint pros.
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It’s Time to Save Time: The Latest Ways to Streamline Your Day-to-Day Tasks
Time. Nobody, it seems, has enough of it. That’s especially true if you’re running your own painting company.
For 158 years, Sherwin-Williams has been working hand in hand with professional painting contractors to help them grow and improve their businesses. Getting on board with the latest technological advances in coatings products is one way to take your painting business to the next level. Another is adopting smarter, more efficient ways of doing business. In particular, today’s company owners are taking advantage of time- and labor-saving efficiencies that can be created from engaging digitally.
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How to Break into the Commercial Sector
The owners of Gulf Coast Premier Painting share five things they wish they’d known when they started taking on commercial jobs.
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Never-Ending Progress: The Sky’s the Limit for Hispanic American Painting Contractors
By JORGE ARBOLEDA
Pintor Pro Senior Editor
It is hard to measure the huge magnitude of the contributions of Hispanics to the American economy and to our society. Despite being less than 20 percent of the total population, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, already in 2020 Hispanics made up 30 percent of all construction workers. And their role is even more vital in the commercial and residential painting industry, where Hispanics comprise 59 percent of the workforce.
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Special Issue: Celebrating the Prosperity, Progress and Power of Hispanic Paint Pros
Welcome to this special issue of Pintor Pro magazine! In conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month, in this edition we celebrate the essential contributions made by Hispanic painting contractors to the U.S. economy and culture. Continue reading Special Issue: Celebrating the Prosperity, Progress and Power of Hispanic Paint Pros
El Aliado del Pro: Sherwin-Williams Speaks Your Language
Making up over half of all professional painters, Hispanic contractors are one of the most important segments of the coatings industry, and the people at Sherwin-Williams are doing everything they can to support and help pave their path to success.
This is the idea behind a new Sherwin-Williams campaign called El Aliado del Pro. Continue reading El Aliado del Pro: Sherwin-Williams Speaks Your Language
New Job Board Launched to Help You Find the Right People for Your Team
Sherwin-Williams recently launched the Job Board to help painting contractors find and hire talented painters to their teams. The free platform comes in response to the labor market shortage, one of the biggest hurdles facing many painting businesses today. Continue reading New Job Board Launched to Help You Find the Right People for Your Team
PCA Expo Coming to Orlando in 2024
The next PCA Expo is set for February 26 to March 1, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.
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The Foolproof Way to Estimate Painting Projects
Once again in 2023, Pintor Pro is teaming up with the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) on a series of articles to help you grow and improve your painting business. This year’s theme: Productivity is the path to profitability. In this article, Jon Bryant, CEO of Paint Scout, shares his secrets for foolproof estimating.
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Breaking Down the Language Barrier with Latino Pro Shows
Think of it as a welcoming committee.
The folks at Sherwin-Williams are always looking for ways to better serve painting contractors. A perfect example is their new Latino Pro Shows.
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