Painter Marketing Mastermind Podcast

Jason Paris, founder and co-owner of Paris Painting and Aleph Holdings, discusses his journey from solopreneur to building a highly successful team that runs multiple businesses doing well north of $20 million in annual revenue. Jason takes a deep dive into Aleph Holdings, and an exciting new partnership opportunity that Aleph is now offering to qualified painting company owners who are looking to...

Ray Rahni, founder and owner of Paint Track Painting Services, shares how he has grown his business to over $1 million, but why revenue isn't his focus. He talks about the importance of prioritizing profit, and how he motivates his painters to ensure high profitability within his company. Ray also discusses some hard lessons he's learned, and demonstrates how to pivot successfully as an entreprene...

Mike & Miriam Freeman, Co-owners of Mike's Quality Painting, share how they have grown their painting business to doing over $6 million in annual revenue in just 10 years. They discuss the importance of having a great team, and how they have gotten their painters to more proactively seek out Google reviews for the company. The husband and wife team dive into the importance of being consistent...

In this special live recording at PCA Expo 2022, we host guest Jason Phillips, founder and owner of Phillips Home Improvements. Jason shares how he has had to grow as a business leader and entrepreneur in order to take Phillips Home Improvements to doing over $8 million in annual revenue. He has identified 3 stages through which a painting company owner must progress to scale a painting business,...

Aaron Vytlacil, founder and owner of AV Painting, shares how he has grown from $800k in 2020 to doing over $2 million/year in annual revenue. He also discusses enlightening conversations he has had recently with thought leaders in the painting industry, and how these conversations have shifted his entire mindset to thinking much bigger. Aaron discusses the power of thinking big, and how painting c...

Juan Vasquez & Jose Hernandez, Co-owners of Illusions Painting Inc, share how they have grown Illusions Painting, Inc. from doing $480k three years ago to surpassing $2 million in 2021. The partners dive into limiting beliefs they had to conquer, and how attending the PCA Expo for the first time in 2018 changed their lives. They discuss how embracing new challenges has made all the difference...

John MacFarland, Founder and Owner of MacFarland Painting, shares how he dropped out of college to start his painting company, and how he has since grown to doing over $5 million in annual revenue. He explains a significant shift he made to his employee compensation model 7 years ago, and how that shift has since propelled his company's growth. John provides solid advice that other painting compan...

Tony Busnardo, Co-founder and Co-owner of Old World Painting, shares the journey he and his best friend and co-founder Kent have taken to grow Old World Painting to doing $2.5 million in annual revenue. He discusses the incredible power of the 80/20 rule, and how in under 15 hours he was able to completely revolutionize his future. Tony discusses his motivations behind Old World Painting, and how...

Don Klym, Founder of The Painters Inc, shares his journey since founding his company 29 years ago. He talks about the importance of hiring the right people who have a strong work ethic, and some of the ways he interviews job candidates to make sure he selects the right people. Don also discusses a sales tactic he utilizes year-round to mitigate seasonality in his painting business and keep his cre...

Maggie Kuyper, Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Harpeth Painting, shares her journey from $0 to $5.5 million in just 5 years. She discusses some of the emotional struggles that come with managing such rapid growth, as well as the unique challenges created by running a painting business with her husband. Maggie provides great insight about how she has built trusting relationships throughout her network,...

Jason Paris, Founder of Paris Painting, shares his journey from $0 to over $10 million with Paris Painting. He takes a deep dive into the many struggles he's endured along the way and discusses what he believes to be the most important character traits of successful entrepreneurs. Jason shares some of the most effective marketing techniques that have helped him see such tremendous growth with Pari...

Nate Streeter, Director of Marketing and Customer Experience at Paris Painting, shares how Paris Painting has grown to doing over $10 million per year, and the interesting journey he took to joining Paris Painting. He elaborates on the importance of data analysis, and how Paris Painting uses NPS and multiple customer check-ins to keep a very tight gauge on their customer satisfaction. He offers so...

Chris Elliott, owner of ONiT Painting, discusses how starting with the end in mind has allowed him to achieve massive success. He stresses the importance of being clear on your company's mission, vision, and values, and how an abundance mindset that prioritizes employee growth has been instrumental to his success. He dives into what marketing channels have worked best for him, and provides concret...

Michael Sutton, owner of Kind Home Solutions, reveals how he has grown his residential repaint company to doing over $6 million in business in less than 4 years. He discusses some of the biggest mistakes he made early on, as well as some consistent issues he sees other painting company owners creating that he hopes he listening to this episode can prevent. Michael believes there is incredible oppo...

Tim Perryman, co-owner of Perryman Painting and Remodeling, discusses the importance of company culture and employee happiness. He dives into why he views his company as a "people company" first, and a "painting and remodeling company" second. He also discusses the importance of knowing your "why", and having your personal and business goals aligned. Throughout his entrepreneurial journey, Tim has...

Morgan Sedgwick, owner of Jedi Painting Pros, discusses her mission for female empowerment in the trades, and how painting has changed her life, and how she is using it to better the lives of those around her. She gives some examples of ways she has differentiated her painting company, and discusses some of the unique struggles she has had to endure in growing her business. Some topics discussed i...

Zach Ausherman, owner of Ausherman Painting, discusses his recent experience taking over Ausherman Painting, a 42-year old company, from his father. He takes an in-depth dive into common issues painting company owners face when dealing with succession, and actions a new owner can take to improve company morale and ultimately set the company up for long-term success with its new owner.

Matt Carlson, owner of M. Carlson Painting, takes a deep dive into how he has found tremendous success in the residential repaint market. He talks about mistakes he's made, hard lessons he's had to learn, and the learnings he gained that have allowed him to pass $3.5 million in revenue in 2021. Matt makes some predictions about where the industry is headed, and how painting company owners can posi...

Garrett Martell, owner of Two Day Painting, discusses what components of a painting company he believes should be outsourced to scale your painting business faster. He also touches on a new strategy he will be employing to keep his crews busy during the winter "slow season". A direct mail guru, Garrett owns a second company that runs direct mail for the trades called Tradesfix Direct Mail Marketin...

Nick Slavik, a 25-year industry veteran, industry speaker, and host of the extremely popular webinar series "Ask A Painter Live," shares his strategies for scaling up a painting company efficiently. Nick teaches in-person master classes to painters around the country, and has developed a rigorous apprenticeship program that is greatly improving the painting industry. He opens up about his processe...

In this episode, Brandon discusses how painting companies can optimize their Google My Business (GMB) profiles to consistently rank in the coveted 3-pack. He covers common mistakes that many painting companies make while setting up their profiles, as well as golden opportunities few companies are aware of that can truly set your painting company apart. Listeners can expect to learn: A proven 4-ste...

Brian Reis, co-founder of Bella's Army Painting, discusses how to work ON versus IN your painting company to maximize growth.

In this episode, Brad Ellison, the co-owner of Somerset Painting and Home Improvements, discusses how he took a painting business that had been around for 33 years and helped it absolutely explode in growth!