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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Category Archives: Business
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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Build Your Business Chops with Free PRO+ Training Webinars
Running a successful painting company. It’s more than just how to hold a paint brush or how to cut in a wall. There’s estimating, sales, marketing, accounting, managing people, and so much more. Sharing ideas about how to excel at the business side of painting is the concept behind the new PRO+ Training Series on the Sherwin-Williams YouTube channel.
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Hispanic Business Growth Supported by The Sherwin-Williams Foundation
Sherwin-Williams is committed to supporting the economic growth of the Hispanic business community. That’s one reason why The Sherwin-Williams Foundation has collaborated with the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development (NEOHCED).
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Three More Great Ways to Work Smarter with PRO+ductive Solutions
Want to get the job done faster? Want to save money and time with services and tools that make your entire business run smoother? Want to build your business with the services and tools you need today plus cutting-edge solutions for tomorrow? PRO+ductive Solutions is an ongoing initiative started by Sherwin-Williams to help contractors save time, complete jobs quickly, and save money to generate more profit.
The latest additions to this part of the company’s PRO+ program include a time- and labor-saving pressure washer, virtual color consulting resources for homeowners and an advanced weather-adaptive paint that helps you be more productive on exterior projects.
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Difficult Customers? Here’s How to Deal with the Three Most Common Types
Difficult customers can come in all shapes and sizes. Spend any time as a painting contractor and you’ll run into one eventually. Every contractor can probably recall a customer who made their work so difficult that they started to regret taking the job.
Unfortunately, these situations aren’t only frustrating, but can potentially hurt your business’ reputation if not handled correctly. As such, you need to be prepared for these customers in order to stay successful. And in a competitive marketplace where word-of-mouth is king, retaining customers and generating repeat business can grow your bottom line. In this article, we offer suggestions for how to professionally respond to three of the most common types of difficult customers.
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