Overcoming Implementation Fatigue
Technology is taking over our lives and our businesses, but implementation can be exhausting. We look back at how far we’ve come with tech in our careers, how to avoid getting burned out as you continue on your tech journeys. PLUS!! The Winner of the Tech Fest Free Ticket Contest! Sponsored by Groundwork
Beat Back Your Email Beast
Is your Inbox a wasteland? Follow these tips to turn your email into a useful business tool. Because there’s money in those messages! Suhaiba Neill outlines her surprisingly simple strategy to tame the clutter. Open this podcast before opening another email. Sponsored by: CompanyCam – Contractor Tech Fest
Free Ticket to Tech Fest
Join us for a chat with Tech Guru and founder of Groundwork Jeff Wraley on some of the biggest tech trends in the painting industry and how you can score a free ticket to Tech Fest. Sponsored by Groundwork
Painting Lineage Leads to TOP JOB
What do you get when you mix NPR, mules, and a drained canal? A TOP JOB winner for a contractor with the longest of long paint lineages! Listen as Ryan Amato walks us through his mule-drawn steel boat paint job. Sponsored by: Zinsser – Federated Insurance
Smarter Job Costing
APC Talks with Dave and Bruce Herrala, owners of Innovative Painting Systems and Stak BI on creating employee accountability and company profitability with data. Learn how to track cash flow, percentage completion metrics, revenue per labor hour, and more. Sponsored by BEHR Pro and CompanyCam
New Rules for Websites
If you build it wrong, they won’t come. Customers, that is. Martin Morgan discusses how to ensure your website includes the functionality needed to attract both Google searches and customer interest. Sponsored by BEHR Pro – Contractor Tech Fest
Why & How to Annual Plan
Now’s the time to create your Annual Plan: 5-year, 1-year, and Quarterly Goals, bold but practical, with team members assigned specific tasks. Listen as Danny Kerr of Breakthrough Academy makes it palatable. Sponsored by: BEHR Pro – Contractor Tech Fest
Budgeting for Benefits ft. Morgan Ray
Did you know that offering benefits such as health or life insurance can reduce other costs in your business? What about the tax benefits associated with offering various benefits? Morgan Ray, from Bookkeeping For Painters, breaks it all down for ya! Sponsored by: BEHR Pro – Synchrony – Contractor Tech Fest
Employee Benefits: What You Need to Know
Do you currently provide health benefits to your employees? Have you or are you currently thinking about offering health benefits? We chat with Fringe Benefit Group to understand every way you can provide support for employee health care, what to consider when choosing a plan, and the impact that employee benefits can have on your […]
TOP JOB Review: Snyder Painting
Jack Snyder from Snyder Painting reviews the impact that winning a TOP JOB has on Snyder Brothers Painting and the reputation it gives the company around town… Sponsored by: Zinsser – Federated Insurance
Mission: Vacation Ep.8 Season Finale
We’ve made it to the final episode of season 3! Is Ai Painting + set for future success? DID they win the vacation money‽ Sponsored by Graco – FrogTape – Arroworthy
Setting Up A Company 401k
Listen to an expert explain how to offer retirement benefits to your employees, why a 401k trumps an IRA, and yes, how it can benefit the employer.
Mission: Vacation Ep. 7 Grow Past The Drama
“What got us here won’t get us there.” Learn how Ai Painting plans on how to deal with drama while managing large growth. Sponsored by: Graco – FrogTape – Arroworthy
Women in the Workforce
Female business owners share their strategies for making job listings and job sites more attractive to women painters. From clothing options to rules of the job site, these considerations can make all the difference.
Selling Your Business: Plan Now NOT Later
If you think you have plenty of time to prep your business to sell, you’re probably wrong. So listen and learn about the time and tactics needed to gussy up your company for sale.
Spur-of-the-Moment Perfection
You don’t need to paint a 100,000sf asphalt plant with only 1 week’s notice to win TOP JOB. But Alpine did. Bonus: Click the link to hear Dave and Andrew’s bromance bloom.
Mission: Vacation Ep6. Family Business Done Right
A family business should serve the family. But too often, it’s the other way around. Business Coach Colin explains how others can replicate the success of AI Painting. Sponsored by: Graco – Arroworthy – FrogTape
Mission: Vacation Ep. 5 Leadership Training
A family business should serve the family. But too often, it’s the other way around. Business Coach Colin explains how others can replicate the success of AI Painting. Sponsored by Graco, FrogTape and Arroworthy
Do it for your crew!
Listen in as this contractor explains why he enters TOP JOB to celebrate his team. (Sure, he painted a caboose, but Scott Barthelmass puts his crew first. Hey-Oh!) Sponsored by: A David Creation
Mission: Vacation Ep4. Job Descriptions!
What was the first thing our business coach suggested AI Painting revise? Their Job Descriptions. And have you ever created “Position Visions”? Listen and learn how they can help your company structure.