Guides
Practical, specific guides for painting contractors who want more calls and booked jobs.
Hiring someone to market your painting company, or doing it yourself
What a fair price is for a painting contractor, the contract terms to refuse, the questions to ask on the first call, and when to do it yourself instead.
2026-08-25
The painting contractor's year: exterior season, interior season and how to survive January
A month by month marketing plan for painting companies, when to move ad budget from exterior to interior and cabinets, and the referrals that fill winter.
2026-08-18
How to present a painting estimate so it closes at the kitchen table
The on-site presentation, good better best tiers, what to itemize and what to hide, deposits, and how your average project value decides your marketing budget.
2026-08-12
The estimate follow-up sequence that wins painting jobs from the second bidder
What a missed call costs a painting company, the five-touch sequence after you send a bid, speed to lead, and the text-back setup that stops leaks.
2026-08-06
The seven things a painting company website has to do
The pages, the gallery, the price ranges, the estimate form and the speed a painting contractor site needs, and why the site changes how bids are judged.
2026-08-01
How painting contractors show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI answers
What the AI answer engines read when a homeowner asks for a painter, and the eight things a painting company can fix this month to be one of the names listed.
2026-07-27
Facebook and Instagram ads for painting contractors that actually book estimates
The before and after creative that works, offers homeowners respond to, daily budgets, audience setup, retargeting, and what a painting lead costs on Meta.
2026-07-21
Google Ads for painting contractors: what to run, what to kill, what a lead should cost
Budgets, the three campaigns worth running, the keywords that drain a painting account, negative lists, and real cost per lead for interior and cabinets.
2026-07-15
The Google Business Profile setup that gets painting contractors into the map pack
Categories, service lists, before and after photos, hours, posts and Q and A, set up the way Google actually ranks painting companies in a local search.
2026-07-10
How painting contractors get more Google reviews, one walkthrough at a time
The final-walkthrough ask, the exact text to send, why photos in reviews matter for painters, and the review velocity that moves you past the field.
2026-07-06
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