Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast

In this episode of the Painting Industry Partner series, titled Systems Equals Success, we are hosting Chris Moore. Chris is the Founder of Elite Business Advisors, a painting business consulting company that helps painting companies with their financials, marketing, and day-to-day operations. Essentially Chris works with painting contractors one-on-one and through his team to teach them to treat...

In this series titled "A Painter's Dream," Jason Paris will be discussing what makes the painting industry so attractive to ambitious entrepreneurs, and how painting company owners can capitalize on current and future opportunities. It is a 4-part series. In episode 3, Jason will outline what you need to do in order to make your painting company sellable, allowing you the option for a lucrative ex...

In this first episode of the Industry Partner series, titled The Impact of PCA, we are hosting Chad Schirmer. Chad is the Creative Director of the Painting Contractors Association, the PCA, formerly known as the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America. He oversees all of the content development and marketing initiatives of the PCA, and he is known as the general integrator of all things PCA...

In this series titled "A Painter's Dream," Jason Paris will be discussing what makes the painting industry so attractive to ambitious entrepreneurs, and how painting company owners can capitalize on current and future opportunities. It is a 4-part series. In episode 2, Jason will dive into the influx of young talent into the industry, and what that means for all painting company owners.

In this first ever Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast Live Facebook Roundtable, we host guests: - Jason Phillips of Phillips Home Improvements - Lauren Fink of Apex Painting - Matt Kuyper of Harpeth Painting - Brad Ellison of Ellison Painting It is a jam-packed 90-minute episode that features Q&A from the audience. We discuss what your painting company should be doing now to make 2023 your b...

In this series titled "A Painter's Dream," Jason Paris will be discussing what makes the painting industry so attractive to ambitious entrepreneurs, and how painting company owners can capitalize on current and future opportunities. It is a 4-part series. In episode 1, this episode, we will be discussing macroeonomic trends, and how the ebbs and flows of the economy should affect decision making &...

Zach Ausherman, Owner of Ausherman Painting, joins the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast for a second time to discuss culture, employee hiring and retention, and review generation. Zach took over Ausherman Painting from his father, and since doing so has made many changes to the company's culture. He deep dives into his methods for building employee and customer loyalty, and the values he insti...

Mike Beaulieu, founder and owner of New Look Painting, discusses how he provides a world class experience for his residential painting customers. Mike takes a deep dive into his sales and project management process, as well as the psychology behind his system. Mike has refined a highly effective way to generate repeat and referral business, and he shares how he does so. In addition to his painting...

Michael Sutton, founder and owner of Kind Home Solutions, discusses how he has reached over $9 million in annual revenue in under 5 years. Michael runs through his company's story year-by-year since its founding in 2018, and outlines how he achieved $2.2 million in his first year alone. Approaching his company with a very different mindset from most other painting company owners has allowed Michae...

Brian Reis, founder and owner of Bella's Army Painting, discusses how his sales-first mindset has allowed him to effectively outrun other problems in his business, and a shift he is taking this year to right size and improve operations. This is Brian's second time on the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast, and he takes an even deeper dive into why his sales process is so effective, and how other...

Tony Busnardo & Kent Gledhill, founders and co-owners of Old World Painting, discuss their journey as friends and business partners. They share a mindset they perceive to be very harmful that many other painting company owners seem to possess, and how staying away from that mode of thinking has enhanced the happiness in their lives. Determined to be "anti-businessmen," the pair elaborate on wh...

Alex Corral, founder and owner of Cabinet Coating Kings, shares the positive mindset he embraces and has dubbed "boomnomenalism," and the power he's seen that in transforming his own life. An entrepreneur through and through, Alex bet on himself when starting his business by emptying his bank account to purchase 3 spray booths, all with $0 in revenue. Alex believes that how you talk is how your li...

