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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