In this very special episode of the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast, we host a group interview of Nick Slavik, Brad Ellison, Chris Elliott, and Chris Mole, all owners of highly successful painting companies. These titans of industry discuss topics that were covered during Nick Slavik's "Ask A Painter Live Winter Retreat" in Minnesota, during which time only a small group of people were privy...

Chad Jeffries, co-owner of Brick City Painting and Drywall, discusses his journey from subcontractor to co-owner of his business. Brick City Painting and Drywall does over $3 million in annual revenue, and Chad has had to grow as a person and a leader in order to effectively run his company. A staunch believer in the power of emotional intelligence, Chad runs masterclasses with his team to improve...

Jack Magee, founder and owner of Trailblaze Paints, shares how he has grown to doing over $2 million per year after only 2 years in business. At 23 years old, Jack is the youngest guest that the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast has ever had. Throughout the interview Jack shares his entrepreneurial mindset, and the power that mindset has had on growing his business. Jack is working hard to make...

On this episode of the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast, we welcome back guest Matt Carlson. Matt is the owner of M. Carlson Painting, a residential repaint company based in Orono, MN that now does $5 million per year in annual revenue. Matt shares significant changes he has made in his business over the past two years that have propelled him to rapid recent growth, and he also discusses very...

Matt Kuyper, founder and co-owner with his wife Maggie of Harpeth Painting, discusses how he reached $1 million with his painting company in his first year working only part time. Harpeth Painting now does over $6.5 million in annual revenue, reaching that revenue in less than 6 years. Matt shares the advantages that early responsibility in his career gave him as a business owner, and why he think...

Return guest Jason Phillips, founder and owner of Phillips Home Improvements, discusses the importance of having good systems, and why you should borrow from others until your company runs like an Easy Bake Oven. He also discusses how to always be adding value for both your customers and your employees, and how this value first mindset has allowed him to grow his business to doing over $8 million...

Tanner Mullen, founder and owner of Premium Painting, discusses how he has grown his business to doing over $1 million in annual revenue by focusing on the buyer's journey. Tanner shares his in-depth hiring process, including the many subtle but impactful nuances involved that ensure he hires only the most committed and detail-oriented employees. Tanner also discusses his software DripJobs, what i...

Greg Flaherty, founder and owner of Colorful Remedies, discusses how he built a painting business that can now fully run without him. He shares his process for vetting potentially bad clients right from the start, and why he views that as a critical component to his painting company's success. Greg elaborates on how strategic planning has been a primary focus for him, and how other painting compan...

Doug Bates, founder and owner of Bates Painting Company, shares lessons from his incredible 42-year journey growing his business. An artist at heart, Doug shares why he only hires artists as his painters, and the impact he believes that has on the quality of their work and on his business. Doug discusses some of the biggest mistakes he has made in his 42-year journey, and how younger entrepreneurs...

Eric Regan, founder and owner of Mission Painting, discusses his "why" for starting and growing his business, and how that impacts every decision he makes. He shares why he does not use commissions to motivate his employees, but instead pays them far above market rates, and the benefits he has seen in Mission Painting's culture and service as a result of doing so. Eric discusses the mindset he emb...

John MacFarland, Founder and Owner of MacFarland Painting, joins the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast for a second time to take a deeper dive into his unique compensation model. A very big advocate for open book reporting and transparency, John explains how other painting company owners can transition their employee compensation models to create a win-win. He also discusses how to keep a "smal...

Nick Slavik, founder and owner of Nick Slavik Painting & Restoration, takes a deep dive into the fundamental components of business success. Nick discusses how to get your painting business in order both in terms of customer fulfillment and employee satisfaction. He shares a huge shift that he has seen recently in the mindset of potential employees, and what painting companies must now do to a...

In this special live recording of the Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast at PCA Expo 2022, Brad Ellison, Chris Elliott, and Chris Mole discuss lessons they learned from Nick Slavik's Ask A Painter Live Winter Retreat. They dive deep into limiting beliefs, and how they have worked as business owners and leaders to improve themselves, and in turn improve their companies. This was definitely one of...